{"id":1170691,"date":"2026-02-12T20:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=556017"},"modified":"2026-02-12T20:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:27:07","slug":"blue-prince-will-be-on-playstation-plus-from-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/blue-prince-will-be-on-playstation-plus-from-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Prince will be on PlayStation Plus from launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A magnifying glass investigates a note attached to a photo of a woman in a red-lit darkroom in a screen from Blue Prints\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/blue-prince-will-be-on-playstation-plus-from-launch.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/blue-prince\/548834\">Blue Prince<\/a><\/em> releases on April 10, and will immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2025\/04\/02\/xbox-game-pass-april-2025-wave-1\/\">be available on Xbox Game Pass<\/a>, Microsoft announced last week. The PlayStation Blog <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2025\/04\/09\/playstation-plus-game-catalog-for-april-hogwarts-legacy-blue-prince-the-second-episode-of-lost-records-bloom-rage-and-more\">announced today<\/a> that it will be available the same day on PlayStation Plus, as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Between a <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1569580\/view\/4604455077815747955?l=english\">nomination<\/a> for \u201cBest Gameplay\u201d at Gamescom 2024 and a more recent deluge of positive reviews, the puzzle game \u2014 whose name I just recently realized is a play on \u201cblueprints\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/review\/553730\/blue-prince-review-pc\">has garnered a ton of attention ahead of release<\/a>. <em>Blue Prince<\/em> is the rare game to get a day-one release via both PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass, no doubt thanks to the strong word of mouth it\u2019s enjoyed for the last year and change.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe title=\"Blue Prince Gameplay Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CQFxvMg87Cs?rel=0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Here\u2019s a little bit of what Jay Castello had to say about the game in their review for Polygon:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This gradual accumulation of knowledge is almost the whole of Blue Prince (one early room recommends having a notebook at hand; I filled several pages), although there are some architectural elements of the house that become permanent, making future runs more likely to be fruitful. These moments tend to feel big, some of them even having very atmospheric cutscenes that break up the routine of drafting door after door. You\u2019ll also be collecting passwords and codes that stay the same across runs. Mainly, every new draft is a question of what you will learn about the estate and how you will apply that knowledge in future runs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">As for the other PlayStation Plus offerings this month, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/ea-sports-pga-tour\/40766\">EA Sports PGA Tour<\/a><\/em> will be available alongside <em>Blue Prince<\/em> on April 10, while <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/hogwarts-legacy\/40703\">Hogwarts Legacy<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/thronglets\/548837\">Lost Records: Bloom &amp; Rage Tape 2<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/battlefield-1\/39097\">Battlefield 1<\/a><\/em>, and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/plateup\/498432\">PlateUp!<\/a><\/em> will be added to the game catalog on April 15. And finally, classics <em>Alone in the Dark 2<\/em> and <em>War of the Monsters<\/em> will join the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 classics lineups, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/556017\/blue-prince-playstation-plus-xbox-game-pass-launch-date\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Prince releases on April 10, and will immediately be available on Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft announced last week. The PlayStation Blog announced today that it will be available the same day on PlayStation Plus, as well. Between a nomination for \u201cBest Gameplay\u201d at Gamescom 2024 and a more recent deluge of positive reviews, the puzzle game \u2014 whose name I just recently realized is a play on \u201cblueprints\u201d \u2014 has garnered a ton of attention ahead of release. Blue Prince is the rare game to get a day-one release via both PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass, no doubt thanks to the strong word of mouth it\u2019s enjoyed for the last year and change. Here\u2019s a little bit of what Jay Castello had to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/blue-prince-will-be-on-playstation-plus-from-launch\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1170692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1170691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blue Prince will be on PlayStation Plus from launch | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blue Prince releases on April 10, and will immediately be available on Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft announced last week. 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