Sony has surprisingly announced the first - party blockbusterHorizon Forbidden Westis coming to PlayStation Plus members as a free game next week .
The exclusive activeness RPG is one of thePS5console’sbest gamesand will arrive on the subscription overhaul ( for Premium and surplus members ) just 12 calendar month after going on sale . It ’s a meaning move from Sony as it seeks to make PlayStation Plus as attractive to gamers as Microsoft’sXbox Game Pass .
That will almost surely stay the display case , but it does seem like Sony may be setting the case law of one full year on cut-rate sale before a game becomes useable on PS Plus . Horizon Forbidden West will hit PS Plus on February 21 2023 and was exhaust on February 18 2022 . We ’ll have to monitor other heavy first party secret plan like God of War Ragnarok to see if other first - company games come suit .
Sony hasannouncedit will be joined by The Quarry ( PS4 / PS5 ) , Borderlands 3 ( PS4 / PS5 ) , Outriders ( PS4 / PS5 ) , Scarlet Nexus ( PS4 / PS5 ) and The Forgotten City . It ’ll be joined by the PS4 versions of Resident Evil 7 , Tekken 7 , Ace Combat 7 : Skies Unknown , Earth Defence Force 5 , Oninaki , Lost Sphere , and I am Setsuna .
