Sony Responds to Disappearance of PlayStation Games From Steam

Some players have started to worry that PlayStation Publishing has begun purging its catalog.

For some time, Sony has released games from its internal studios and partners on PC. However, the policy has changed, and now not all projects will receive PC versions. Against the backdrop of the recent release of Marvel’s Wolverine for PlayStation 5, players noticed that the popular cooperative shooter Helldivers 2 disappeared in one of the regions.

Helldivers 2 is developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, but its publisher is PlayStation Publishing. Some players began to fear that Sony had decided to pull previously released PC games from sale.

The issue with the disappearance of Helldivers 2 has so far been identified only in the United Kingdom. Judging by SteamDB data, it has not affected other regions.

Image source: Arrowhead Game Studios, PlayStation Publishing LLC

A PlayStation representative answered an inquiry from VGC journalists, explaining that the company had not removed any games from Steam:

We are already aware of an issue that has affected the availability of certain games on Steam in the UK. We are working with Valve to resolve this issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Horizon Forbidden West is also unavailable to some players. At the same time, original Horizon Zero Dawn, Returnal, and other projects do not have this problem.

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