Helldivers 2 has been a part of Sony’s unique line-up for the reason that recreation is taken into account a PlayStation title. Due to this acquisition, the sport should comply with PlayStation insurance policies, together with the controversial determination to limit the sale of the sport in sure areas. This determination precipitated quite a lot of backlash in direction of Sony and Arrowhead Video games, as many players from completely different international locations are unable to purchase and play Helldivers 2.
Lately, information of the area lock has surfaced on X with an inventory of nations that can be capable to buy the sport once more. Right here’s every thing we all know in regards to the return of Helldivers 2 to Steam in these areas.
PSN Restriction as Precursor
Sony is not any stranger to region-locking their PC ports, particularly for his or her mainline entries like Spider-Man, God of Conflict, Ghost of Tsushima, and the Horizon sequence. This determination forces gamers to buy a PS5 because the console’s video games would not have any restrictions. Nonetheless, their Steam video games are subjected to the lock.
In Could 2024, Sony started to pressure Steam customers of Helldivers 2 to create a compulsory PSN account to hyperlink to the sport, which precipitated quite a lot of backlash. Arrowhead Video games had tried to push again on the choice, however Sony had since delisted the sport in over 144 international locations worldwide, which had gutted the participant inhabitants by a major quantity.
Listing of Unblocked Nations
In response to the HelldiversAlert Twitter web page, Sony has made concessions to carry the area block. On the sport’s SteamDB web page, there’s been a changelog of all of the international locations that may now purchase the sport once more. The next international locations have since had their restrictions eliminated for Helldivers 2:
Anguilla
Aruba
Aland Islands
Saint Barthélemy
Bermuda
Bonaire/Sint Eustatius/Saba
Bouvet Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cook dinner Islands
Curaçao
Christmas Island
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Faroe Islands
French Guiana
Guernsey
Gibraltar
Greenland
Guadeloupe
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Heard and McDonald Islands
Isle of Man
British Indian Ocean Territory
Jersey
Cayman Islands
Macau
Martinique
Montserrat
New Caledonia
Norfolk Island
Niue
French Polynesia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Pitcairn
Réunion
Saint Helena
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Sint Maarten (Dutch half)
Turks and Caicos Islands
French Southern Territories
Tokelau
British Virgin Islands
Wallis and Futuna
Mayotte
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
S. Virgin Islands
Whereas there are nonetheless many bigger international locations that also have the area lock in place, this latest change is a step in the correct route for Helldivers 2 to regain its previous participant inhabitants once more. This variation, on prime of teasers for extra Iluminate enemies within the recreation, might assist Arrowhead Video games regain some goodwill once more with its neighborhood.
