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Ted Litchfield

An Arrowhead community manager was 'almost, but not quite' fired for encouraging Helldivers 2 review bombing and refunds

A Steam chart showing a recent spike in negative reviews due to Sony's insistence on players linking a PSN account.

The Helldivers 2 community can finally beat its swords into plowshares following Sony's capitulation on a controversial PlayStation Network sign in requirement, but somebody almost lost their job over the debacle.

No, I'm not talking about whoever at Sony could have seen this coming and headed off the unnecessary crisis, I'm talking about one of Helldivers 2's outspoken community managers, Spitz, who perhaps got a little too candid on the record when talking to the game's rioting player base.

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