Nexus Mods user iArtorias has removed his handy mod that allowed players to bypass PSN for God of War Ragnarök on PC.
God of War Ragnarök received negative reviews on Steam upon release, which pointed to Sony's controversial requirement for PC users to link to a PSN account. However, PC gamers, being PC gamers, came up with a mod that could be used to override Sony's controversial PSN linking requirement. The mod accomplished this by removing the PSN overlay.
However, its creator iArtorias has now removed the mod from Nexus, with no explanation given yet.
According to the Nexus Mods social media account, iArtorias removed the mod themselves and the site had nothing to do with this decision.
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If you click through to the mod now, instead of finding all the details on how to install it and such, you'll get a message saying, “The mod you were looking for could not be found.”
When I checked the mod's page earlier this week, there were requests from other users asking iArtorias to create a similar mod for the recently released PC version of Ghost of Tsushima. It now seems uncertain whether iArtorias will consider this an option.
At the time of writing, there's no indication whether the removal of the mod from Nexus Mods was anything to do with Sony, however Eurogamer has reached out for comment.
To learn more about the PC release of God of War Ragnarök, Digital Foundry’s Alex Battaglia recently spoke with Matt DeWald, lead producer at original developer Sony Santa Monica, and Steve Tolin, technical director at PC port developer Jetpack Interactive.