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A mistake by platform holder Sony has seen some Vita owners accidentally getting their hands on a free copy of Legends of War: Patton’s Campaign. Sony has said that the title was mistakenly included” in January’s PlayStation Plus Instant Games Collection range instead of the intended title History: Legends of …
Read More »Grow Home breaks Ubisoft download records on PSN
Ubisoft has said that Grow Home has become its fastest ever downloaded game on the PlayStation Network. Grow Home was initially released on Steam in February. A possible console release was touted should the PC release prove successful enough. This came to fruition last month when the game won the …
Read More »World of Tanks on PS4 does not require PS Plus subscription
Wargaming has confirmed that free-to-play title World of Tanks will shortly be arriving on PS4. The biggest news, however, is that those wanting to play the game aren’t required to be paying subscribers to PlayStation Plus, which is normally needed to access online multiplayer titles. This is in sharp contrast …
Read More »Grow Home wins first PS Plus Vote to play contest
Ubisoft’s quirky platformer Grow Home will be released on PS4, and will be free to PlayStation Plus subscribers. The existence of the console version of the game was uncovered last month at the same time Sony unveiled plans to allow gamers to vote on future PS+ Instant Game Collections selections. …
Read More »Sony opens PlayStation Plus Vote to Play scheme tomorrow
PlayStation Plus members will be able to vote to see what titles will appear in Instant Game Collection later this week. That’s according to a post on the PlayStation Blog which says that the first vote opens tomorrow (Thursday August 13th) at 4:30pm, and will run until Monday August 24th …
Read More »Sony to increase one and three month PlayStation Plus subscription prices
Sony is hiking the price of some of its PlayStation Plus subscriptions – specifically its one and three-month costs. At the moment, one month of PlayStation Plus will set consumers back 5.49, while three months of the online service costs 11.99. Sony says that these are set to rise ‘in …
Read More »Sony will let you vote for next free PS+ game; Grow Home confirmed for PS4
The PS4’s dashboard What’s New section has let slip two bits of interesting PS4 news. As spotted by Neogaf, Sony is introducing a Vote to Play system that will allow PS4 owners to vote on what title they want included in a future PlayStation Plus Instant Games Catalogue selection. Whichever …
Read More »PS Plus games to arrive simultaneously for North America and Europe
Sony has announced its PlayStation Plus program’s free games will now become available on the same day in both North America and Europe. Starting this month, all PlayStation Plus users in North America and Europe will be able to pick up their monthly gift on the first Tuesday of the …
Read More »PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live subscriptions added to consumer price index
Online game subscriptions like PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live will now be used to calculate the impact of inflation. As spotted by Eurogamer, these schemes have been added into the UK Government’s consumer price index (CPI), the list of goods and services used to measure inflation. PlayStation Plus and Xbox …
Read More »Sony can’t guarantee free PlayStation Plus DriveClub will ever arrive
The free version of DriveClub for PlayStation Plus members may never be released, Sony has admitted. That’s still being looked at,” Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president and CEO Jim Ryan told Metro when asked about the release. When pressed on whether he could guarantee” that it will be released, Ryan …
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