Helldivers 2 Finally Gifts Free 'Review Bomb' Cape to Players, in Nod to Infamous PSN Account Linking Backlash

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has released its long-awaited 'Review Bomb' cape arsenic a escaped acquisition for each players, commemorating past year's little backlash erstwhile Sony tried to unit PC players to nexus their PSN accounts.

Sony yet U-turned connected its snafu aft provoking a firestorm of instrumentality fury, arsenic good a fig of pointed comments from Arrowhead's ain boss, Johan Pilestedt. The effect was seen arsenic a triumph by Helldivers 2's community, who got to enactment designing their ain versions of the game's commemorative capes sporting the game's then-plummeting Steam reappraisal people graph.

Now, a twelvemonth later, Arrowhead has yet released an authoritative mentation for each players — with the graph-like plan present dubbed the "Pillars of Freedom".

"In grant of their unquestioning committedness to the defence of Managed Democracy, the Helldivers person been awarded a commemorative cape," Arrowhead wrote via a new, in-universe update posted connected societal media. "The caller azygous portion volition beryllium disposable successful each Super Destroyer Armories arsenic soon arsenic the rollout is complete.

"This cape volition beryllium awarded to each existing players. As with our erstwhile point rollouts, delight let immoderate clip for the point to get successful your inbox."

While initially a infinitesimal of existent vexation for the game's fans and developer, the incidental is present conscionable different portion of Helldivers 2 lore — and archetypal reactions among the game's assemblage to the cape's merchandise person each been positive.

"Not lone is it a peculiar event, it looks large too," 1 instrumentality wrote. "I'll beryllium wearing this 1 for a while. For a crippled with nary communicative there's rather a batch of stories."

"Another day, different illustration of Arrowhead being the champion devs," wrote different fan. "The madlads really did it," said a third.

Last month, Helldivers 2’s ongoing Galactic War appeared to person reached different turning point, with the Federation declaring triumph implicit the Illuminate. But, arsenic ever, immoderate successful the game's vocal assemblage were erstwhile again aggreived arsenic players fought to clasp the assorted Mega Cities of Super Earth.

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