India, May 6 -- PlayStation recently announced that PC gamers of Helldivers 2 will no longer have to link their Steam account to a PlayStation Network account to play the popular sci-fi co-op shooter.

The announcement came as a result of tens of thousands of negative reviews from the gaming community, which prompted PlayStation to reverse their decision.

Originally, PlayStation had made it mandatory for all players to have a PlayStation account by June 4, otherwise, they would not be able to continue playing the game. This move caused Helldivers 2 to be removed from 177 countries that did not have access to PSN.

Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead Games Studios, mentioned that they were in discussions with PlayStation to address the issue....