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PlayStation Plus subscribers who pay to upgrade the free PS+ version of DriveClub will be able to access the extra content permanently. If you have DriveClub PS+ Edition and upgrade, we’ll ensure you keep full game access even if your PS Plus runs out,” the PlayStation Europe Twitter account just …
Read More »DriveClub PS+ £42.99 upgrade comes with a bit of a catch
Sony has detailed exactly how owners of the PS+ edition of DriveClub will be able to access the missing content. DriveClub will release either as a full PS4 game or as a free download for PlayStation Plus users. This latter version, despite being feature rich, skips many of the tracks …
Read More »PlayStation recruits ad agency to ‘reposition’ PlayStation Plus.
Sony has recruited ad agency Work Club help push PlayStation Plus across Europe. The agency will ‘rebrand and reposition’ the PS Plus service, according to CampaignLive. For those that don’t know, PS Plus is the subscription service available for PS3, PS4 and PS Vita that allows for online gaming on …
Read More »Sony still planning free DriveClub for PlayStation Plus subscribers
A free edition of PS4 title DriveClub is still on track for PlayStation Plus subscribers, Sony has said. The game was finally given a second release date yesterday – October 10th in the UK – after slipping from the console’s launch line-up last November. And Sony has insisted to CVG …
Read More »More than half of PS4 owners have subscribed to PlayStation Plus
PlayStation Plus is proving hugely popular with PS4 owners. CVG reports that Sony CEO Kaz Hirai told investors that "of all the 4.2m PS4s that have moved into the hands of consumers, more than half of those people have signed up for the PS Plus service". There are now also …
Read More »PlayStation Plus: Sound Shapes on PS4 free for Indian users in February
Indian PlayStation Plus members will receive Sound Shapes as the PS4 Instant Game Collection title for the month of February, Sony has announced. Sound Shapes replaces Outlast, which is the free PS4 game for the rest of the PAL region, but the survival-horror game is, for reasons unkown, not available …
Read More »No PS+ required for Elder Scrolls Online on PS4
Bethesda has confirmed that PS4 owners will not need to subscribe to PlayStation Plus to play The Elder Scrolls Online. PS4 is the first Sony console to require that users sign up to the subscription arm of PlayStation network to access multiplayer. However, it appears from CVG‘s report that this …
Read More »Outlast hitting PS4 PlayStation Plus in February
PS4 owners who are subscribed to PS+ will next month be handed a free copy of indie survival horror hit Outlast. The game, developed by Red Barrels, will remain free to all PS4 owners who either currently subscribe to Sony’s service or sign up during its period of availability. All …
Read More »Resogun joins Contrast in PS4 Instant Game Collection
A second of PS4’s launch game has been added to Sony’s free Instant Games Collection. Colourful shooter Resogun (which, judging by the recently lifted PS4 review embargo, is very much the pick of the console’s launch titles) joins Contrast is becoming freely available to PlayStation Plus members from November 29th. …
Read More »Binding of Isaac and Don’t Starve will be free on PS4
Two high-profile indie games making their way to PS4 will be free for a limited time at launch. Joystiq reports that Don’t Starve, which is due out on PS4 in January, will be free (presumably for a month) to PlayStation Plus subscribers. This will be followed a few months down …
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