The indie game of the moment is right around the corner, and luckily, the Blue Prince release time coincides directly with its arrival on the industry's leading subscription services.

It’s not often that and have something in common. It seems as though they want to stay in their own lanes, with PS Plus offering monthly drops for its different tiers, and Xbox Game Pass playing it fast and loose, like it did when it dropped its before revealing . Though they might be in competition, they’re still both pretty similar, even if they seem to try to avoid keeping the same company when it comes to titles.

That’s about to change, though, as long-term announcements have coalesced to reveal that Blue Prince, a new architectural puzzler that has stormed review aggregate sites to become one of the best-reviewed titles of the year so far (with it sitting comfortably on a score of 92 on at the time of writing), is coming to both services. The dates are a little off, though, which is frustrating for subscribers – but we at the very least know the Blue Prince release time at large, meaning that if you’re keen to try out the new game by any means necessary, you know exactly when you can jump in. Here’s what you need to know about the incoming Blue Prince release time.

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Blue Prince is set to launch worldwide at 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 4pm BST on Thursday, April 10, as revealed by its appearance on the . It will be launching at the same time across the world, meaning that it will launch in the morning of Friday, April 11, for players in New Zealand and Japan. Here’s exactly when the game is launching in your region:

• 8am PDT

• 10am CDT

• 11am EDT

• 4pm BST

• 5pm CEST

It has been announced that the Blue Prince release time will be consistent with its arrival on both Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus, as revealed by the first April Xbox Game Pass update, and a new .

So, even with the game launching on the day and being ready to welcome in a mountain of new players, if you’re subscribed to either service, you’ll have the chance to play it at no extra cost.