HBO Now Launches on PS4/PS3, as PlayStation Vue Adds "Ultra" Plan

The HBO Now app launches on PS4 and PS3 today, while both HBO and Cinemax are now available through PlayStation Vue. The premium channels be subscribed to independently for $15 each per month. Subscribing to HBO through PlayStation Vue gives you access to HBO Now.

While you can subscribe to HBO and Cinemax as standalone channels, PlayStation Vue also offers the premium networks in a new Ultra plan that costs $65 ($75 if you live in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, or Miami). The Ultra plan includes HBO, Showtime, and more than 100 other channels.

PlayStation Vue's other plans include Access, which includes over 55 channels for $30 ($40 if you live in one of the aforementioned cities); Core, which features more than 70 channels for $35 ($45); and Elite, which includes everything from the Ultra plan except HBO and Showtime for $45 ($55). You can check out the specifics of what each plan offers here.

HBO launching on PlayStation Vue comes just in time for the series premiere of Westworld, a new show that reimagines the 1973 Michael Crichton movie of the same name. HBO's Westworld is produced by Star Wars: The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams and Jonathan Nolan, who served as co-writer on several of his brother Christopher's movies, such as Interstellar and The Dark Knight Rises. The sci-fi western stars Evan Rachel Wood (The Wrestler), Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs), Ed Harris (The Rock), James Marsden (X-Men), and Jeffrey Wright (Casino Royale).