PlayStation 4’s Europe Launch, List of Games, 18 Entertainment Apps and Firmware Released

As Sony's next-generation console PlayStation 4's European release draws near, the Japanese brand has confirmed the list of games that will be go up on the console on day one.

Sony detailed in its PlayStation Blog Europe that Aveline Ship Figurehead DLC for Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag can be downloaded for free for European PlayStation Plus subscribers. Other free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers include Housemarque's Resogun and Compulsion Games' Contrast.

It will also be offering 10 percent discount on Super Motherload and a 20 percent discount on Trine 2: Complete Story from 29 November to 13 December.

The console will be released in 20 European and Oceania countries on 29 November.

Below is the complete list of games for Europe's PlayStation 4 launch PlayStation Blog Europe):

• Angry BirdsStar Wars
  Price:£32.99/€34.99
• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag
  Price:£54.99/€69.99
• Battlefield 4
  Price:£54.99/€69.99
• Call of Duty: Ghosts
  Price:£54.99/€69.99
• Contrast(included in PS Plus)
  Price:£12.79/€14.99
• DC Universe Online
  Price:Free-to-play
  Availability:Not available in Russia, Turkey
• Escape Plan(cross-buy PS Vita/PS4)
  Price:£9.99/€12.99
• Escape Plan Collection(cross-buy PS Vita/PS4)
  Price:£15.99/€19.99
• FIFA 14
  Price:£54.99/€69.99
• Flower(cross-buy PS3/PS Vita/PS4)
  Price:£6.49/€7.99
• Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition
  Price:£52.99/€59.99
• Just Dance 2014
  Price:£39.99/€49.99
• Killzone: Shadow Fall
  Price:£52.99/€59.99
• Knack
  Price:£52.99/€59.99
• Lego Marvel Super Heroes
  Price:£52.99/€59.99
• Madden NFL 25
  Price:£54.99/€69.99
  Availability:Not available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, India, Israel, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates
• NBA 2K14
  Price:£54.99/€69.99
• NBA Live 14
  Price:£54.99/€69.99
  Availability:Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, U.K.
• Need for Speed Rivals
  Price:£54.99/€69.99
• Putty Squad
  Price:£16.99/€19.99
• Sound Shapes(cross-buy PS3/PS Vita/PS4)
  Price:£9.99/€12.99
• Super Motherload
  Price:£11.99/€13.99
• Trine 2: Complete Story
  Price:£14.49/€16.99
• Resogun(included in PS Plus)
  Price:£12.79/€14.99
• Warframe
  Price:Free-to-play
• War Thunder
  Price:Free-to-play

List of 18 Entertainment Apps lined up for PlayStation 4's Europe Launch

Sony has detailed the entire 18 entertainment apps that will be released for PlayStation 4.

When PlayStation 4 launched in North America it had 11 dedicated apps. Sony has said that all the apps can be used without having a PlayStation Plus subscription.

Below is the list of entertainment apps lined up for release on day one (PlayStation Blog Europe):

• Amazon/LOVEFiLM (Germany, UK)
• BBC iPlayer (UK)
• BBC News (UK)
• BBC Sports (UK)
• Demand5 (UK)
• IGN (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Qatar, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, UK)
• Maxdome (Germany, Austria)
• Music Unlimited (UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Australia and New Zealand)
• Netflix (Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK)
• NOS Sports (Netherlands)
• RTBF (Belgium)
• Total Channel (Spain)
• Viaplay (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
• Video Unlimited (Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK)
• VidZone (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, UK)
• Watchever (Germany)
• Wuaki.tv (Spain)
• Ximon (Belgium, Netherlands)

PlayStation firmware update is now available

Ahead of PlayStation 4's European launch, PlayStation Europe revealed that PlayStation 4's 1.51 firmware update is available for download. This is reportedly the same version that was released in North America.

Though the firmware's release was slated for 28 November, it was released a day earlier. Interested patrons can also download the update from computer and save it on USB and later copy it to PlayStation consoles.