[STEAM] Nexus Mods Says Creator of God of War Ragnarok PSN-Bypass Mod Has Pulled It Offline

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The creator of the high-profile **** of War Ragnarok PSN-bypass mod has reportedly pulled it offline without explanation.

Just days after the PlayStation game

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launched on PC to a ‘mixed’ Steam user review rating

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, a mod was released that bypassed the requirement entirely.

Sony had made it clear on the **** of War Ragnarok Steam page that a PlayStation Network account would be required to play Sony Santa Monica’s purely single-player adventure, but that ******* to prevent a number of negative reviews singling out the policy.

One modder going by the name iArtorias took matters into their own hands by stripping out the PSN requirement. iArtorias’ NoPSSDK mod, which had been downloaded thousands of times from Nexus Mods before its removal, “fully strips the PlayStation PC SDK runtime requirement for **** of War Ragnarok.”

But because the mod removed the PSN overlay from the game and mimicked an offline mode in the process, it was being used to bypass the PSN / Steam account linking requirement. IGN verified the mod worked before its removal.

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Posting earlier this week on Nexus Mods,

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. “I will try to maintain the tool even if something changes, but hopefully nothing crucial happens,” they said.

But today, September 26, the mod is no longer available from Nexus Mods or Github. In a

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, Nexus Mods insisted NoPSSDK had been removed from its site “by the author” and was trying to find out why. It seems likely Sony took a dim view of iArtorias’ mod, but it’s unclear at this point if the company got in touch to request its removal or whether iArtorias took it upon themselves to do so. IGN has attempted to contact iArtorias via Nexus Mods, and has asked Sony for comment.

Before the removal of the mod, iArtorias had received requests to release a similar mod for Sony’s other recently released PC games, such as

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. Ghost of Tsushima requires a PSN account for the Legends online multiplayer mode and to use PlayStation overlay, but it is not required to play the single-player game.

Sony’s PSN account requirement for its PC games was thrust into the limelight with the release of Arrowhead’s explosive PC and PS5 co-op shooter

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earlier this year. Helldivers 2 suffered a review ***** campaign on Steam after Sony made PSN accounts mandatory for PC gamers on Valve’s platform (

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).

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, but the game ******** unavailable in the many countries that lack PSN. And indeed all Sony’s games on PC now suffer from this problem, which means **** of War Ragnarök is unavailable on PC in over 100 countries.

Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on

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at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld.

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