Sony backed down from its unpopular decision, and Helldivers 2's Steam rating is steadily recovering, but Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt is worried about opening up fresh wounds by going through with tomorrow's scheduled release of thepremium warbond, a $10 DLC pack that adds three new armor sets, guns, and other cosmetics to the game. The most democratic course of action, the CEO figures, is putting it to a vote.
"With the negative sentiment around account linking, a concern from the team came up about 'is it tone deaf to release a new warbond this soon?'" Pilestedt tweeted today."And therefore we are putting it to a real vote in true democratic fashion.", which is live now and ends Thursday in the early morning hours in the US, has two options:"Release tomorrow" or"Delay release.
Still, it's a nice gesture to let the community decide, and it shows an uncommon sensitivity to the community's feelings on microtansactions. Helldivers have 10-ish more hours to let their voices be heard.Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.Morgan has been writing for PC Gamer since 2018, first as a freelancer and currently as a staff writer. He has also appeared on Polygon, Kotaku, Fanbyte, and PCGamesN.
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