PS4 multiplayer will be free next weekend

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Another free multiplayer weekend is coming to PS4 on August 8, Sony announced today.

The freebie was revealed alongside the latest batch of free PS Plus games. From 12:01am on Saturday, August 8 through midnight on August 9 (local time), all PS4 multiplayer modes will be free to play. In other words, the usual PlayStation Plus subscription requirement will be lifted. You'll still need to purchase any multiplayer games themselves, obviously, assuming they aren't also free-to-play. Then again, lots of free-to-play multiplayer games don't require a PS Plus subscription to begin with, so that's really a non-issue. 

Sony usually holds these free-to-play multiplayer weekends for two or three days at a time every month or so, and it's been maintaining that pace this year. We're expecting to see a few more free weekends ahead of the holiday launch of the PS5, which may affect how PlayStation Plus is structured and/or priced. 

Phil Spencer says Xbox Game Pass is now unlikely to come to other platforms. That may sound silly, but it was being considered at one point, especially on Switch. 

Austin Wood
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