With December approaching, Sony announces a slate of new games that will become available to thePlayStation Plusservice for members to enjoy in the upcoming month. On top of the new PS Plus titles, the announcement reveals a newfree online multiplayer weekendevent for non-PlayStation Plus members to enjoy in mid-December.
According to Adam Michel, Sony’s senior manager of game services content, the event will allow non-PS Plusmembers to enjoy the online features of their PS4 and PS5 games for free. PlayStation gamers will be able to enjoy the full benefits of their games' online modes without the PlayStation Plus service. However, it will only run in local time from midnight on Saturday, December 19 to December 20 at 11:59 pm.
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Non-PS Plus users will not have access to any other services ofthe PlayStation subscription serviceand will only have a short period to make the most of this event during the winter season. Of course, the event will require gamers to have a solid internet connection and a PlayStation Network account to make it work. The promotional picture in the blog does have images ofCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War,Grand Theft Auto 5, and EA’sFIFA 21as major examples.
Sony has hosted free online multiplayer weekend events in the past for the PS4 with similar criteria for gamers not using the subscription service. The events were similarly part of an announcement for new PS Plus titles, just as this one id. A notable example was from August 8 - 9 whenFall Guyswas added on to PS Plusthat month. This falls in line with Sony’s plan for the PS Plus service to have include backward compatible PS4 games, and cycling in PS5 exclusives, as well as the recent PS5 gameBugsnax,which is part of the November 2020 offering.
When it comes to free online multiplayer weekend events, Sony is keeping things the same for the subscription service. Gamers withoutthe PS Plus servicewill have something to look forward to in December before Christmas arrives.
