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Helldivers 2 will require Steam players to link to a PSN account


That’s not very “spreading democracy” of you, now, is it?

But the game’s community isn’t buying it, vociferously protesting the decision on social media and on Steam itself. PSN isn’t available everywhere, and this move could potentially lock players in certain countries out of their game permanently. Sony recently suffered a data breach, though the information stolen was connected to employees and not customers.

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