PlayStation Store – Spring Fever event features 8 weeks of games, discounts

PlayStation-Spring-Fever-2015While many of us are still awaiting some warmer temperatures to help us thaw out from the miserable winter season, Sony has been busy planning a massive Spring Fever PlayStation Store event for this spring.

This year’s big event will run for 8 weeks (from March 3rd through April 27th), include 8 new PS4, PS3, PS Vita titles (many being Cross-Buy), along with numerous sales and discounts, most notably for PlayStation Plus subscribers.

If you’ve been waiting for Helldivers, Hotline Miami 2, Bastion, Titan Souls, Metal Slug 3, Jamestown+, Axiom Verge, Titan Souls and/or Shovel Knight, be prepared to get your hands on all of them soon.

Take a look at the release schedule, discounts and event details below.

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) today announced the game lineup for its annual Spring Fever PlayStation Store event, highlighting upcoming digital games and offering exclusive discounts for PlayStation Plus members. Spring Fever will also feature weekly sales on popular gaming franchises, including LEGO, Saints Row, Assassin?s Creed, God of War, Batman, Dragon Age, Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty. Blockbuster movie franchises will also be on sale.

This year, Spring Fever features new digital-download games launching for the PlayStation 4 (PS4) system, in addition to a number of titles releasing for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) and PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) systems. A new game will launch each week over the next eight weeks, doubling the length of last year?s Spring Fever promotion.

Spring Fever starts March 3 and continues through April 27. PlayStation Plus members will receive 10 percent off each title during its launch week:

March 3

HELLDIVERS (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)*

  • HELLDIVERS is a top-down squad shooter which features Cross Play, Cross Chat, Cross Buy and Cross Save capabilities on PS4, PS3 and PS Vita systems. The social element of the gameplay is crucial; whether calling in strikes or placing weapons, each action must be totally synchronized to achieve your goals. And yes, friendly fire will hurt.
  • Price: $19.99
  • PS Plus Launch Week Price: $17.99

March 10

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)*

  • Take on the roles of several different characters as they blast their way through violent level after violent level in this brutal, trippy, top-down shooter.
  • Price: $14.99
  • PS Plus Launch Week Price: $13.49

 March 17

Jamestown+ (PS4)

  • Bullet hell becomes more hellish in Jamestown+, a four-player cooperative shoot-em-up that takes place — where/when else? — on a 17th-Century British Colonial Mars.
  • Price: $11.99
  • PS Plus Launch Week Price: $10.79

March 24

Metal Slug 3 (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)*

  • The most beloved of the run-and-gun side-scroller series returns with online play, trophies and more.
  • Price: $14.99
  • PS Plus Launch Week Price: $13.49

March 31

Axiom Verge (PS4)**

  • Explore a mysterious world while discovering new tools and weapons that let you access new areas, take on tougher enemies or even glitch through the game.
  • Price: $19.99
  • PS Plus Launch Week Price: $17.99

April 7

Bastion (PS4)**

  • The critically acclaimed action-adventure game comes to PS4 with its unforgettable visuals and reactive narration.
  • Price: $14.99
  • PS Plus Launch Week Price: $13.49

April 14

Titan Souls (PS4, PS Vita)*

  • In this legendary quest, a solo hero armed with only a single arrow must take on more than 20 massive titans, each with their own unique attacks and weaknesses.
  • Price: $9.99
  • PS Plus Launch Week Price: $8.99

April 21

Shovel Knight (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)*

  • Jump, slash and dig in an epic adventure featuring handcrafted 8-bit-style art, tons of secrets and upgrades, and a certain God of War.
  • Price: $14.99
  • PS Plus Launch Week Price: $13.49

 

*Cross Buy title

**Launching later on PS Vita ? Cross Buy with PS4

Spring Fever will also feature weekly sales on popular movie franchises, including The Hobbit, X-Men, Transformers, Spider-Man, Batman, LEGO, Planet of the Apes and Taken.

For more details about the new games launching over the next eight weeks as part of Spring Fever, as well as the gaming and movie franchises on sale each week, please visit PlayStation.Blog.