Report: PlayStation is planning Xbox Game Pass competitor for early 2022

Source: Jennifer Locke / Android Central

Sony is planning to release a carrier to rival Xbox Game Pass, in keeping with a record from Bloomberg. The carrier, codenamed Spartacus, is supposed to mix PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now, and may release as early as Spring 2022.

Spartacus reportedly has 3 tiers, with the primary necessarily being PlayStation Plus because it lately exists. The 2nd would upload a library of PS4 and PS5 video games. The 3rd tier would package deal in sport streaming, together with get admission to to older PlayStation titles throughout PS1, PS2, PS3 and PSP, very similar to how PlayStation Now lately permits subscribers to circulation video games. The record additionally means that with the advent of Spartacus, Sony would section out PlayStation Now branding.

Xbox Game Pass contains get admission to to Xbox first-party titles from throughout Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks. Bloomberg’s record does now not point out if video games from PlayStation Studios could be to be had day one to subscribers.

Sony is lately planning to release a couple of primary video games in 2022, together with the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Forbidden West and Sony Santa Monica’s God of War Ragnarok.