Remember when Sony Computer Entertainment just went “here, have a job lot of games for free” and splurged digital goodness all over PlayStation Plus subscribers? I bet your ISP remembers…
Well, they’re not really slowing down at all. In a bout of mid-month madness, the PS Blog has just announced the updates to the “Instant Game Collection”. If you’re a PS Plus Subscriber, you’ll get two more games for free and both are quite brilliant, in their own peculiar ways.
First up, Lara’s gone all isometric in the Tomb Raiding spin-off Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. This puzzling action game has co-op as well as some excellent level design and some lovely visuals. It should get you in the mood for Lara’s return in the Tomb Raider reboot later this year. Square Enix are also throwing in a hefty 50% discount on all the additional packs for this too so it might still be worth picking up a PSN card and topping up your wallet, even with so much free content floating around.
The second title is another show of support from THQ: the ridiculous, brilliant Saints Row 2. This is another co-op great, with seamless drop-in mayhem just a few moments away. The three add-ons are also discounted by 50% for a few weeks.
The Blog also teases some nice mid-August bonuses and reminds us that there’s a new Game of the Month freebie to come on August 1st. If you haven’t downloaded this month’s freebie, Deus Ex: Human Revolution yet, we’d recommend it.
Source: EU PS Blog
psychobudgie
The same saints row 2 that came free with saints row 3 or the one they gave away free after the hack?
Not to seem ungrateful but that will be the third occasion SR2 has been given away.
McProley
They didn’t give SR2 away with the welcome back pack, did they? Not in the EU anyway
LTG Davey
Wow, PS+ is becoming quite the force! These days you could probably buy a PS3, pay the £40 PS+ fee and then not worry about buying any other games for the rest of the year. Insanely good service
zb100
Awesome news.
Sympozium
meh already played them, I’d rather seen some niche titles now.
DrOf1337
They’re coming.
rSp8
First time I’ve been disappointed with Plus freebies. I’ve already got Guardian of Light and found Saints Row 2 to be repetitive when I had the disc version. Nevermind, Deus Ex was a pleasant surprise recently.
hazelam
i’ve already got saints row 2 through having saints row 3, if i ever have enough space to download it again, so that’s not great for me, but at least it means if my plus sub ends for whatever reason i can still download and play it.
but i’ve wanted to get the guardian of light game for ages, so that’s nice.
don’t the us get a couple of sports based ps1 games free this week, to commemorate the Olympics?
the LONDON Olympics. o_O
MayContainEvil
Thanks for the heads up!
Also you have a typo in the last sentence; it’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Alex C
It’s DLC for Revolution.
Peter Chapman
oops. Fixed :)
DrOf1337
I don’t know… you give people free games, you get a 3/5 blog rating.
Do I actually have to resurrect someone from the dead to get 5 stars?
Peter Chapman
Is that a clue to our next freebie!?
Dead Island? Dead Rising?! Neverdead?! Red Dead Redemption?! Meatloaf’s seminal power ballad: Dead Ringer for Love?
Argh!
Kivi95
Probably just trolls, I mean the Paint Park competition have just 1,5/5 stars a little further down on the blog.
element666
Awesome,always fancied playing guardian of light but never got round to it.
OnlineAssassin77
Would have prefered saints row 3 to be honest even though ive all ready played it an got saints row 2.