A God of War Ragnarok PC mod intended to let players bypass the controversial PlayStation Network sign-in requirement has been taken offline by the mod author. First reported by PC Gamer, iArtoriasUA's NoPSSDK mod was designed to disable the PSN account-linking overlay and mimic a fully offline mode.

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

The God of War Ragnarok PC mod that allows users to bypass the requirement for a PSN account has been removed by its creator in order to avoid any possible action from Sony.

A God of War Ragnarok PC mod that removed the game’s PSN requirements has been removed from Nexus Mods and GitHub.

Just days after PlayStation game God of War Ragnarok launched on PC to a ‘mixed’ Steam user review rating over its forced PlayStation Network account linking, a mod has been released that bypasses the requirement entirely.

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Just a few days after its release, the mod PC players have been using to bypass Sony's God of War Ragnarök PSN requirement has suddenly been taken offline.

There's a bit of a feud going on at the moment between PC players who don't want to sign into PSN accounts on top of their Steam accounts and Sony, a megacorporation that almost certainly will not budge on the issue.