Two of the three games coming to PS Plus next month focus on co-op, withOmega Force’sPersona 5 Strikersbeing the exception as a solo action-RPG in the style of Koei Tecmo’sDynasty Warriorsfranchise. Codemasters’Dirt 5is a racing game that supports up to 12 people in multiplayer modes, meanwhile Ghost Ship Games’Deep Rock Galacticis a team shooter akin toLeft 4 Deadmixed withMinecraft-style cave exploration.Deep Rockwill be debuting on PlayStation alongside its PS Plus availability, and added benefits for PS5 users seem to offer deeper immersion.
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Deep Rock Galactic Coming to PlayStation Systems
Starting with a team of six founders in 2016, Ghost Ship and its first release have grown a lot over the years.Deep Rock Galacticreached three million sales in November 2021, with game director Mikkel Martin Pedersen recently telling Game Rant the experience “has been pure fun.” It widely released via Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview in 2018, and the official 1.0 launch came in May 2020.
As of this writing the game has not been made available on PlayStation, so next month’s launch coinciding with PS Plus should giveDeep Rock Galacticanother boost - especially since it’s coming soon after the co-op game kicked off seasonal updates with a battle pass. There will not becross-play between PlayStation and other systemsaccording to a roadmap by Ghost Ship posted to Steam on December 1, though PS4 and PS5 players can mine together and kill the hostile insect inhabitants of Hoxxes 4. System cross-play is currently only available between Xbox and Windows 10 versions ofDeep Rock, and the December 1 post says, “We are still looking into solutions on how to implement this, but at this point we won’t make any promises.”
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What PS5 Adds to Deep Rock Galactic
PS5 users who download the game when it becomes available on PS Plus will get some benefits inherent to the hardware. A press release from Ghost Ship Games and publisherCoffee Staindetails DualSense support that includes Terrain Scanner control through the touchpad, as well as reports from Mission Control coming through the DualSense speakers.
InDeep Rock Galactic, players take on the role of dwarvesworking for the titular intergalactic mining company. Mission Control is their main link to the outside world, as the NPC will frequently make himself known through announcements ranging from warnings about waves of enemies to complaints about miners kicking barrels around the Space Rig or dancing instead of working. Having those announcements come through a personal device held by the player rather than a disconnected voice on the computer may better emulate the sense of actually being on a job.
Likewise,Deep Rock Galactic’s Terrain Scanner is an innovative 3D mapthat lets players scout their surroundings to see where progression might be hidden, or suss out where ones' teammates dropped objective items like Gunk Seeds. Without playing the PS5 version it’s hard to say whether the Terrain Scanner with touch controls will be more effective, but it may boost immersion if invested fans are able to imagine themselves physically turning the in-game peripheral like a hologram projection.
Deep Rock Galacticis available now on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It will launch for PS4 and PS5 on July 06, 2025.
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