A number of NeoGAF users have received emails from Sony stating that the price of the three month subscription to PlayStation Plus will be rising from September. The subscription will rise from £11.99 for 90-days to £14.99, but the price for monthly and annual subscriptions will remain the same. The price change takes affect from 1st September 2015, and will affect your subscription on your renewal date.
The European PlayStation Store has been updated with new content today, although this week’s update is DLC heavy. You can find four new PS4 games, along with August’s Instant Game Collection, which includes Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris and God of War Ascension.
Sony has announced a new feature exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers: Vote to Play. The new feature lets subscribers vote on several as-yet unreleased PS4 games to be included in the upcoming month’s game line-up. Although it won’t be a monthly feature, it gives games the power to choose which free game they want to receive.
New PlayStation Plus content will be available to subscribers in North America and Europe tomorrow, following the weekly PlayStation Store update. August’s games include Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PS4), God of War Ascension (PS3) and Sound Shapes (cross-buy). As a result, last months games, including Rocket League will be removed, so be sure to download any games you’ve missed.
With a PlayStation Plus subscription, games get 1 GB of cloud storage included in the subscription plan, letting you back up your savedata. The space is sufficient for the PS3 and PS Vita, where savedata is much smaller (usually a few megabytes per game), but the same can’t be said about the PS4. As I recently found out, many PS4 games have far larger data saved, filling up your cloud storage quickly.
Sony has revealed July 2015’s Instant Game Collection, which will go live on the PlayStation Store on July 7th 2015 (next week Tuesday). The line-up includes new title Rocket League (PS4), rain (PS3) and Entwined (PS4/PS Vita). Going forward, all future PlayStation Plus updates will take place on the first Tuesday of every month.
Today marks the 5th anniversary of PlayStation Plus in Europe, which has seen over 350 free games since it first launched on 29th June 2010. If you’ve been a member of Plus since the beginning, look forward to a limited edition gift arriving in the post – you’ll receive an email with further instructions today.
It turns out that Sony only jumped the gun by a couple of days. Sony has made a follow up announcement, confirming that DRIVECLUB PlayStation Plus Edition will be available to all PlayStation Plus members starting on Thursday, 25th June. The offline mode will be available first, followed by a steady rollout of the online functionality.
New content is available on the US PlayStation Store this week with ten new PS4 games added, including Batman Arkham Knight, Planetside 2 and Don’t Starve: Giant Edition. You can also find a handful of new PS3 and PS Vita games, along with new downloadable content.
It’s been a long wait for PlayStation Plus subscribers who’ve been waiting for the free version of DRIVECLUB. Originally promised as a PS4 launch title, the game has suffered delays and server issues since day one. However, the wait may finally be over soon. DRIVECLUB development director Paul Rustchynsky has confirmed that the PS Plus Edition is nearly complete.
