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In response to the recent negativity surrounding Helldivers 2 and PlayStation Network account requirements, Sucker Punch issued a statement in an attempt to clarify its use in the upcoming PC version of Ghost of Tsushima. It's been a rough few days for Arrowhead Game Studios, who took the brunt of the controversy surrounding a recent announcement that would require Helldivers 2 players to link to a PSN account. The backlash was so severe that Helldivers 2 was actively review bombed on Steam, the refund policy was changed, and ultimately, Sony issued a statement abandoning its PSN plans.

Helldivers 2 far “exceeded the expectations” at Sony, selling 12 million units in first 12 weeks since release, the PlayStation parent said in its earnings call Tuesday. The live service shooter is now PlayStation's fastest-selling title of all time, surpassing the record set by God of War Ragnarok in the same period after its November 2022 launch. Sony also revealed that cumulative unit sales of PS5 reached 59.2 million after the company sold 20.8 million PS5 units in fiscal year 2023.

Arrowhead Games Studio CEO and Helldivers 2 director Johan Pilestedt has confirmed that he is working on getting the game relisted on Steam in the certain regions it was recently removed from. This news comes after the controversy about requiring PC players to link PlayStation Network accounts to continue playing Helldivers 2.

PlayStation has announced that it no longer plans to push the controversial Helldivers 2 PlayStation Network account-linking update. The Helldivers 2 community was rocked by controversy after it was announced that PC users would have to link their Steam account to Sony's PlayStation Network by June if they wanted to continue playing the game. However, the resulting public outcry has seemingly convinced the publisher to rescind its decision.

Sony has walked back on its decision that mandated new and existing Helldivers 2 players on Steam to link their PlayStation Network accounts to Valve's service after severe backlash over the weekend. On Friday, Sony had announced that users would need to link their Steam account to their PSN account to continue playing Helldivers 2. The PlayStation parent and Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios received widespread criticism over the move, leading to the game being review bombed on Steam.

Helldivers 2 developers are reportedly holding internal discussions regarding its controversial PlayStation Network account linking requirements for Steam players. The Helldivers 2 community was caught in a fiery meltdown after Arrowhead Game Studios announced plans to enforce its account-linking measures months after the game was released, with players quickly flooding online forums and servers demanding an explanation from both the developers and publisher.

UPDATE 4/4: The problems with the PlayStation Network did not last long at all. According to Sony, PSN services have all been fully restored, with the PSN Status page updated accordingly.

According to a new trademark filing, Sony could be looking to bring back The Best of PSN collections. The Best of PSN Volume 1 was published by Sony for the PS3 in 2013 and saw four of the most popular indie games on the PlayStation platform bundled together on a single Blu-Ray disc.

The PlayStation Network is down right now for some PlayStation 5 gamers. It's a rare occurrence for PS5 online features to stop working, but that appears to be what is happening now for various individuals.

Sony is rolling out passkey support on PlayStation platforms globally as an alternative way for users to access their PlayStation Network accounts. The company made the announcement Monday and said that passkeys would offer a more secure and convenient way for PlayStation users to sign in and access experiences on the platform. PlayStation offered password-based sign in option until now, along with security features like two-step verification. Passkeys would eliminate the need to remember passwords and would instead tie account and services access to device-specific unique identification like fingerprint scan, Face ID on iPhone, or a PIN.

New PS Plus promotion Season of Play began yesterday, allowing anyone with a PSN account on PS5, PS4 to claim five new Avatars without charge. There should be a page on your console's home screen detailing what's on offer, but if you are only looking for the free Avatars, you'll just need to input the correct code for your region on the PS Store.

Something strange seems to be happening with PSN, with widespread reports of players suddenly being suspended from their PSN accounts in the last few hours, handed harsh and permanent suspensions with little explanation.

Following the recent rumors, a listing of The Last of Us Part II Remastered has just leaked on PSN via the website PSDeals. According to the info, the game will feature way more than just remastered graphics. There's going to be brand new content, as detailed below.

But where did Alan Wake 2 land on the charts?

It’s hard to believe it’s been a week since Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 released on PS5, alongside a certain other game on the Nintendo Switch, but that’s another article. The game has been desired ever since the first game came out, and the Miles Morales-themed spinoff tided us over. Insomniac Games wanted to do everything they could to make the game feel “better,” “grander,” and more. Based on all accounts, they succeeded. The game is rated highly on Metacritic and sold 2.5 million copies in just its first day! So yeah, it’s doing pretty well for itself.

Sony Interactive Entertainment could be planning to bring PlayStation trophy support to its PC games.

There’s a good chance if you were trying to play your PS5 last night, you may have been hit by some server issues. There was a widespread global outage during the middle of the night in the UK, which affected the peak evening window in the United States. All of the issues were resolved within a couple of hours or so, but obviously you wouldn’t have been able to play online-only titles, like the newly released Honkai: Star Rail.

Turn your smartphone into a portable gaming handheld.

Some datamining seems to have confirmed the big rumor about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III since Activision started acknowledging its very existence.