UPDATE – April PlayStation Plus Lineup Includes SpongeBob Remaster And More, Persona 5 Leaving PS Plus Collection

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Update 3/30/22: Our original story stated the lineup as a rumor, but we can now confirm that Slay the Spire, Hood: Outlaws & Legends, and Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated will be the April 2022 Playstation Plus titles, according to a post on the PlayStation Blog.

What wasn't available in the rumor mill is that Persona 5 will be leaving the Playstation 5's exclusive PlayStation Plus Collection. PS Plus subscribers will have until May 11 to add the Atlus JRPG to their library to ensure the game can be played after it leaves the service for good. There were no reasons given as to why Persona 5 will be removed from the bonus catalog.

Original Story 3/29/22: The April 2022 PlayStation Plus lineup has reportedly leaked. It includes Hood: Outlaws & Legends as its main PlayStation 5 title alongside two PlayStation 4 games: Slay The Spire and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated. 

This news comes by way of French forum Dealabs user billbil-kun, who has leaked the PS Plus lineup almost every month for the past seven months, as reported by Eurogamer. Now, while billbil-kun has been accurate in the past, it's important to note that this is still a potential leak and not official wording, so there's always the chance this lineup is incorrect. However, subscribers have an interesting lineup ahead of them for April if it's correct. 

Hood: Outlaws & Legends was released less than a year ago, on May 10, and it's a gritty take on the classic tales of Robin Hood and others, in the form of team-based multiplayer combat. In it, two teams of various classes face off in a battle to collect stolen medieval riches, with four major character archetypes to choose from: ranger, brawler, mystic, or