It’s been a terrible day for Helldivers 2 and the team behind it. Angry players swarmed the co-op shooter’s Steam page to review-bomb it like a giant hive of Terminids after a PlayStation Network login requirement was reinstituted on PC.

Today alone, Helldivers 2 has accrued over 20,000 negative Steam reviews, dropping the top-selling co-op shooter to a "Mixed" recent review rating.

Helldivers 2 is seeing thousands of negative user reviews come in through Steam, just hours after players learned that linking to an active PSN account is mandatory.

What you need to know Arrowhead Game Studios' popular co-op shooter Helldivers 2 is going through a review bombing uproar on Steam right now due to publisher Sony reintroducing a requirement that will soon force PC players to link their Steam account to a PlayStation Network one in order to continue playing.

Sony recently announced that Helldivers 2 players on Steam will soon need to link to a PlayStation Network. While this was the case at launch, the publisher made it optional due to technical problems.

"Ouch, right in the review score," CEO and creative director Johan Pilestedt says on Twitter, sharing an image of the game's recent Steam review average, which has dropped precipi

Helldivers 2, a strategic cooperative game that has won the hearts of many for its dynamic gameplay, has recently found itself at the center of controversy due to an unexpected policy change. The decision to require PlayStation Network (PSN) account linkage for Steam users has sparked widespread dissatisfaction,

PlayStation is forcing all players to have a PS Network account to play Helldivers 2 months after its release.