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It has been a turbulent time for the Helldivers 2 group, particularly the PC group, over the previous few days following an announcement by Sony that all gamers should join a PSN account to Steam to proceed enjoying. This has divided the group with many being understandably irritated and others not seeing what the difficulty is. Helldivers 2 has additionally seen over 170,000 unfavorable evaluations since this announcement, which has been inspired by the builders to present them leverage to battle Sony on this modification and get it reverted.
Whereas all this uncertainty is happening, many gamers had hoped it could be enterprise as common on Tremendous Earth and so they might nonetheless convey democracy to the galaxy whereas hoping no restrictions can be positioned as soon as/if this modification comes into impact. Nonetheless, that doesn’t look to be the case as a current replace to the Steam database how now restricted gamers in 168 nations and territories from having the ability to buy Helldivers 2.
A brand new entry on Steamdb.data titled ‘Changelist 23416542‘ reveals a listing of nations that are actually marked as ‘PurchaseRestrictedCountries’ which means that when gamers from these nations go onto the Helldivers 2 Steam web page there will likely be no buy button. It’s unconfirmed proper now whether or not present gamers will have the ability to launch the sport nonetheless, nevertheless, one video on Reddit does point out that gamers received’t have the ability to play Helldivers 2 in any respect regardless of paying for it.
Despite the fact that the video reveals the sport not launching, we will’t verify whether or not this is a matter with their PC or the sport itself, many people have had situations the place a recreation simply fails to launch and the inexperienced ‘PLAY’ button seems once more, so I don’t wish to leap the gun on this accusation till concrete proof is proven.
Here’s a full record of all the nations which have been affected by this newest Helldivers 2 replace:
- Afghanistan
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Anguilla
- Albania
- Armenia
- Netherlands Antilles
- Angola
- Antarctica
- American Samoa
- Aruba
- Åland Islands
- Azerbaijan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Barbados
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Benin
- Saint Barthélemy
- Bermuda
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bonaire/Sint Eustatius/Saba
- Bahamas
- Bhutan
- Bouvet Island
- Botswana
- Belarus
- Belize
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Prepare dinner Islands
- Cameroon
- Cuba
- Cabo Verde
- Curaçao
- Christmas Island
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Western Sahara
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Faroe Islands
- Gabon
- Grenada
- Georgia
- French Guiana
- Guernsey
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greenland
- Gambia
- Guinea
- Guadeloupe
- Equatorial Guinea
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Guam
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Haiti
- Isle of Man
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Iraq
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Jersey
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Cambodia
- Kiribati
- Comoros
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Democratic Individuals’s Republic of Korea
- Cayman Islands
- Kazakhstan
- Lao Individuals’s Democratic Republic
- Saint Lucia
- Sri Lanka
- Liberia
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Morocco
- Monaco
- Republic of Moldova
- Montenegro
- Saint Martin
- Madagascar
- Marshall Islands
- North Macedonia
- Mali
- Myanmar
- Mongolia
- Macao
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Montserrat
- Mauritius
- Maldives
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- New Caledonia
- Niger
- Norfolk Island
- Nigeria
- Nepal
- Nauru
- Niue
- French Polynesia
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Pakistan
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Pitcairn
- Puerto Rico
- State of Palestine
- Palau
- Réunion
- Serbia
- Rwanda
- Solomon Islands
- Seychelles
- Sudan
- Saint Helena/Ascension/Tristan da Cunha
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sierra Leone
- San Marino
- Senegal
- Somalia
- Suriname
- South Sudan
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Sint Maarten (Dutch half)
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Eswatini
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Chad
- French Southern Territories
- Togo
- Tajikistan
- Tokelau
- Timor-Leste
- Turkmenistan
- Tunisia
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Uganda
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Uzbekistan
- Holy See
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Venezuela
- British Virgin Islands
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Viet Nam
- Vanuatu
- Wallis and Futuna
- Samoa
- Yemen
- Mayotte
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
There are two nations within the Change Log that state “Unknown nation code: FX” so we’re unable to substantiate which nations they’re.
It is a very troubling time for the Helldivers 2 group and casts a number of uncertainty on the way forward for the sport, in addition to future PC ports of PlayStation video games, together with the upcoming Ghost of Tsushima port. Solely time will inform whether or not this concern will get resolved and all gamers can return to Helldiving unrestricted, and we are going to guarantee to maintain you updated with all the newest developments surrounding this example.
