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Helldivers 2 PC players secure refunds as Steam waives playtime limit


Steam is refunding players with hundreds of in-game hours in Helldivers 2 after publisher Sony and developer Arrowhead …

One player managed to secure a Steam refund despite having played Helldivers 2 for 90+ hours by simply submitting a refund request with the message: "Sony has retroactively changed how the game works and forced legal agreements upon me I do not accept". Manage cookie settings Arrowhead CEO and Helldivers 2 creative director, Joan Pilestedt – who has been candidly and good-naturedly fielding comments, questions, and complaints all weekend – has told players that while the studio "does not handle selling the game" and "wouldn't know why you can't make an account in different parts of the world", he himself does "have a part to play" in the confusion. "I am not blameless in all of this - it was my decision to disable account linking at launch so that players could play the game," Pilestedt said.

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