The PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalog is expanding to include 14 new games today. The April 2024 additions to PS Plus even include one day-one release.
27.03.2024 - 20:37 / screenrant.com / Playstation Plus / Glenn Bunn / Sony
As is the case every month, PlayStation Plus is changing its roster of games in April, giving players new titles that they can add to their libraries and keep for as long as they're subscribed. PlayStation Plus is divided into three tiers – Essential, Extra, and Premium. While there are some specific perks for the upper tiers, the main difference between them is the number of titles available for players to download or stream from PlayStation's extensive console history.
Regardless of which tier players are subscribed to, the PlayStation Plus subscription provides access to online play on Sony systems for most titles — although some free-to-play titles don't require this — making it essential for most PlayStation users. For those who don't play multiplayer titles, however, PS Plus' rotating catalog of free games makes the subscription worthwhile, functioning as Sony's answer to the Xbox Game Pass.
PlayStation Plus' March 2024 monthly games,,, and are still available to add to members’ game libraries until Monday, April 1.
The official revealed the newest monthly lineup of rotating PS Plus games for April 2024, which includes a standard batch of three games:,, and , the first two of which were only released last year. is only available on PlayStation 5, whereas has both a PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 version available. is a PlayStation 4 title, but is playable on PlayStation 5 via backwards compatibility.
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PlayStation Plus subscribers also get limited access to an exclusive Mega Bundle. This includes free Legendary Beekeeper Sigma, Legendary Art Deco Symmetra, seven Epic Skins, and five Battle Pass Tier Skips.
Ascendant Studios' is a single-player magic shooter full of fast, fluid, first-person spell-based combat. The game follows the story of Jak, a thief who joins an elite order of battle-mages to defend the land of Lucium because of his ability to wield all three forces of magic. Throughout the game, players are able to unlock and upgrade more than 25 Spells and 80 Talents. They can also discover, upgrade, and craft hundreds of pieces of magical gear to refine their playstyle and become Aveum’s most powerful Triarch Magnus.
Minecraft Legends is a real-time action-strategy video game in which players can explore "" and defend it from the ravaging piglin forces, forming alliances with new friends and familiar mobs before jumping into epic battles to defend the Overworld. Players can also challenge their friends or team up in intense battles in online play. This multiplayer mode sees up to eight players defending their village while leading units to destroy their opponents’ settlements.
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The PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalog is expanding to include 14 new games today. The April 2024 additions to PS Plus even include one day-one release.
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced April 2024’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue and Classics titles.
Sony has officially confirmed 12 games that will be joining the Extra tier of its PlayStation Plus subscription service in April 2024. Thanks to previous release date announcements, PlayStation Plus subscribers already knew about two of the games coming to PS Plus Extra ahead of time.
PlayStation has officially confirmed Animal Well as a day one game for the Extra and Premium tiers of PlayStation Plus. While Xbox Game Pass features more day one games on average, PlayStation Plus has added its fair share of day one games over the years as well. In fact, a day one game is coming to the subscription service later this month.
Sony has announced the April 2024 game lineup for Extra and Premium Playstation Plus subscribers, along with a few new Classics Catalog titles for Premium members. All titles will be available to play on April 16.
Rely on your wits in Animal Well, slip into a wetsuit with Dave the Diver and journey through mystical 2.5D realms in Tales of Kenzera: Zau. All three games launch onto PlayStation as part of the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. And there are even more games joining April’s Game Catalog lineup. Let’s take a closer look at each. Aside from Animal Well and Tales of Kenzera: Zau, all titles will be available on April 16.
PlayStation Plus gets a lot of attention for its monthly catalog of rotating titles, but the more persistent library accessible through PS+ Extra and Premium is also a crucial part of the membership. Like Xbox Game Pass, this feature makes it possible to get some major releases on day one without making any individual payment, as well as providing an ever-expanding resource to swell backlogs. So far, 2024 has seen notable additions like and theand remakes, making for an increasingly attractive package.
Mintrocket's is coming to PlayStation Plus on April 16. As its name would suggest, the title follows a professional diver called Dave who catches unique fish during the day to serve at his seaside sushi restaurant at night. The title was released to extremely high acclaim on PC in June 2023, with a Nintendo Switch version released later that year. It sparked some controversy when it was nominated for the "" award at The Game Awards, however, as Mintrocket is a subsidiary of Nexon, Korea's biggest game company, and would have had more funding than most actual Indie developers.
Those subscribed to the Extra and Premium tiers of PlayStation Plus have two more games to look forward to this month, including day one release Tales of Kenzera: Zau. Sony has established many patterns when it comes to its PlayStation Plus announcement, and so many fans were not expecting to learn about any upcoming PS Plus Extra or Premium games for at least another week or so.
Sony has released April’s first wave of PlayStation Plus games.
The free PlayStation Plus games for April 2024 — Immortals of Aveum, Minecraft Legends, and Skul: The Hero Slayer — are now available for subscribers to download. These free PS Plus games cover a few different genres and should therefore offer something to suite most gamers’ varied interests.
MINTROCKET will release DAVE THE DIVER for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on April 16, the developer announced. It will also be available as part of the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog.