Playstation Plus Line-up for South Africa Revealed

Sony’s Playstation Plus subscription service is undergoing a huge revamp, with the online membership aiming to tackle the more comprehensive library offered by Xbox’s extremely-successful GamePass service.

Instead of getting access to a handful of games each month (which then are replaced with other games), as was the case with Playstation Plus before, the new service will have a larger catalogue of games, with everything from PS2, PS3, PS4, and PS5 games available to play.

The following selection games will be available for Playstation Plus Extra and Premium/Deluxe plans (you can check out the anticipated pricing tiers here) when the service launches in SA:

Playstation Studios games:

• Alienation | Housemarque, PS4
• Bloodborne | FromSoftware, PS4
• Concrete Genie | Pixelopus, PS4
• Days Gone | Bend Studio, PS4
• Dead Nation Apocalypse Edition | Housemarque, PS4
• Death Stranding and Death Stranding Director’s Cut | Kojima Productions, PS4/PS5
• Demon’s Souls | Bluepoint Games,  PS5
• Destruction AllStars | Lucid Games, PS5
• Everybody’s Golf | Japan Studio, PS4
• Ghost Of Tsushima Director’s Cut | Sucker Punch, PS4/ PS5
• God of War | Santa Monica Studio, PS4
• Gravity Rush 2 | Japan Studio, PS4
• Gravity Rush Remastered | Japan Studio, PS4
• Horizon Zero Dawn | Guerrilla, PS4
• Infamous First Light | Sucker Punch, PS4
• Infamous Second Son | Sucker Punch, PS4
• Knack | Japan Studio, PS4
• LittleBigPlanet 3 | Sumo Digital, PS4
• LocoRoco Remastered | Japan Studio, PS4
• LocoRoco 2 Remastered | Japan Studio, PS4
• Marvel’s Spider-Man | Insomniac Games, PS4
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Insomniac Games, PS4/PS5
• Matterfall |Housemarque, PS4
• MediEvil | Other Ocean, PS4
• Patapon Remastered | Japan Studio, PS4
• Patapon 2 Remastered | Japan Studio, PS4
• Resogun | Housemarque, PS4
• Returnal | Housemarque, PS5
• Shadow of the Colossus | Japan Studio,  PS4
• Tearaway Unfolded |Media Molecule, PS4
• The Last Guardian | Japan Studio, PS4
• The Last of Us Remastered | Naughty Dog, PS4
• The Last of Us: Left Behind | Naughty Dog, PS4
• Until Dawn | Supermassive Games, PS4
• Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection |Naughty Dog, PS4
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End | Naughty Dog, PS4
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy | Naughty Dog, PS4
• WipEout Omega Collection | Clever Beans & Creative Vault Studios, PS4

Third Party games:

• Ashen | Annapurna Interactive,PS4
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla*** | Ubisoft, PS4/PS5
• Batman: Arkham Knight | WB Games, PS4
• Celeste | Maddy Makes Games, PS4
• Cities: Skylines | Paradox Interactive, PS4
• Control: Ultimate Edition | 505 Games, PS4/PS5
• Dead Cells| Motion Twin, PS4
• Far Cry 3 Remaster*** | Ubisoft, PS4
• Far Cry 4*** | Ubisoft, PS4
• Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition | Square Enix Co. LTD, PS4
• For Honor*** | Ubisoft, PS4
• Hollow Knight | Team Cherry, PS4
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy | Square Enix Co. LTD., PS4/PS5
• Mortal Kombat 11 | WB Games, PS4/PS5
• Narutoshippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 | Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., PS4
• NBA 2K22 | 2K Games, PS4/PS5
• Outer Wilds | Annapurna Interactive, PS4
• Red Dead Redemption 2 | Rockstar Games, PS4 
• Resident Evil | Capcom Co., Ltd, PS4
• Soulcalibur VI | Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., PS4
• South Park: The Fractured but Whole*** | Ubisoft, PS4
• The Artful Escape | Annapurna Interactive, PS4/PS5
• The Crew 2*** | Ubisoft, PS4
• Tom Clancy’s The Division*** | Ubisoft, PS4

Classic Games Catalog 

Available on the PlayStation Plus Premium**/Deluxe Plan

PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe members will have a selection of popular classic games to play, with some titles that will show improved frame rates and higher-quality resolution compared to their original launch versions. For select original PlayStation and PSP classic games, members will also enjoy a new user interface with menus that allow you to save your game at any time, or even rewind the game if you want a do-over. 

Also, players who have previously purchased the digital version of select games from the original PlayStation and PSP generation will not have to make a separate purchase or sign up to PlayStation Plus to play these titles on PS4 or PS5. When these titles are released for PS4 and PS5, players can head to PlayStation Store and download a version for the consoles at no extra cost if they already own the digital version of the title. Some of the titles will also be available for individual purchase. 

Additionally, some remastered classics from previous console generations will be added to the PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe plan. Below is an early look at a selection of games that will be available. 

Classic Games Catalog – Original PlayStation and PSP

Playstation Studios games

• Ape Escape | Japan Studio, Original PlayStation 
• Hot Shots Golf | Japan Studio, Original PlayStation
• I.Q. Intelligent Qube | Japan Studio, Original PlayStation
• Jumping Flash! | Japan Studio, Original PlayStation
• Syphon Filter | Bend Studio, Original PlayStation
• Super Stardust Portable | Housemarque, PSP

Third Party Partners

• Mr. Driller | Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., Original PlayStation 
• Tekken 2 | Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., Original PlayStation 
• Worms World Party | Team 17, Original PlayStation 
• Worms Armageddon | Team17, Original PlayStation 

Classic Games Catalog – Remasters

PlayStation Studios

• Ape Escape 2 | Japan Studio, PS4
• Arc The Lad: Twilight of the Spirits | Japan Studio, PS4
• Dark Cloud | Japan Studio, PS4
• Dark Cloud 2 | Japan Studio, PS4
• FantaVision | SIE, PS4   
• Hot Shots Tennis | Japan Studio, PS4  
• Jak II | Naughty Dog, PS4
• Jak 3| Naughty Dog, PS4
• Jak X: Combat Racing | Naughty Dog, PS4
• Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy | Naughty Dog, PS4  
• Rogue Galaxy | Japan Studio, PS4
• Siren | Japan Studio, PS4
• Wild Arms 3 | SIE, PS4 

Third Party Partners

• Bioshock Remastered | 2K Games, PS4
• Borderlands The Handsome Collection | 2K Games, PS4
• Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition | Gearbox Publishing, PS4
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning | THQ Nordic, PS4
• LEGO Harry Potter Collection | WB Games, PS4

Original PS3 Games (via streaming)

PlayStation Plus Premium** Plan

The new PlayStation Plus will offer PS3 games to stream and play on PS4, PS5 and PC****. These are original, non-remastered versions of PS3 games and are available to PlayStation Plus Premium members where cloud streaming is available.  Here is an early look at the selection of original PS3 games available.

PlayStation Studios

• Crash Commando | Creative Vault Studios, PS3
• Demon’s Souls | From Software, PS3
• echochrome | Japan Studio, PS3
• Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds | Japan Studio, PS3
• Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational | Japan Studio, PS3
• Ico | Japan Studio, PS3
• Infamous | Sucker Punch, PS3
• Infamous 2 | Sucker Punch, PS3
• Infamous: Festival of Blood | Sucker Punch, PS3
• LocoRoco Cocoreccho! | Japan Studio, PS3
• MotorStorm Apocalypse | Evolution Studios, PS3
• MotorStorm RC | Evolution Studios, PS3
• Puppeteer | Japan Studio, PS3
• rain | Japan Studio, PS3
• Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty | Insomniac Games, PS3
• Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time |Insomniac Games, PS3
• Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus | Insomniac Games, PS3
• Resistance 3 | Insomniac Games, PS3
• Super Stardust HD | Housemarque, PS3
• Tokyo Jungle | Japan Studio, PS3
• When Vikings Attack | Clever Beans, PS3

Third Party Partners

• Asura’s Wrath | Capcom Co., Ltd., PS3
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 |  Konami, PS3
• Devil May Cry HD Collection | Capcom Co., Ltd., PS3
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West | Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc., PS3
• F.E.A.R. | WB Games, PS3
• Lost Planet 2 | Capcom Co., Ltd., PS3
• Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 | Koei Tecmo, PS3
• Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare | Rockstar Games, PS3

Sony also confirmed that the new PlayStation Plus offering will launch in a phased regional approach. In the June timeframe, the company will begin with an initial launch in several markets in Asia, followed by North America, Europe and the rest of the world where PlayStation Plus is offered. Sony aims to have most PlayStation Network territories live with the new PlayStation Plus game subscription service by the end of the first half of 2022.