14 DAY TRIAL // Sony has just confirmed that Driveclub, its upcoming next-gen racing game for the PlayStation 4, has been delayed until early 2014. In order to make it up to PlayStation Plus subscribers who were looking forward to a free copy of the game, it's confirmed that Contrast, an upcoming indie title, will be offered at no extra charge on the PS4 at the console's launch.
The PlayStation 4 is set to debut next month in North America and Europe and Sony has revealed quite a lot of great games that were supposed to accompany it at launch.
Unfortunately, it seems that the launch lineup has lost one key member, in the form of Driveclub, as Sony has confirmed that the racing game coming from Evolution Studios had been delayed until early 2014.
The announcement was made by Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida on the PS blog.
"SCE Worldwide Studios and the team at Evolution Studios have made the difficult decision to delay the release of Driveclub and Driveclub PlayStation Plus Edition until early 2014. Driveclub will be a truly innovative, socially connected racing game, but the team requires more time in order to deliver on their vision — and I’m fully confident the game will surpass your expectations."
"We understand that the delay is disappointing news, but can assure you that the reason we have made this decision is to ensure that when DRIVECLUB launches, it will realize the next gen racing vision."
Seeing as how the free PS Plus edition of Driveclub was eagerly awaited by quite a few future PS4 owners, Yoshida has revealed that indie game Contrast will replace it as the second free game available at the console's launch.
"To be clear, Driveclub PlayStation Plus Edition will still be part of the Instant Game Collection when it is released. For the PS4 launch, in addition to Resogun, I’m pleased to announce that Contrast, the highly anticipated game from Compulsion Games will also be available to PlayStation Plus members for free as part of Instant Game Collection."
Driveclub joins other PS4 exclusives that will appear in early 2014, like Infamous: Second Son.