„Do it Pilestedt, it would be a genius play!“
It’s been a rough few days for Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead. Seemingly blindsided by Sony’s attempt to restore the requirement for Steam players to link their game to a PlayStation Network account (which was suspended at launch due to the game’s extensive technical issues), the studio has seen its game subject to a ferocious review bombing campaign, with its recent review score dropping to an „Overwhelmingly Negative“ rating.
Now though, the crisis is over. Sony has walked back its plans to force PSN accounts onto Steam players, and those negative steam reviews are slowly being flipped to positive (though the game’s recent review rating remains at „Mostly Negative“). It seems Arrowhead hasn’t lost its sense of humour over the debacle either. Following up a tweet about how „impressed“ he was by the willpower of the Helldivers 2 community, Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt shared an „accidental“ cape design based on the game’s recent avalanche of negative reviews.
