PlayStation has created an interactive activity for PS Plus subscribers to challenge themselves to in order to earn a reward in exchange for identifying a number of Easter Eggs. The activity itself tasks the player with a video that is filled with a series of nods to some of the best games on PS Plus right now.
Interestingly enough, this Easter Egg hunt hasn't been given the most expansive announcement from PlayStation, making the first part to track down the video itself. The interactive video has been hidden surprisingly deep into the PS Plus section of the official PlayStation website, below advertisements for the most recent games to be added to the various tiers of the subscription service.
The Easter Egg hunt itself simply involves watching one of PlayStation's live-action trailers and finding the various references being made to the most popular Sony-produced games on the PS Plus service. In total, there are 18 Easter Eggs to discover across the two-minute commercial, as it follows a man speaking highly of Sony's online service while preparing to serve meat to a strange creature down in his basement. Finding at least one of these hidden references will then reward players with a code for a small collection of avatars based on screenshots from the advertisement itself.
While it doesn't claim so on the actual PlayStation website, some sources report that this Easter Egg hunt will only last until October 12th. So, for anyone looking to get their hands on the rewards from completing the activity, the deadline appears to be coming quickly. That being said, the hunt itself is intentionally very easy, considering that many of these references are placed with the express purpose of showing off many of the games on PS Plus Extra and Premium.
As is often the case for many of these live-acton ads, there is a lot in here for fans of Sony's hardware and the games exclusive to PlayStation. So, making an Easter Egg hunt out of all of these props and CGI graphics built to call back to these titles is a perfect fit for the types of commercials that Sony continues to excel at. However, the only thing that the whole hunt might leave fans longing for is more screenshots from the ad to be made into PSN avatars. With how many impressive props and life-like graphics were made for the commercial, any single Easter Egg could make for an impressive avatar to flaunt online.