PS Now January 2021 Update Adds BioShock Remasters, The Crew 2, Frostpunk, More

I’m tempted by Frostpunk... once I plough through Valhalla

I'll give surviving mars a go. wanted to play it but wasn't sure it would work on a console

Not sure if combining both Subs would be that much better since PS Now is not available in many parts of the World

Very weak month.
3 games that are already included, whose remasters have already been included in Plus.
The Crew 2 is so bad, it should have a fiver taped to free copies.
Only Survivng Mars and Frostpunk have any appeal but consoles aren't well suited to RTS / Management games.

@Robinsad it's stunning, played it to death on my XB1X.. the radio stations are fantastic... Well worth your time.. a real time sinker!

Are the Bioshock remastered games the same as in Bioshock Collection?
If not, what's the difference?
Pretty solid games overall though but nothing really more recent as far as I know.

Rubbish month. In practically every sense.

So have they just stopped adding PS3 games? I thought that was why this service was created.

I wasn’t able to finish Days Gone, so I scooped it up while it was still on sale for $19.99. That’s a great game!!

Surviving Mars seems good enough for me to try it! I'm curious.

If you like racing games give Crew 2 a try, I think it's really fun! Cars, boats and planes in a map of USA that still blows my mind!

Yeah, after this i guess I'll just let psnow expire. It's great for someone just getting a ps4, but a lot of the best games on there have already been on sale for super cheap in the past. The big sony titles are usually $20 or less after a year anyway, and the indies are lacking.

Not impressed. I'd give the sim games ago, but you need a telescope to read the text in RTS games unless you sit right in front of the screen.

Quick heads up for EU players. The BioShock Remastered trophies all stack alongside the trophies from the BioShock Collection, so you can earn 3 new platinums. NA players can't earn new trophies though as the lists are shared with the NA version of BioShock Collection.

@Shigurui I generally don’t want to earn trophies again, I like to carry on, sounds like NA got it better.

@Robinsad - I don't recall asking about your gaming habits. I was simply pointing out that the trophies stack for EU trophy hunters who already completed the BioShock Collection and not for those in NA.

@Shigurui Ooh, nice! I didn't know that. I may have to play through Infinite once again now I can get the trophies. Thanks!

Bioshock collection was PS+ a while ago too

wait.. so the games they add are permanent? or just long-term...

@Kibinaaru they haven't added any PS3 games for like 2-3 years now.

@Mad-Vampire yes, they're generally permanent. In some cases they'll get removed, but it's not often (and probably even more rare in recent years since they started adding the specifically time limited games) and I do not think Sony gives a heads up for their removal.

Sometimes games will be removed when licenses expires and sometimes there's a heads up for it. E.g. some of the adventure time games where removed when they got delisted from the PS3 store (the dev/publisher gave a heads up, I don't think Sony did on this one). But a game being delisted doesn't always mean it's removed from PS Now, i.e. one of the pixeljunk games was delisted from the store but stayed on (and I think is still on) PS Now.

They used to also remove the PS3 versions of games when they added the PS4 versions too. I had complained about this to Sony in the past (because they only seemed to do that in NA/EU and not JP) and they actually re-added some of the PS3 versions without notice at some time later (this was in the past year).

@Milktastrophe Thanks for the comprehensive answer!

Interesting... although everyone already has Bioshock from Plus!!! This is annoying!

The Crew 2 is great. Been legit playing it off and on for two years. Weekly prizes and online challenges with new updates still happening. Best arcade racer. Multiplayer is miles ahead of need for speed. And according to the weekly leaderboards there are over 100k people still playing it on PS4/5.

@Mad-Vampire
Vast majority are permanent. You’ll occasionally get a bigger name game that is limited to 3 month or 6 month duration. This is always made clear when the game is added and can be checked in the listing any time.

Disappointing month for me but the last few have been great so I can't complain

I’ve had surviving Mars since day one haven’t been able to survive the game very well. Maybe their updates made it a little more playable?

So this month has been reversed,games from ps plus to ps now.So SONY are carrying on 2021 as they left off 2020.I'm going to say next month will be either Detroit become human or Shadow of colossus imo.Plus 2 Now bingo.

Thanks!!! Might try again!

@Shigurui you can use your save too, just loaded up my end game save from the discs at the Fontaine fight and got all of the difficulty related trophies, the vita chamber ones and the good little sister trophy. Can now replay the game at a leisurely pace on easy to get the rest.

PS 🇦🇺 Now 🇦🇺 in 🇦🇺 AU 🇦🇺 When???

Sweet! That means the Bioshock Collection will be coming to PS Plus next month!

@Dislecksier - Good to know. Thanks!

Edit: I just had a look on psnprofiles and they advise to play new game not NG+ as research/collectibles will appear maxed and not unlock. Picking up one audio diary, upgrading one weapon, plasmid etc will unlock the trophies on new game though.

@B_Lindz - BioShock Collection was on PS+ last year.