Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and UFC 5 to Lead PS Plus Game Catalog for March 2025

A pack of eight games with UFC 5 and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown at the forefront is coming to PlayStation Plus for both PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium users. Four more extra titles will be added to the PlayStation Plus Premium subscription. All games are coming on March 18, 2025.

EA Sports UFC 5 will be available only for PS5 users within both PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscriptions. Developed by EA Vancouver and published by EA Sports, UFC 5, a mixed martial arts fighting game, was released in 2023 as a sequel to EA Sports UFC 4 (2020).

The game features offline and online career modes, with offline mode presenting Coach Davis from UFC 4 and players aiming to achieve the title of G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time). The online mode allows players to fight against other players and also features a fight contract mode, which generates daily matches with AI-controlled fighters. 

As of its first anniversary in October 2024, EA Sports UFC 5 counted 31.5 billion strikes landed, 581.5 million fights, 6.1 million fighters created, 70 new rostered fighters added, and 79 Alter Egos introduced.

Also, UFC 5 features an online career mode where players’ custom characters battle against characters created by others. The game also features a fight contract mode, which generates daily matches with AI-controlled fighters.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is coming for both PS4 and PS5 within PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscriptions.

In this 2.5D side-scrolling action-adventure platformer, players step into the role of Sargon, a young member of a warrior clan named The Immortals. Sargon, who welds a pair of blades, travels to the cursed city of Mount Qaf to rescue the kidnapped Prince Ghassan.

It is worth noting that, developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft in 2024, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown sold over 1.3 million units in its first year. Despite these sales figures, Ubisoft’s internal targets were not met, leading to the disbandment of the development team.

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is coming for PS4 within PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscriptions. The game based on the anime series Captain Tsubasa was developed by Tamsoft and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment in 2020.

This soccer title includes offline and online multiplayer modes and a single-player story mode split into two sub-modes: Episode Tsubasa with the original storyline and Episode New Hero, where players can create their own character and level up similar to the Pro Evolution Soccer’s Become A Legend mode and FIFA series’ Player Career mode.

Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation Code Fairy is coming for both PS4 and PS5 within PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscription plans.

Developed by B.B. Studio and published by Bandai Namco in 2021, the game brings players into the Universal Century 0079 to participate in the One Year War against the Earth Federation Forces, which possess the White Devil, fighting as part of the Noisy Fairy Squadron, a secret unit under the direct control of Kycilia of the Principality of Zeonaiming.

Arcade Paradise is coming for both PS4 and PS5 within PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. The business management simulator developed by Nosebleed Interactive and published by Wired Productions in 2022 offers a story where players can turn a family laundromat into a thriving arcade empire. The title includes 35 fully playable arcade games to unlock.

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles is coming for PS4 and PS5 within PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. Developed by Exit Plan Games and published by Untold Tales and CouchPlay Interactive in 2023, this quirky and bouncy 3D platformer with open-world sandbox adventure lets players roll as BOB, bouncing between different environments inspired by history. 

You Suck at Parking is coming on PS4, PS5 within PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. This racing game with a focus on extreme parallel parking was developed by Happy Volcano and published by Curve Games in 2022 with over 270 levels.

The fourth installment in the Syberia series Syberia – The World Before, developed and published by Microids in 2021, is coming for PS4 and PS5 within PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium.

The game is dedicated to the memory of creator Benoît Sokal, who passed away during development in 2021. The title intertwines the fates of Kate Walker and Dana Roze as they navigate the interconnected challenges of their worlds.

Arcade Paradise VR is coming to PS VR2 within a PlayStation Plus Premium subscription. Developed by Nosebleed Interactive and published by Wired Productions in 2024 this title offers an adventure and light-management sim combo game set in 1993 where players can transform the King Wash laundromat into a thriving business. This VR version adds 12 fully realized VR arcade cabinets and the original 27 traditionally controlled games.

Three third-person shooter mecha video games from the Armored Core series created by FromSoftware are coming to PS4 and PS5 within PlayStation Plus Premium, including:

• Armored Core 1997 – the very first entry to the franchise,
• Armored Core: Project Phantasma 1998 – a prequel to the original Armored Core,
• Armored Core: Master of Arena 1999 – a direct sequel to Armored Core: Project Phantasma.

The Armored Core franchise was presented in the Secret Level anthology series with episode 8 called Armored Core: Asset Management featuring Keanu Reeves as Pilot.

It is worth noting that as of March 2023, Sony’s PlayStation Plus subscription had approximately 47.4 million subscribers worldwide.