Former Helldivers 2 lead writer praises the shooter's community for uniting against the PSN mandate: "We trained them to fight together. And then they fought together"
May. 10, 2024The writer also hopes the community sees the fascism role-play behind the “surface level”
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A formerHelldivers 2lead writer has praised the shooter’s community for uniting against the recentPSNmandate.
News broke last week thatHelldivers 2’s PC players would be required to link to an active PlayStation Network accountlater this month. The stipulation fromSony and Arrowhead was then summarily walked backjust a few days later, when the shooter was review-bombed on Steam, in a message from players to let the two companies know how displeased they were with the mandate.
Inverseasks former Helldivers 2 lead writer Russ Nickel about his take on players role-playing Super Earth’s fascism, leading the writer to touch on the recent pushback against the PSN requirement. Nickel called the role-playing “amazing,” before adding that he hopes “most of them understand what we’re trying to say and don’t just see it from the surface level.”
“Just the last couple of days have been one of the most exciting parts of the experience for me,” Nickel continues. “The whole community came together to say ‘There are players in other countries who aren’t going to be able to play the game. We’re all going to stand up for each other and be this united front.’ It’s just like, ‘Oh, we trained them to fight together. And then they fought together.’ They were standing up for something good, which was their fellow players.”
Nickel sides with Helldivers 2’s community over the PSN mandate, and he’s not alone. It turns out anArrowhead community manager was seemingly firedfor requesting players review-bomb the shooter on Steam to send a message toSonyabout the account stipulation. “I knew I was taking a risk with what I said,” the developer wrote in a message to players.
In the aftermath of the debacle, Helldivers 2 has still been delisted from 170 countries around the world that didn’t have access to the PSN, before the requirement was dropped. The good news is thatthe game’s director is actively talking to Sony and Valveabout getting Helldivers 2 back on digital storefronts in said countries as soon as possible.
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