Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that Helldivers 2 PC players will soon need to use a PSN account to continue playing the game. announced. The publisher explained that technical problems with the game’s release forced Steam to make connecting to a PSN account optional. On the other hand, the additional period is about to end and having a PSN account will become mandatory as of Monday, May 6.
Here’s Sony Interactive Entertainment’s statement: “Account linking plays a critical role in protecting our players and maintaining the security and safety values provided in PlayStation and PlayStation Studios games. This is the main way to protect players from upset and abuse by ensuring that players who engage in this type of behavior are banned. In addition, banned players are also given the right to appeal.
Therefore, starting May 6, all new Helldivers 2 players on Steam will need to link their Steam account to a PlayStation Network account. Existing players on Steam will start seeing mandatory login information starting May 30th and will need to link a Steam and PlayStation Network account by June 4th. PlayStation Network accounts are free and easy to set up using this link.â€
Meanwhile, Arrowhead announced a new Premium Warband called Polar Patriots. The package, which is planned to be released on May 9, will include the following:
- Weapons: AR-61 Tenderizer, SMG-72 Pummels, PLAS-101 Purifier
- Secondary weapons: G-13 Incendiary Impact, P-113 Verdic
- Co-booster: Motivational Shocks
- Armor: CW-36 Winter Warrior, CW-22 Kodiak, CW-4 Arctic Ranger
- Cloaks: Dissident’s Nightmare, Pinions of Everlasting Glory, Order of the Venerated Ballot
- New Expressions
