PlayStation Plus April Update: Demon’s Souls Free for Members
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Morgan Haro
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It’s the first of April, and with the new month comes a new look at content coming to PlayStation Plus — there’s much to take in, with Plus members getting the venerable Demon’s Souls free. In addition to the monthly overview, this week brings more goodies, such as a sale on the award-winning The Walking Dead series, and more discounts on fan-favorites like Rainbow Moon and the Soldner-X series.
April Preview
The following games are slated to be free to PS Plus members through the Instant Game Collection in the month of April.
Demon’s Souls (PS3)
PSN Price: $19.99, Free for PS Plus members
Beautiful, compelling, and unforgiving, Demon’s Souls is the ultimate hardcore RPG experience. Revolutionary online features support your adventure like never before, presenting seamless interconnectivity that serves in every instance to enhance the single-player game. Leave hints and clues for those who will follow in your footsteps either intentionally or through your own inadvertent demise, your bloodstains will allow your successors to view a replay of your death, hinting at how to avoid your gruesome fate. It’s an in-depth action RPG that offers hundreds of hours of gameplay. If you can tackle the learning curve, you’ll find one of the most ridiculously rewarding games of the generation.
SOULCALIBUR: Broken Destiny (PSP, Supported on PS Vita)
PSN Price: $39.99, Free for PS Plus members
Battle as one of many returning Soulcalibur favorites, each enhanced with tuned balancing, new moves and animations. Play the dedicated single player game mode: Trials, developed exclusively for this Soul Calibur outing and evolved versions of classic game modes like The Gauntlet and Versus. Blow away your competition using finely tuned and enhanced battle mechanics including critical finishes, Soul Crushes and equipment destruction and unleash devastating combos.
Malicious (PS3)
PSN Price: $9.99, Free for PS Plus members
Take control of the Spirit Vessel and battle waves of brutal fighters and colossal enemies to rid the world of the evil force of Malicious. Gain new weapons, build your powers and perform devastating combo attacks as the final showdown between good and evil draws near. With a beautiful art style, Malicious is a treat to look at and will be coming to PS Plus later this month.
Labyrinth Legends (PS3)
PSN Price: $9.99, Free for PS Plus members
Are you daring enough, crafty enough, powerful enough to become a legend? Brave the mysterious tunnels, mystical crypts and maniacal creatures of Labyrinth Legends. Explore hidden catacombs and ancient tombs of lost civilizations while evading concealed traps and solving an array of intuitive puzzles. A unique combination of crisp graphics and dazzling visuals, inviting exploration, tricky puzzles, and exciting monster-slashing arcade action makes Labyrinth Legends quite the thrilling game.
Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov’s Revenge (PS3 and PS Vita – Cross-Buy and Cross-Play)
PSN Price: $9.99 Free for PS Plus members
Pick your side in the epic war between two evil masterminds: apprentice-gone-rogue Orville Tycoon and his army of heavy-duty zombies, or his vengeance-thirsty mentor Professor Brainhov and his frantic masses of agile undead! Post Z-day, Tycoon’s mad machination to extinguish all life in Finkleville has almost reached its apogee. During the final siege on the human fortress, his former mentor makes a sudden comeback, seeking retribution for his apprentice’s betrayal and eager to reclaim his rightful place as alpha mad scientist. Only one question remains: who shall win? Slow zombies, or fast zombies? Find out as undead armies clash in both the immersive single player campaign and the competitive multiplayer mode!
Leaving PS Plus In April
April 2nd – Spec Ops: the Line
April 9th – Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
April 16th – Anomaly: Warzone Earth
April 23rd – Mega Man Maverick Hunter X
April 30th – Disgaea 3 Absence of Detention
Entering PS Plus in April (in no particular order)
Demon’s Souls (PS3)
Malicious (PS3)
Labyrinth Legends (PS3)
SOULCALIBUR: Broken Destiny (PSP, Supported on PS Vita)
Zombie Tycoon 2 (PS3 and PS Vita – Cross-Buy)
April 2nd PlayStation Plus Update
Demon’s Souls
PSN Price: $19.99, Free for PS Plus members
Beautiful, compelling, and unforgiving, Demon’s Souls is the ultimate hardcore RPG experience. Revolutionary online features support your adventure like never before, presenting seamless interconnectivity that serves in every instance to enhance the single-player game. Leave hints and clues for those who will follow in your footsteps either intentionally or through your own inadvertent demise, your bloodstains will allow your successors to view a replay of your death, hinting at how to avoid your gruesome fate. It’s an in-depth action RPG that offers hundreds of hours of gameplay. If you can tackle the learning curve, you’ll find one of the most ridiculously rewarding games of the generation.
The Walking Dead Sale (PS3)
Various Discounts
Telltale’s The Walking Dead redefined how we think about video games. Recipient of several Game of the Year 2013 awards, if for some reason you haven’t had a chance to experience this unique story within The Walking Dead universe, now is a fine time to check it out. You can get the entire first season, episodes 1 through 5, through the Season Pass, or fill in what you have left by picking up each of the episodes individually.
The Walking Dead Season Pass (Regular Price: $19.99; PSN Sale Price: $14.99; PS Plus Price: $10.49
The Walking Dead Individual Episodes 2 – 5 (Regular Price: $4.99; PSN Sale Price: $3.99; PS Plus Price: $2.99
Rainbow Moon Sale (PS3)
Various Discounts
Rainbow Moon, the indie-developed Strategy RPG filled with exploration, tactical turn-based battles, six memorable characters, is now on sale with extra discounts for PS Plus members. Find the core game, a premium bundle, as well as the soundtrack, all on sale.
Rainbow Moon (Regular Price: $14.99; PSN Sale Price: $9.99; PS Plus Price: $7.99)
Rainbow Moon Premium Bundle (Regular Price: $18.99; PSN Sale Price: $10.99; PS Plus Price: $8.79)
Rainbow Moon Melodies (Regular Price: $4.99; PSN Sale Price: $1.99; PS Plus Price: $1.59)
Söldner-X Sale (PS3)
Various Discounts
The Söldner-X series combines 2D gameplay with white-knuckled action, fantastic level design, and beautiful HD environments to bring a truly unique shmup (short for shoot em’ up for the uninitiated). Both Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer and Söldner-X2: Final Prototype are on sale, as well as bundled editions with extra content, and individual add-ons.
Söldner-X2: Final Prototype and Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer Bundle (Regular Price: $14.99; PSN Sale Price: $7.99; PS Plus Price: $6.39
Söldner-X2: Final Prototype (Regular Price: $9.99; PSN Sale Price: $4.99; PS Plus Price: $3.99)
Söldner-X2: Final Prototype Complete Bundle (Regular Price: $12.99; PSN Sale Price: $6.99; PS Plus Price: $5.59)
Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer (Regular Price: $7.99; PSN Sale Price: $3.99; PS Plus Price: $3.19)
Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer Soundtrack (Regular Price: $3.99; PSN Sale Price: $1.99; PS Plus Price: $1.59)
Söldner-X2: Final Prototype Soundtrack (Regular Price: 4.99; PSN Sale Price: $1.99; PS Plus Price: $1.59)
Remember, check back every Monday to learn when Malicious (PS3), Zombie Tycoon 2 (PS Vita and PS3), Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny (PS Vita and PSP), and Labyrinth Legends (PS3) are arriving to PS Plus members. You’ll also find more discounts and other exclusives that we weren’t able to detail here just yet. Remember the month preview is subject to change.
Thanks for reading this week’s update. You’ll find all the content detailed above with their Plus benefits active when PlayStation Store updates on April 2nd. Got more questions about Plus? Leave your comments below, or, if you’re looking to engage with more of the PS community, head over to the PlayStation Community Forums to discuss this week’s news more, find other topics to contribute your thoughts to, or start one for yourself. See you in the comments! (oh, and no there are not any April Fool’s jokes in this post; I tried!)
Great update. No idea why people are complaining about Demons Souls for free – it’s a great game, period. And $9 for the Walking Dead episodes that weren’t part of PS Plus counts as a great deal in my book.
I signed up for 3 months in March due to an inherent desire to see what the “fuss” was about with Spec Ops. I was actually impressed that PS+ US was able to secure a more well-known title. I’m not knowledgeable on licensing and how much it costs vs what companies will allow their games to be used in the service, but I am pretty lackadaisical these days. I feel as if I should of saved my money, I purchased Tokyo Jungle coinciding with my + and have rarely touched + other than a free theme or two. The games are outdated and low scorers which generally means this + US service feels a lot like Netflix, quantity over quality and a lot of what I could care less about.
I appreciate Sony offering a service like this in the first place as well as keeping PSN free, which I doubt will resume with the “next-gen”, but I can’t rally behind a corporation and act like its a relative. This is a weak selection, especially in comparison to the EU + market. I honestly wanted Okami HD, I was so impressed that it had made the list – but didn’t realize I was reading about EU.
Remember, check back every Monday to learn when Malicious (PS3), Zombie Tycoon 2 (PS Vita and PS3), Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny (PS Vita and PSP), and Labyrinth Legends (PS3) are arriving to PS Plus members. You’ll also find more discounts and other exclusives that we weren’t able to detail here just yet.
The only content releasing this week in Plus are under the April 2nd header
Man, Plus has gotten me bustin out my PSP a lot more. Thinking about getting the psp go if we keep getting good PSP games. The PS3 game suck this month though, Never heard of any of these game. But I hate rpg’s so why would I? We need more sports and racing games next month.
Sony needs to stop loading up the European gamers with lots of great free Vita games and show some love to us in North America instead. Disgaea was great but what you’ve been giving North American members in the last three months is a poor offering compared to the love our fellow gamers overseas are getting.
@481 I don’t think they’re STUPID! and apparently neither do some of the posters here. One bought a PS+ just to get Street Fighter II HD Remix. Imagine that.
I’d rather see Namco Bandai’s other expensive PSP game Ace Combat rather than Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny. Tekken 6 and Soul Calibur: BD already had recent sale prices and price drops and an entry from a different genre would be most welcome. While I appreciate Demon Souls I would much rather see a more accessible entry that more players can get into. Last month I purchased 3 1-yr subscriptions for my 3 friends’ birthdays and this month is a bit of a let down for what Playstation Plus is capable of.
This month in my opinion might be the best month of content as a whole since the roll out of IGC, very very pleased every game looks fun well Demon Souls not fun but hopefully good.
Cool Demon’s Souls, I was thinking to cancel my suscription and buy Demon’s Souls instead, but I decided to maintain my subscription and now I have Demon’s Souls also :)
What about the games that are already free on PS+ now? I want to get DOA5, but my PS wallet is empty. I’ll put some money today or tomorrow. Will DOA5 still be on PS+ for free?
@467 intrigue169 Good Call! It’s really smart to get EU subscription now. Did you get a bonus 3 months? I jumped on the ship 2 months ago to get Sleeping Dogs. I wish I could wait a little bit so I can have the extra 3 months for free. So jealous. Maybe I should go to ebay to buy another 1 year subscription to take advantage of this promotion.
Would be nice if Morgan responded to comment’s that isn’t all praise. What’s the point of having a comment section if you aren’t going to take criticism and answer back to the community.
Don’t listen to the haters, this was a great update.
Demon’s Souls is awesome, and the PSN games sound interesting if nothing else (I really would’ve loved Rainbow Moon on Plus though, please give us that one in the future!).
Vita update was kind of weak this month though. Still, they don’t have any right to complain, Uncharted, Gravity Rush, and other Plus additions over the past few months were great.
I think a lot of people are forgetting that technically, VITA IS STILL A NEW DEVICE. There are still not tons of games for the system, the fact that it does have so many games already is a miracle. Don’t be unappreciative!
Hey morgan thanks for the update I look forward to mondays just for this lol I stared at my screen from 11 am till 8:00pm Waiting to see what you have put up unfortunately nothing for me this month IGC wise but I might pick up rainbow moon and whatever other sales you guys might put up this month so again thanks morgan
I’ve got a serious question and hope some people could help me ASAP.
I’ve got a PS3 (phat) and I’ve got an active PS plus membership. But the above stated games (which should be there at the moment) I do not see.
These include, but probably not limited to:
April 2nd – Spec Ops: the Line
April 9th – Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
April 16th – Anomaly: Warzone Earth
April 23rd – Mega Man Maverick Hunter X
April 30th – Disgaea 3 Absence of Detention
Well, guess what: ALL GAMES that should dissapear this month are not visible.
Any suggestions?
I live in Europe, The Netherlands, if that changes anything.
We are not “haters” for mentioning that we have a greater interest in games being released to the EU. Demon Souls is a great game, of course, but there have been a lot of high quality games released to Europe. We don’t “hate” anyone.
Oh, and by the way, I don’t think this poor guy Morgan is in charge of Sony and the content being released. We can let him know our positives and negative feedback and he will pass it on and hope he is able to dig up some responses for us.
To all the people crying about the EU psplus…..just go make yourself a EU account, buy a subscription off amazon for plus….done. not hard. Idiots just want the world handed to them. Anyone with sense will go get iI’m
imalways happy with whatever plus let’s out the gate something new and different may not always be what I wanted but a free game is a free game. i hate the way society is anymore. People are nothing but greedy leechmongers. (Kudos if you catch the connection there, maybe iI’ll drop a sign for you sometime)I’m I
i’m considering making a EU ACCOUNT, but…honestly my backlog is lengthy enough as it is due to plus. I hardly even buy games anymore, a few here and there. Plus has been the best money. i’ve Spent in a long time. Love it.
Anyone that wants a EU PS+ sub can just buy one. If it was that important to you then you would.
For ever person that doesn’t like the games offered in the US there are just as many that do. I have been a PS+er since Day One and while there have been weeks where there was nothing interesting to me there are then weeks that bring multiple games. There are weeks the entire PSN Store doesn’t have anything so should I complain about that too? Just because the weekly deals aren’t exactly what you want, doesn’t mean you have to whine about it publicly. A PS+ sub is a heck of a lot cheaper than moving to Europe, right? :-)
Vita is not new. It’s over a year old and has seen it’s first holiday releases. There are a reasonable amount of games for a 1 year old device. I think most people are used to a large library and forget how scarce the first years are. It’s been many year since the last launch of a Sony device.
@VilsconMusician
If you are using your EU account and EU Playstation Plus to go to the US store you will not see the US PS+ content. If you are using a US account and US Plus. I’m not sure why you don’t see them. Have you tried the webstore?
Great update! Just finished my thesis today, so now I got time to play again =D.
Just wondering, is there a way to expand our online cloud storage? I’ve run out and would be willing to pay for a little extra storage if that’s an option.
you have got to be kidding me. Those games are quite old which means if I have not already played them, I don’t intend to do so now. Why is PS+ US so much worse than PS+ EU? As someone who is playing on PS3 and Vita I feel like I should cancel my US Account and get EU time vouchers :-(
I would like to see lets another fighting game, idk maybe DOA5 or MK and i’m alright with it. Maybe for next month or later this month as an additional bonus . Thx.
Can you guys please fix Stacked on the store? It’s on sale, but the file size there was only like 5 KB, which was the full game unlock. I don’t have the demo anymore, and it isn’t on the store so I can’t re-download it. So basically I paid almost $4 for a 5KB file I can’t use.
Great update! Played Demon’s Souls last night and was really enjoying it, also, I’ve been eyeballing the Labyrinth Legends game.
I like the recent change to 1 bigger game, along with smaller titles, knowing the month ahead of time is also a huge plus in my book.
I’m really disappointed.EU got games like Mass Effect 3 ,Metal Gear Solid HD Collection,Batman Arkham City ,Red Dead Redemption ,Sleeping Dogs,Okami and we get a 3 year old RPG game and some cheap PSN games.I mean come on ,you need to keep up with EU PS+ ,US and EU PS+ need to have the same games.If you keep giving us lame games I won’t renew my subscription.
Europe PS Plus gets:
3rd April: Okami HD
3rd April: Lord of the Rings: War in the North
3rd April: The Cave
10th April: Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward
24th April: Thomas Was Alone
On top of games like Sleeping Dogs, Mass Effect 3, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Arkham City, Red Dead Redemption, Lumines Electronic Symphony etc
I have a question.Demons Souls came out 4 years ago ,so if I haven’t bought it by now,do you really think that I’m even remotely interested in that game?WE WANT THE SAME UPDATES AS EU!
Ahh this is perfect, a game that seems to get way too much hype for it’s own good but seriously appears as nothing special in Demon’s Souls, and a game that nobody ever talks about that looks very interesting in Malicious, both I’ve been wanting to try but not willing to fork out money for.The selections every month are just getting better and better, keep it going NA Plus!!!
Is anybody else having problems installing Demon’s Souls?
I tried to download and install it like three times already, and I always get error 80010038.
Please help! >.<
THANK YOU! as a gamer with zero interest in first person shooters, i often feel like there’s few triple-a titles out there for me to enjoy in the mass market, let alone through my ps+ subscription. this month, my faith in ps+ has been completely restored. please keep mixing up the genres for free games and discounts, playstation!
Great update. No idea why people are complaining about Demons Souls for free – it’s a great game, period. And $9 for the Walking Dead episodes that weren’t part of PS Plus counts as a great deal in my book.
Keep it up, Playstation!
I signed up for 3 months in March due to an inherent desire to see what the “fuss” was about with Spec Ops. I was actually impressed that PS+ US was able to secure a more well-known title. I’m not knowledgeable on licensing and how much it costs vs what companies will allow their games to be used in the service, but I am pretty lackadaisical these days. I feel as if I should of saved my money, I purchased Tokyo Jungle coinciding with my + and have rarely touched + other than a free theme or two. The games are outdated and low scorers which generally means this + US service feels a lot like Netflix, quantity over quality and a lot of what I could care less about.
I appreciate Sony offering a service like this in the first place as well as keeping PSN free, which I doubt will resume with the “next-gen”, but I can’t rally behind a corporation and act like its a relative. This is a weak selection, especially in comparison to the EU + market. I honestly wanted Okami HD, I was so impressed that it had made the list – but didn’t realize I was reading about EU.
Thank you.
Do we not get the 10.49 walking dead complete deal because we have “purchased” 2 of the episodes during the time they were “free” on PS PLUS???
I just checked and Labyrinth Legends is not free for PS+ members. Typo or office slip-up?
Remember, check back every Monday to learn when Malicious (PS3), Zombie Tycoon 2 (PS Vita and PS3), Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny (PS Vita and PSP), and Labyrinth Legends (PS3) are arriving to PS Plus members. You’ll also find more discounts and other exclusives that we weren’t able to detail here just yet.
The only content releasing this week in Plus are under the April 2nd header