April's PlayStation Plus games will be revealed next week (at the time of writing), and we already know that one of them is Oddworld: Soulstorm on PS5. But what about PS4? Well, there's a rumour going around that strategic world builder Civilization VI will be up for grabs — but the current evidence is a little shaky.
Basically, Civilization VI is marked as a PS Plus title on the Japanese PlayStation Store, as reported on Reddit. There are also reports that the game is showing up as 'unavailable' in other regions, suggesting that something's going on behind the scenes.
However, that part of the rumour is stopped in its tracks by the fact that Civilization VI is currently having a free-to-play weekend on PS4. If Civilization VI really is an April PS Plus game, then the timing's definitely a bit off. As it stands, we think that this is just another in a long line of PlayStation Store cock-ups.
In any case, we'll know for sure in just a few days' time. Would you take Civilization VI as an April PlayStation Plus offering? Build some roads in the comments section below.
[source reddit.com, via twitter.com]
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It would make sense. There’s ludicrously expensive DLC for it that they’ll want to sell. I dunno, I’ve still played a good 400 hours on PC over the years but I just can’t bring myself to love it as much as Civ V. Can’t imagine playing it without mods on PS4 too, these games are pretty much made to be modded.
Used to love Civilization. Seems they dumb it down with every release, though. Don't think this would be a great plus game, just because the kind of people who like it already have it, and the rest probably won't like it.
I already have this game on Switch and PC. It's a great game, but I'm not playing it again on PS5.
Not interested at all. Xcom type stuff is strategical enough for me))
Also I hate building houses in Fallout 4, so here you go. An opinion.
As an outsider to the series, it’s something I’d willingly give a go as a PS Plus freebie. Already incredibly content with Oddworld for next month, though!
The text of Civ 6 on PC is almost unreadable that I gave up playing it. Good thing it was free on Epic. I'll probably try it again if turns out to be a PS+ game.
I love strategic games, give it turn based or real time... but not on consoles. Pc is the way to play those games as you can easily mod it for your likeness. There is something odd playing them on a console. Whether it is ps one or ps5 or any other console.
Gotta cater for everyone, not one for me if it's true.
Lol, I was just listening to il sogno di volaré... Sorry if I wrote it wrong, just love that song:)
I hope it is a PS Plus game! I'd like to give it a go. No doubt will disappoint me though as I'll expect it to be Age Of Empires and nothing is!
Hopefully it is not... I already have this game on PC and PS5, and it plays great on both (probably only strategy game "I get" on PS5). But I just don't want another duplicate!!
What is weird is that right now, Civ6 is unavailable to purchase on both the webstore and the PS App, and on the webstore, it is shown to be 75% off (in my country at least).
There is definitely something going on with Civ6...
A lot of ps plus titles are just bait for selling you dlc, particularly The Sims 4 was a right joke
I can't see it either as the dlc is part of this weeks weekend sale.
Lol hopefully not. I like the Sekiro rumour better, even though I already own it.
How can you play it for free? It's only showing as discounted on the PlayStation store.
Not really feeling this, just not my genre. Never played a civ game before but I played tropica, skylines, and sim city and such. Can only last a few days before the interesting complexity gives way to these games requiring too much mental effort. Maybe they are weekend games as the last thing I want to do after a working day is strategise and think too heavily.
I’m hoping for OuterWorlds, but as MS arranged it to be on Gamepass I can almost guarantee they would have stipulated subscription service exclusivity.
The DLC is on sale in the uk this weekend so it would seem daft to have it on sale and then offer it on plus next week when the sale is over...
The store page mentions something about downloading it and keeping it if you're a playstation plus member, too.
Just to say, I think this game is possibly one of the most improved performance-wise on PS5 over PS4. In the late game there's a lot of computing time that occurs between turns, and they're drastically cut short on PS5.
Bought it on sale a couple of months ago. Good game. I have had hours and hours if not days and days worth of Civ 2 played many years ago. I couldn't get enough of the ww2 scenario. The original civ game I loaded on my high schools cpu waaaaay back in the day, before schools know how to lock you out from loading things on there cpu's. It made computer classes a blast.
Part of me would love this, but i'm trying to go cold turkey on my Civ Rev addiction.
Would be nice, the switch version struggles to run this game.
@Welsh_Will Good to hear. I play the PS4 version all of the time and sometimes it can really drag
I hope not. I can’t really imagine not playing Civ on a PC. I also don’t like the cartoony look the console versions have. I’d rather have a better console game.
I’d be all for this. I’ve only ever played one Civ game on 360 and I really enjoyed it. I’d be willing to give this a go for free.
Never played a Civ game, but I often heard good things and would be tempted to give it a try! Not the sort of thing I buy, generally, but as a plus title, I'd be happy with it!
WOLOLO!
Edit: "wololo" is age of empires, isn't it?
Would make sense to have oddworld new n tasty for PS4 if we aren't getting soulstorm
April fools coming up. They should just announce HALO.
It’s on sale now until the end of April so I doubt it.
I've been thinking about double-dipping on Civ6. I play it on the Switch to the tune of around 300 hours, but the Switch really struggles to keep it going, eapecially on mid-sized worlds, and I don't even want to try larger worlds. Seems like the game could benefit from some PS4 Pro horsepower.
My only problem is I'm used to playing with the expansions, and they cost as much as a regular game even when the base game is on sale. It's hard to go back to vanilla after you've played the expansions, even though vanilla Civ is definitely a full game.
Civ 6 is massively overrated. It not fun and building up your Legion takes way too long. Tried it 4 times so far and every time it takes a lot longer to spread your area than in civs 2,3 and 4. Waging an early war is suicide and it's not rewarding. The controls on console are adequate without blowing you away.
For your strategy needs go visit cities instead.
@themcnoisy It was the same for me - I tried to get into it, but the thought of playing always greatly exceeded the enjoyment I got from actually doing it! Found it frustrating, overly complicated and just boring. I appreciate that may just be me, but I do enjoy strategy games generally and this left me cold.
@jingounchained If it's indeed a free game, be prepare to get sucked. It has to be one of the most addicting games I've played
At least such store interface goofups ironically make for more "humourable" sources than what the likes of Bloomberg and gleeful "gaming journalists" rely on nowadays. Not that there isn't room for doubt, especially when some people's console interface PS+ ads also start showing off October 2016 items for the reportedly umpteenth time.😅
Anyway, if true, it might come in handy for my friend whose place my PS4 remains a mutually agreed tenant of since day one. IIRC he has tried it before but his relatively old PC wasn't quite up to scratch. Pass on my side, though - I've had the Switch port since its release window and just recently equipped it with the two big expansions the PS+ offering will most certainly exclude.
Bring back Pharaoh that's what I say one of my favorite city builders of all time remastered for ps4/5?? Anyone remember it?
Wow released in 1999 haha would be quite the upgrade
I hope so. Been on the fence about it for a while
I've finished Civilization 1 on my 386 pc maybe 20 times. It would be fun to try another piece of this franchise.
If it is true, I would hit that game hard haha.
I hope so. I can't wait to play the Portuguese DLC in the PC (it was also and offer from Epic Game some time ago) and on the PS4 if this is the case...
That would be evil. The dlc is currently on sale, a sale that ends 3/31 if I remember correctly.
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