It's been kind of slow on major games for a while (unless you always wanted to play Borderlands...I don't care much for FPS), but the past two weeks? Look, I'm broke, so I really try not to spend money on games unless I just NEED to play something...hence buying basically Rockstar and NBA 2K games only since I got a PS3.


But you're telling me if I pay just $50 a year, I'll have already played Outland, Renegade Ops, and INfamous 2 for free, replayed Infamous 1 for free, gotten Uncharted 1 + 2 in a $20 bundle, Portal 2 for $6, Borderlands, Warhammer 40K, Virtua Fighter 5 Final and Just Cause 2 for free, and NOW, in the past 2-3 weeks

you're letting me grab Resident Evil 5 for free, which I never would have played on my own because of the co-op foundation (and coincidentally as a friend dusts off his Gamecube for marathon runs of RE0-4 that I'm guiding him through?), Bioshock 2 for free (coincidentally as I'm planning to finally play Bioshock in the next few weeks) and, starting tomorrow, Street Fighter IV: Arcade for free? I haven't played a Street Fighter since II Turbo (maybe some arcade Alpha), but how am I supposed to turn down the best 2D fighter maybe ever for NO charge?


Like everyone else with PS+, or casual observers, I'm fucking amazed at what this service has turned into. My $50 in, like, March, has quickly translated to like $500-$600 in spending I didn't have to fret over. And I totally accept that I lose these games if I stop paying the fee, because even if they fall off on the big deals for a while it's already like four years before I start losing on the investment.



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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

but GOOD

Glad to see Sony getting off the ball and giving people more worth from their yearly subscription. Microsoft has been sitting on their laurels for too damn long with Xbox live... crossgame chat only goes so far. This is the type of shit that would genuinely get me to consider getting the premium service (I'd still need a PS3, but that's beside the point).

Glad to see Sony giving MS some serious competition in this area.

Like dude was saying it's like every week they're giving away a free game. 360 might do that twice a year.

maybe it got taken down recently, but it's been long, long running

I just don't want to dedicate the hard drive space to it.

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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

I feel you on dedicating HD space. I have a 60, and I'm constantly trying to conserve, while my girlfriend has a 300 and stays downloading random shit and forgetting about it. Hell, I even have a few games that I've downloaded onto her console that I only play while I'm over there.

I will say, on conserving space and PS+ "free" games, if you have the room at all, it's worth downloading them and deleting them if you don't have the space. That way, when they're not free anymore, you still have them in your library to download whenever you please.

Hoping for a Christmas bonus to solve this issue.


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

That and Ratchet & Clank All 4 One I think were over 30gb combined.

Damn, that's news to me... I want free shit.

It's like paying for Netflix except with a selection that is whittled down to like 20 titles per year instead of thousands.

It's good for certain people, but like you mentioned it offered games that you didn't even want to play...isn't that a waste of your money?

I was thinking about getting it for Vita, but I realized I only play like 2 or 3 games per year and I know pretty much exactly what I want.

This is $50, and you have access to these games for as long as you have the subscription. Again, having saved around $4-500 by my estimation in just 8 months, even if I never register a free game again, it'd be 10 years before I spend on PS+ what I would have spent just this year alone.


My point wasn't that I didn't want to play the games I got, my point was that I didn't want to spend $60 on them. Spending more than $10 on anything just FEELS like burning money to me. But again, these $50 have already paid for themselves for years.


Also, there's the discounts and the one-hour free trials of a bunch of games.


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

>It's like paying for Netflix except with a selection that is
>whittled down to like 20 titles per year instead of
>thousands.
>
>It's good for certain people, but like you mentioned it
>offered games that you didn't even want to play...isn't that a
>waste of your money?
>
>I was thinking about getting it for Vita, but I realized I
>only play like 2 or 3 games per year and I know pretty much
>exactly what I want.


You're right. It isn't. But considering the free games I've played with it, and some of the discounts I've gotten, it certainly is worth it. It's also kind of one of those things that definitely isn't for everybody. If the selection of "free" and discounted games isn't for you, then it won't be worth it. But if you can even get a couple of them, it's worth getting.

was better......this shit is not better!!!
the free demos/games on xbox fucking suck
as a dude coming from the free ps3 online to this, i'm not seeing where the extra value is
i mean unless you play COD 14 hours a day and need the ability to order pizzas and talk to your friends all night then maybe
but for a person that plays maybe a hour a night ...nah

I play an actual PS3 game maybe once a month. I'm mostly on Netflix or firing up my NES to play Tecmo Bowl. I did play the hell out of that Walking Dead game though. I'm replaying it now doing some real bullshit in the game just to see what's up.

I probably wouldn't have played them if not for that.

I'll be on that shit tonight. Time to clear some ish off my hard drive.

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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

SOME?!?!?!!?

You'll probably beat my ass with Chun Li again but whatever.

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I mean, I bought the damn game when it came out, so it's whatever. But if people want to get it in, me Chun and Honda are down for a workout.

Damn I need to get home and play this shit again...

I don't know how all that works but I'd kind of sort of imagine they have different servers?


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

>I mean, I bought the damn game when it came out, so it's
>whatever. But if people want to get it in, me Chun and Honda
>are down for a workout.
>
>Damn I need to get home and play this shit again...

It is shotofest right now online. I played Ken/Ryu/Evil Ryu AT LEAST 15 of 20 or so fights just now. Ridiculous. I pretty much want to turn my game off every time the other person selects Ryu. Its gotten that bad for me..I just hate that mofo..I hate the character, the punk ass way most folks play him, the combos Capcom allow him: light SRK --> super Hado --> ultra Hado...I mean...really Capcom? Fuck the fuck off Capcom, and don't start me on the priority of some of his stupidly safe offense. If it doesn't outright win, it probably ties, and you know what's up if you tie with Ryu...that's right, ultra time! And I'm rage killing controllers (plural) via footballish anger spike (again). I'm almost at Latimer levels of damage over here. And don't start me on the 1 combo of doom over and over again characters like Sakura and Ibuki. Or the turtle power niggas. Or Gief's reach. Or...ahhh! All of this = I gotta let it go for a while.

Jimaveli

I'm getting PS+ this week for the following:

SFIV AE
KOF XIII
Little Big Planet 2
Infamous 2
Bioshock 2
Ratchet&Clank All 4 One
Pay Day: The Heist

There's a few others I saw but those 7 alone are well worth $50. Of course, that says nothing of the discounts on a ton of other games. I wouldn't play or buy any but the first two otherwise, but then I rarely buy games.

me and my boy tried to get in on a few matches, and every other one was lag city

whats fucked up is this is one of the best kofs and they still did a poor job with the online

I mean maybe it's me, but the new store is slow and clunky as hell for me.

and yeah things now take forever to load.

and unlike my misguided opinion on the Windows 8-ish XBOX interface, the PS Store upgrade really is shit.

like... finding add-ons is horrible. it's like people filled in the data through a half-assed Excel spreadsheet.


the UI looks nicer but that's it.

>like... finding add-ons is horrible. it's like people filled
>in the data through a half-assed Excel spreadsheet.

I was trying to find the Uncharted soundtracks, I have no idea where the hell they are now. U3 has like a million add-ons, and you scroll down TWO items at a time, it's ridiculous. I used to randomly browse the PSN to see what was new or what was on sale, now I don't even want to open the stupid thing.

with the old store

Add-ons are always tucked under the game itself so they're not that hard to find. I definitely thought it was fine (and faster, and you could use the XMB while looking at it) before but I'm not mad at the new version. Search engine was a little stupid initially but the autocomplete is definitely a nice touch and, like with Netflix's app, helps me stumble across some interesting stuff I wasn't specifically searching for.


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

I have to say Nintendo's little joint is even better than Sony's now.

PSStore still makes sense to me. Then again I own a Playstation, I only see 360 at friends'/live streams.


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

There's really no reason for it to be as slow as it is. Hopefully somebody got canned for this

fucking Psychonauts (which I never got past the first level on my rental back in the day) for $2.50
Jak & Daxter for $2.
Unfinished Swan for $4.
Decent user-content kart game for $10.

LittleBigPlanet Karting – Regular $39.99, Sale $19.99, PS Plus $10.00
The Unfinished Swan – Regular $14.99, Sale $7.49, PS Plus $3.75
Ratchet & Clank – Regular $14.99, Sale $7.49, PS Plus $3.75
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy – Regular $7.99, Sale $3.99, PS Plus $2.00
Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds Complete Collection – Regular $24.99, Sale $12.49, PS Plus $6.25
Warp – Regular $9.99, Sale $4.99, PS Plus $2.50
Shank 2 – Regular $9.99, Sale $4.99, PS Plus $2.50
NiGHTS – Regular $9.99, Sale $4.99, PS Plus $2.50
Jet Set Radio – Regular $9.99, Sale $4.99, PS Plus $2.50
The House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut – Regular $19.99, Sale $9.99, PS Plus $5.00
Psychonauts – Regular $9.99, Sale $4.99, PS Plus $2.50
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13 – Regular $39.99, Sale $19.99, PS Plus $10.00
Machinarium – Regular $9.99, Sale $4.99, PS Plus $2.50



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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

THIS is the type of shit that would make me switch. MS is fucking slipping.

Edit: This is for EU only, whoops sorry. Still though, this is a good step forward.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/01/28/playstation-plus-your-february-content/

New PlayStation 3 content
We’re very happy to announce that from 6th February for one month, you can download the awesome Sleeping Dogs.
This action adventure game from our friends at Square Enix takes you deep into the violent criminal underworld of vibrant, neon-lit Hong Kong. You’ll assume the role of Wie Shen, an undercover cop looking to take down the Triads from the inside. You’ll have to prove yourself worthy as you fight your way up the organisation, taking part in brutal criminal activities without blowing your cover.
Critics worldwide agree it’s a top-tier open-world action title – make sure you grab this while it’s available!

I've got at least 20 free games from it

It's probably been available for a while but I don't regularly visit the store. I will now. PS+ has definitely been worth the dough. Does PS+ extend to the movie section?

generally those Europe-first things tend to come to us late.


I can only hope, anyway. But having just got Machinarium and Psychonauts for a total of $5 I'm good on games for a minute. Plus I've been pecking away at my free copy of Just Cause 2 ever since it came out, still not halfway done it says. And they gave us Mega Man 9 and 10.



I really want to try Sleeping Dogs though. Shame setting up a Euro account would be foolish.


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

we still havent gotten it...

if you were a Plus member a couple months back you could have got Eps. 1 + 2 for free (I didn't, but I bought in before I'd even played Episode 1 on impulse).


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

I have the iOS version and dig it.

assuming you were someone who wanted to buy everything that was put on sale and took advantage of every single free download.


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The Newest PlayStation Plus Perks Revealed
Plus, get a great deal on a PS+ subscription.
by Colin Moriarty JANUARY 28, 2013

Sony has revealed the newest PlayStation Plus perks for North America. (You can go to our earlier story here for the newest European-centric perks.)

Starting on Tuesday, January 29th, users will be able to download Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus for PlayStation Vita free of charge. Madden 13 on both PS3 and Vita will be 30% off. And the PSN games Gatling Gears, Section 8: Prejudice and Greed Corp will all be 50% off.

Additionally, Sony has announced that if you purchase a new one-year PlayStation Plus subscription between now and March 4th, you will get an extra three months free of charge (for 15 months total). Keep in mind that subscriptions can be stacked, so you don’t have to wait until you’re about to run out if you want to take advantage of the offer.

Sony also revealed an interesting statistic that we’ll leave you with in closing. For a one year $50 PlayStation Plus account in 2012, users could have saved as much as $2,472 on free and discounted games, DLC and more. That’s nearly 50 times the cost of the subscription.



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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

I might be a convert next gen

http://www.destructoid.com/plus-points-sony-s-ps-plus-humiliates-the-game-industry-243470.phtml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

with windows 8 and the surface struggling i wonder how important the game division is to m$ right now
some cats done pumped damn near $500 into xbox live (lol), not sure the value will be there next gen if all you're getting is in game chat and seeing what ur friends are doing
on top of all that Sony is expected to get to market first which might swing the pendulum
tho we know xbox has no qualms about rushing a defective product to market in order to say 1st! so not sure how much stock to put into that right now

the red ring of death fiasco.

>the red ring of death fiasco.

While trust me it sucked (cause I had to do it two or three times in this gen)...it was pretty cool how easy they made it in to trade in for a replacement console...no questions asked.

Better then when my old PS2 broke and I had to fake return it at Target to get it replaced, lol.

you can like having playstation plus all you want, but you didn't save money...by buying more stuff (unless of course, you were going to buy all of those game -- lach -- but it's a stupid way of trying to account for it)

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

The idea of it saving all this money is true, to a degree. I've saved about $100 because I would have bought several of the games I've downloaded for free. It also allows me to play a ton of games I probably wouldn't have paid for, so it's not saving me much in that regard.

So while I agree it's misleading to say you've saved $2500 or whatever, that's still an amazing dollar value.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

i just got that buy a year deal and get 3 months free (ends in a couple days) so now im on plus until august of 2014 (and joined august of 2012). due to the vita games offered i will eventually get one (prob a used one on the cheap) and while im slow to jump to new systems if its something they keep up for the ps4 it would be a huge factor in me getting one

I've downloaded so many free games over the last few months that my 500gb drive is down to 130.

I have a 500 GB memory card but all my game day is on the stock memory. Haven't tried figuring out how I can move everything over to the new one yet

bought a new 500 sata laptop hard drive
took my 1tb fat 32 formatted external hard drive and connected to my ps3
ran the ps3 backup utility to back up everything to the external
took the ps3's stock hard drive out and replaced it with the new 500gb joint
reconnected the external hard drive and ran the restore feature
any games that didn't come over, I just went to my downloads list on the ps store and re-downloaded

that's it. though now I'm down to about 100gb of space on that 500gb drive.

Some game saves are restricted when it comes to copying like Street Fighter 4. If you have PS Plus, I'd recommend using the cloud feature to back up your game saves. I wish they had that 4 years ago. Would've saved me some heartburn.

*hits O button*

i thought it was a great remake. sadly the market wasn't interested
plus you get to play as Vile
http://www.capcom-unity.com/brelston/blog/2013/02/19/maverick-hunter-x-free-for-ps-plus-members

i thought they ported it up

I've always wanted to see why everyone's so interested in this story, even though I've had a lot of it spoiled for me by now I'm sure.


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

didnt really know anything about it going in but was worth playing

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/03/sleeping-dogs-free-for-playstation-plus-users

Sleeping Dogs is one of the great sleeper hits of the entire console generation (get it?), and if you’re a North American PlayStation Plus user, then you’ll be pleased to learn that the open-world sandbox game will be completely free beginning on May 7th.

Word comes from the PlayStation Blogcast, which also revealed that Pinball Arcade, Knytt Underground and Vita’s BlazBlue will also be free at some point during the month of May.

glad it's finally over here.

I hated Spec Ops honestly, it just stunk so much as a game to me that I didn't even want to play it on Easy. I'm glad they ended up putting it out for free because as the price kept creeping down I felt a growing itch to buy it.

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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

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it will stream on PS4. I'm jumping up to fiber soon for this and other streaming media.

Folks can throw out the different specs and peripherals all they want, but the most intriguing thing to me this generation is how the cloud is being leveraged.

they dont list dates when they will come out but we are getting the following this month

Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Machinarium, Saints Row: The Third, Orc Attack (vita) and Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward (vita). also the yearly games of Ratchet & Clank All 4 One, inFAMOUS 2 and LittleBigPlanet 2 all go away on june 11th and will be replaced by other games (not sure if 3 or less/more).

just from talk it seems like PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is almost a lock to be one of the new yearly games, there is a rumor uncharted 3 as well

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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

but it's one of those games like Just Cause where I couldn't see spending dollars on it.

never played a saints row game but been meaning to check one. they offered 2 on plus a while back was going to eventually play that but ill prob just skip to 3.

right? Is this one of those things where its just gonna say 'expired'? If so, my kids are gonna kill me!!

PS I LOOOOOVE Sleeping Dogs...

as long as you download it and you are a plus member you can play it and as far as i understand if you stop plus and then get it again you can redownload it and play it again. but if you never bothered to download it before it leaves then once its gone you are out of luck.

in fact you dont have to fully download a title some games i think i might want to try out in the future but not use the hard drive space now. so just start the download and after it downloads like at least 1% cancel the download and if you view it it will say purchased and you can always grab it later.

.

it just has to be a confirmed purchase. As long as you "purchase" the license while it's free, you can download at any time. I got Street Fighter IV the day it came available but didn't download any of it until last month because I just didn't have the hard drive space.


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

coming this tuesday replacing LittleBigPlanet 2, inFAMOUS 2, and Ratchet & Clank All 4 One


UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3) Single Player and Free to Play Multiplayer Bundle
PSN Price: This item is only Free for PS Plus members

The highly acclaimed single player campaign of Uncharted 3, along with the Free to Play Multiplayer Mode will be available for all PS Plus members to experience, free with their membership! A search for the fabled “Atlantis of the Sands” propels fortune hunter Nathan Drake into a desperate bid for survival that strains the limits of his endurance, forcing him to confront his deepest fears.


XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PS3)
PSN Price: $39.99, Free for PS Plus members

From the award-winning creators of Civilization comes an action-strategy game about humanity’s last stand. Threatened by an unknown enemy, Earth’s governments unite to form an elite paramilitary organization, known as XCOM. As the commander of XCOM, you must create a fully operational base, research alien technologies, plan combat missions, and lead your soldiers in fierce battles against a terrifying alien invasion. The decisions you make will affect the fate of humanity. You are our last hope.


LittleBigPlanet Karting (PS3)
PSN Price: $39.99, Free for PS Plus members

Sackboy returns in a completely new Karting adventure to save the Craftworld universe! Get behind the wheel to race through fun-filled tracks, battle in hectic arenas, and collect items in open-world environments. Compete in exciting mini-games and modes unlike anything you’ve seen, and enjoy endless levels created by the LittleBigPlanet community. From game modes to weapon types, never before has Sackboy had so many customization options. If you can dream it, you can drive it!

XCOM isn't even a year old yet.

This subscription paid for itself in the first two months.

I cannot wait to replay uncharted 3.

and unload the physical to GS.

I've got the 250 and it was a real hassle making space, had to delete Liberty City Stories, Street Fighter IV, Just Cause 2 and a few saves.

If you're talking multiplayer only, if I remember right that's an 11GB file.

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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

I might go cop a terabyte drive to throw in there.

might wanna half.com it. At least there you could get 10 bucks.

that's a real bummer though, I was even afraid this might happen because of the Last of Us launching. I don't know why I bought it last week!


I'm just lucky that XCOM was listed as Disc Only during the strongest hype cycle or I'd have probably impulse bought that too.


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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
"I don't read pages of rap lyrics, I listen to rap music." © Bombastic
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

>XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PS3)
>PSN Price: $39.99, Free for PS Plus members

I *KNEW* as soon as I copped that game it would go on PS+. Motherfuckers! lol.

Seriously tho, that's what's up. It's a really fun game and more people should try it.

Seems like a no brainer to DL it for free now.

Really going to need a bigger drive for this thing

This is some clunky slow ass mess. Hideously slow.

Ratchet and Clank all 4 one

Scott Pilgrim

Family Guy

Little Big Planet

Anything I'm missing? My two littlest (7 and 4) love playing alongside us and so far, PS3 wise this is all i've found. Looking to get LBP: Kartracing when it hits PSN though. Anything else? I miss Gauntlet, young!

.

but keep an eye out for the old school Dungeons & Dragons Capcom joints getting re-released: Chronicles of Mystara and something else.

Really fun 4 player beat em ups with different classes to pick from, each with different skills and weapons.

I have a feeling the price could jump with the PS4 launch in the Fall. Dling Infamous 2 and Little Big Planet 2 as I type.

Fun as hell.

nm

It sounds like the next iteration of XCOM will have a greater userbase due to the wonderful service that PS+ has provided consumers.

Sounds like a win win win win for the publisher developer platform and the consumer.

What a fantastic concept.

this was posted on gaf i tried it and it works. i have an 80 gig HD i deleted stuff where i got to 62 of an available 72 gigs. download it and then cancel. then go to your downloads there will be six different uncharted 3 things you need: single player, multiplayer and 2d movies. you can avoid the other three. after you get them you can play the game.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/06/11/playstation-store-update-295/

The Highlights:

Tomb Rader - $20.24

Borderlands 2 - $19.59

Dishonored - $21.59

Walking Dead Season Pass - $5 (If you don't but this for $5 you are really, really missing out. GOTY 2012, easy.)


Also, not PS+ but Persona 4: Golden dropped to $29.99. Heard that was good but I don't have a Vita and still haven't beaten Persona 3 after all these years.

Next gen I'm definitely going to have to start at 1TB.

Serious first world problems, bruh.

that DAMN fight in the boat where all the cover is shifting and the one tank dude is stalking you around is fucking IMPOSSIBLE on Hard. I might just have to give up and grab this bad boy...or I might just have to wait a few weeks. All I know is on the 250GB drive, Uncharted 3 has GOTS TA GO if I'm gonna install any more games. Kinda makes me rethink my dedication to buying anything on PSN if it's an option.


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I knew nothing about this. Didn't know it was going to be free either. Added it to the queue now.

It's very addictive.

but they don't have PS3 support on the Mac version, and since I paid VERY little at the time I'm more than ok shelling out more for it with a controller solution. I'm terribly uncoordinated on keyboards.



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http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3745/9154890398_82020a975b_o.jpg

Until today and man did I FEEL that dent. All I could play was my disc of NBA 2K; it turned out everything else on my hard drive was PS+ or Uncharted 3.
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or do they an expiration date where you can't "buy" them anymore?

any given month there's usually 5 - 7 free games, sometimes those slots are taken by Vita games or there are just a lot of games.

however they are not super-strict about acquiring the games - if you checkout a game while it's free on PS+, it's yours to download whenever you're subscribed to PS+ whether you download it immediately or not. The only restriction is being a current subscriber - if you let it lapse, as I did the past 3 days, you get redirected to the store's subscription page whenever you try to play.

so if you weren't subscribed at the time these games were slotted, no, you can't get them later. Bioshock 2, Just Cause 2, inFamous, inFamous 2, and so on won't be in your IGC if you subscribed today.

but you don't have to DL them right away. you just have to express intent to play. and then they're available forever (assuming you're prepared to sacrifice three+ hours of PS3-power to downloading the game)

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I've heard interesting things about it.

July 2nd – 9th

Call Of Duty Black Ops II (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $37.79

The Amazing Spider-Man (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $20.99

Batman Arkham Asylum (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $5.00

The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest (PS Vita/PSP) – PlayStation Plus Price: $2.50

Mortal Kombat (PS Vita) – PlayStation Plus Price: $5.00

Mortal Kombat – (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $5.00

Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $4.00

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: the Game (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $2.00

Shadow of the Colossus (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $5.00

Ratchet & Clank Collection (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $7.50



July 9th – 16th

Fast & Furious Showdown (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $23.99

Star Trek (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $32.99

Men In Black: Alien Crisis (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $20.99

The Simpsons Arcade Game (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $4.89

X-Men (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $4.89

Hitman Trilogy HD – (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $15.99

Lord of the Rings: War in the North (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $5.00

Silent Hill: Book of Memories (PS Vita) – PlayStation Plus Price: $7.50

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $7.50

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (PS Vita) – PlayStation Plus Price: $5.00

The Adventures of TinTin: The Game (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $10.00

Star Wars The Force Unleashed II (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $5.00

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $5.00

Just Cause 2 (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $7.99

Prince of Persia Classics Trilogy (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $8.00

Tron Evolution (PS Vita) – PlayStation Plus Price: $4.00

Alice: Madness Returns (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $4.00

Fight Night Champion (PS3) – PlayStation Plus Price: $6.00

Shadow of the Colossus and Arkham Asylum for $5. Not bad at all.

It's good to see PS+ has been expanding the indie games available.

I wonder how much they'll continue to improve things for the PS3 when PS4 comes along.

>Shadow of the Colossus and Arkham Asylum for $5. Not bad at
>all.

yep i had to cop arkham for that. even though i beat it and got rid of it on 360 when it came out. playing it now. not sure if ill play through it again but for 5 i had to get it. i might get just cause 2 next week. im pretty sure it was a playstation plus title right before i joined


>I wonder how much they'll continue to improve things for the
>PS3 when PS4 comes along.

not sure but they stumbled onto something good and with the ps4 plus is also bundled to online play which means even more people will have it (although i don't see why people don't already have it) so i think it will continue to be worth it.

Might grab it. I've heard good things.

>Might grab it. I've heard good things.

Wow. I made some room on my 120 hard drive for this sale. And I keep coming across random games that need to get bought. Sony is handling their biz fo sho.

I keep almost buying this the past few weeks. No need to hold off any longer now.


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what a load of bollocks

i was thinking that would be a great way to get around the whole "not enough good games yet for this new console" thing that always happens

But that won't be up and running until sometime in 2014, and is understandably still looked at with the sidest of side eyes.


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PSN+ is looking an even better deal considering the fuckboy shit Microsoft is on with the One.

bc you're not going to buy playstation plus / xbl.

o...k...

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

The point of video recording being free is console owners don't have to buy an online services subscription if they don't want to.

THAT'S A HARDWARE FUNCTION SO IT SHOULD WORK WITHOUT HAVING TO BUY AN ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION.

Don't even get me started on the absurdity of having to pay for XBL in order to use a web browser.

There are over 25 million Xbox owners without live. That number must be higher for PSN. Therefore, THIS SHIT IS A BIG FUCKING DEAL. LoL at selling points of Xbox One being hidden behind a pay wall.

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS3)
PS Plus - Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen
Free for PS Plus members, Regular Price: $39.99
An epitaph speaks of another’s demise…A mysterious island known as Bitterblack Isle appears off the coast of Gransys. Its depths have claimed the lives of many Arisen their voices still haunt the labyrinth that lies deep beneath its surface–a labyrinth ripe with secrets waiting to be discovered. The time to take up arms has come once again. Delve into the isle’s depths and uncover its dark secret!

Ibb & obb (PS3)
PS Plus - Ibb and Obb
Free for PS Plus members, Regular Price: $9.99
ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local cooperative couch fun or match up online. Fall up and jump down through 15 levels filled with double gravity puzzles and discover the 8 hidden worlds that will test your new non-Newtonian skills to the maximum.

Resogun (PS4)
PS Plus - Resogun
Free for PS Plus members
RESOGUN is an intense fast-paced shoot em’ up developed exclusively for the PS4 system. Unleash a diverse array of devastating weapons including lasers, missiles, overdrive, and nova-bombs to blast hordes of enemies and rescue the last survivors from distant galactic colonies that are under ruthless attack from an evil alien invasion force.

Contrast (PS4)
PS Plus - Contrast
Free for PS Plus members
Contrast is a 2D/3D puzzle/platformer, set in a 1920′s vaudevillian, film noir dreamscape, full of cabaret, illusion and performance. You play as Dawn, the imaginary friend of a little girl, Didi, and you have the power to shift from the 3D world into a 2D shadowscape, by becoming your shadow. As Didi’s imaginary best friend, you must use your shadow shifting abilities to solve complex puzzles, in order to help Didi investigate the secrets that lie behind her troubled family.

Binary Domain (PS3)
PS Plus - Binary Domain
Free for PS Plus members, Regular Price: $19.99
Created by Toshihiro Nagoshi, the man behind some of SEGA’s most well-known video game franchises including the critically acclaimed Yakuza series, Binary Domain puts players in the middle of a fast paced and intense battle for humanity in a robot-filled 2080 Tokyo. Fighting through the derelict lower levels of the city, players control an international peace-keeping squad that soon starts to question their surroundings and the choices they make. Are the robots becoming more human, or are humans becoming more like machines?

Oddworld: Strangers Wrath (PS Vita)
PS Plus - Oddworld Stranger's Wrath HD
Free for PS Plus members, Regular Price: $14.99
In the dusty, undeveloped wastelands of Western Mudos, cantankerous townsfolk find their settlements besieged by belligerent outlaws. Along comes Stranger, a tall, dark and enigmatic bounty hunter with a mission to capture troublemakers and scoundrels and return them to civilized townships for incarceration.

Soul Sacrifice (PS Vita)
PS Plus - Soul Sacrifice
Free for PS Plus members, Regular Price: $35.99
Prepare yourself for a brutal combat experience where every decision made will have consequential results. Take on the role of a slave who is about to be sacrificed stumbles upon a forbidden book that allows its readers to relive battles between sorcerers and monsters of the past. In order to use the magic during fierce battles, the player must be willing to make a sacrifice – ranging from personal belongings, a limb, or even a life.

at least when it comes to larger enemies. I've always wanted to do something like that again...but I'm actually playing the HD Remake right now, so

hopefully the word of a pretty empty world and long runtime don't discourage me. I've been scared of RPGs all generation, FF12 was the last one I loved and this looks KIND OF like that too?

also, it's a bit of a bummer I know how the game ends thanks to the Bombcast. But I'd like to see that for myself, it sounds legitimately fresh.

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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

Dat shit is heat!
The multi-player is ass but the muhfukkin' campaign is type iLL!
Kinda short, but its a respectable 3ps, few flaws 'n such but still dope....'specially if you on some ol' cyber-punk type shit(c)GhostInTheShell

I didn't feel like making a new thread or writing a new review, but I just finished this via Playstation Plus and had some thoughts.

-- At first the shooting feels pretty bad, but by the time you've upgraded your accuracy, damage and health it slowly turns into a really fun shooting game. A lot of the robot destruction made me imagine (what I've seen of) Knack (via internet media) with some true creativity to it.

--So good that most of the distraction moments end up feeling even more boring than they are. I hated all the on-rails car sections, and failed ALL of the random "press O in the purple bar" QTEs 7 or 8 times before landing them.

--A lot of what I was responding to positively weren't objectively good things. The dialogue was terrible, a lot of the direction was frustratingly anime-like in execution and the voice acting was pretty stiff. I often felt like I was playing a Sci-Fi Original or blaxploitation game.

--Still, there were moments of actual brilliance. Most of the Hollow Children designs were great, as were all the scenes involving an exposed A.I. And the game was very smartly paced, even if I could tell early on we were swiftly moving on only to situations more ludicrous than the last. If they'd decided to commit to being an action game rather than an action-RPG, I can imagine a much better overall game being here. The length feels just right for the gameplay, but five-ten hours too short for the failed attempt at building characters or creating player agency.

--This game reminded me of the PS2 era in terms of how it controlled, how I felt confused about certain actions (randomly switching the mantle action to O instead of ^+X, never figuring out remote bombs), how very Japanese the storytelling felt...In a weird way, it felt like a nostalgia play even having never played it before.

--I'd like to see a sequel, but Binary Domain couldn't help but feel like a mimic of its betters (specifically Mass Effect and Blade Runner) and how often it made me laugh at its absurdity didn't always win out over how frustrating a few scenarios were. I didn't expect to breeze through this game as quickly as I did (4 or 5 days, mostly over the last two days) so I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it, but without the robots or the interesting canonical backbone, I'd feel weird recommending this to anyone who likes this style of game but has no idea what "feels like a PS2-era video game developed in Japan with modern western trends super-glued on top in what almost feels like a satire-like fashion" means.



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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

because of all the sub $15 games and freebies on PS+.

I'll definitely check out Soul Sacrifice.

i have a good amount of vita games thanks to PS+ and some of them i would have actually wanted to get.

I think I may have to tell wifey to cop me one for XMAS!!!

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/11/28/playstation-plus-december-preview/




There will also be a special Black Friday deal for PlayStation Plus at select retailers nationwide. Pick up 1 year of PS Plus for only $29.99* — that’s 40% off the regular price of $49.99. With PS Plus, you’ll get new games every month with Instant Game Collection. You’ll also get access to online multiplayer on the PS4 system. Best of all, one membership will cover you across your PS4, PS3, and PS Vita, for just $29.99*.
*A one-year PlayStation Plus membership will be $29.99 on Black Friday only


GRID 2 (PS3)
PS Plus: Grid 2
Free for PS Plus members
Be fast, be first and be famous as you join the elite in ‘World Series Racing’ where the greatest cars, drivers and events come together in the search for a new motorsport icon. Experience aggressive racing against advanced AI and become immersed in the race with GRID 2’s new TrueFeel Handling system which powers edge-of-control exhilaration behind the wheel of every iconic car. An extensive, separate online campaign powered by RaceNet sets new standards in the genre. Welcome back to racing.

Borderlands 2 (PS3)
PS Plus: Borderlands 2
Free for PS Plus members
A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside them in 4 player co-op or split-screen on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet.

Dyad (PS3)
PS Plus: Dyad
Free for PS Plus members
Descend into Dyad to experience transcendental sensory overload in this abstract psychedelic racer. Blast through a reactive audio-visual tube to create a harmonious synthesis of color and sound as you hook, graze and lance enemies to master Dyad’s 27 unique levels.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (PS Vita)
PS Plus: Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed
Free for PS Plus members
Sonic and the All-Stars cast line up on the starting grid once again to battle for supremacy in the ultimate race. It’s not just racing, it’s Racing Transformed! Bonus Edition also includes extra racer Metal Sonic, and bonus Outrun track!

Urban Trial Freestyle (PS Vita)
PS Plus: Urban Trial Freestyle
Free for PS Plus members
Don’t miss the ultimate urban trial freestyle game for PS Vita system! The city is your playground! Nothing will stop you on your freestyle trials bike. Use the urban landscape to pull spectacular tricks – backflips, 360s, wallrides, ollies, and more. Customize your bike to boost your performance in Time Attack or Stunt mode. Choose between speed and style, developing your own unique riding style.




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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

2 months ago I didn't re-up my Plus on some whatever type shit...

But for ^ ^ ^DEM SHITS RIGHT DERE? ? ! ! ? ?....

...Bruh finna cough up dat renewal loot.

The Grid2 demo, alone, is a BEAST and the multiplayer is flame so
I'm on deck.

Give it time. LOL

Granted, like a lot of games I think my love for it in part stems from the fact I basically only play the big Sony-exclusives and PS+ games at this point, and haven't owned a racing game this entire generation (I really wanted Burnout Paradise for a long while but never pulled the trigger) as a result, but MAN. I loved to play the rally part of the DIRT demo over and over again back when I owned a fatty PS3 and no games, and I think I rented a few of the McRae games, but somehow I forgot how fun Codemasters makes driving cars.

I've heard people complain about how these cars drive but as someone who loves and compares GTA's driving to this (note: GRID 2 is much tighter, but they have a similar philosophy I believe) I was hooked pretty much from race two. The game's not very hard on Normal, I've lost maybe four times through the first two seasons of career mode, but I do come in 2nd-4th fairly frequently on at least one champion's series race so I'm sure it's about to ramp up in China.

I get that this wouldn't be a car game without a bunch of good-looking cars, but at each level it seems like one car is clearly better than the rest, so I don't feel very encouraged to change cars around. What I REALLY like though is how different all the cars feel. I pick the BMW 3 Series over the MB E-Class for VERY specific reasons even though on paper and physically they appear nearly identical in-game.

And the way physics works itself out over the terrain is spectacular. Again, other than random time with some demos, free game trials and friends' houses I can't think of a racing game I've played regularly since Gran Turismo 3, so that colors it. But I really can't remember a game that cared so much about the how, where and what of a race course. The little dips and rivets in the road coming in and out of turns, the way different cars' suspension and handling accepts and reacts to the subtle imperfections of the road, especially at 130mph+ speeds into rapid deceleration, is just awesome. There's not much incentive to try out all the different cars, but hitting a corner I've come to know well in a brand new car gives me a little rush I can't really describe.

Lastly, it's beautiful, but being a car game it'd almost be a surprise if it wasn't. They've done a good job of making you feel powerfully in control of some really great cars, and toe the line between arcade racer and sim perhaps better than anything I've ever seen, mostly having Need for Speed: Underground and Gran Turismo as my comparisons. At its core it's just a dumb, pretty real-cars, no-weapons Mario Kart essentially, tapping then brake just right to get the best drifts around large corners and jumping to the head of the pack. But there are enough subtle mechanics going on to suck in people looking for a slightly more nuanced driving game, and again even though I haven't found it especially difficult, I also think their (seemingly scripted) driving lines make for a pretty great level of tension as I'm rarely able to get into first place before the penultimate or final lap of any race.

This game is just good dumb fun, and they spice the career mode up with a lot of variety between each race and season so it's hard to get bored. I'd definitely say anyone with PS+ should grab a copy of this as quick as you can, though.

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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

I got a bundle with PS+ for a year and a 250GB HD and Uncharted 3 for $250, and I haven't cracked the wrapper on Uncharted. Been playing straight PS+ free shit.

Amazing value.

Uncharted 3 is amazing. UC2 is epic. 1 and 2 have gotta be on the store.

they had a killer bundle for both 2 and 3 GOTY editions for just $40 total on PS+ earlier in the spring, and I think at one point the original was like $5 or something? Finally had a chance to play all of them over the summer and it was a great thrill ride, though I found out I'm one of the few people that thought the games got exponentially better each time around. I hate the last couple hours of both 1 and 2 so much, man. Notched them down to Easy to finish, unlike 3 which I loved so much I immediately went back and played it on Hard.


edit: also, compared to how elegant the digital Last of Us is (only game on PS3 that offers a compressed installer, and only PS3 game that allows the game to begin before it's 100% installed...around 65% I think) it was pretty amazing how bonkers the UC3 stuff is. Gigabytes and gigabytes of language files, the cutscenes are a separate 20GB file from the main game, multiplayer is a separate file because of the whole free-to-play thing...buying UC3 digitally will fuck a PS3 hard drive up QUICK lmao.


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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

>

It really is. I just got Borderlands 2.

http://kotaku.com/playstation-plus-in-january-will-make-you-merry-and-bri-1489727790


Already have one, excited for the other two and to essentially pre-order Don't Starve



PS4
Don't Starve

PS3
Bioshock: Infinite
DMC: Devil May Cry
Brothers: Tale of Two Sons

Vita
Smart As...
Worms: Battle Islands



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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

and DmC was a game i've been wanting to play but couldn't justify copping.

gooooooooooooooood lookin.

i woulda paid money for Don't Starve too. everything Klei does i end up buying.

Best one to me
Even if u never were into it

I've been monitoring Bio: Infinite for a while now, waiting till it drops to $5 to scoop it up, but I've only seen it dip as low as $7.50 on the various download sites. On top of that DMC just hit Steam's daily deals right now at $12.49, so the speed at which PSN is putting out these free games is mighty impressive indeed.

I don't imagine Sony would ever advertise this way (due to the roster changing every week among other things), but they could sell a PS3 with a three-month pass to PS+ as a bundle and say, "Here's your PS3 with GRID 2, Bioshock Infinite, Dyad, Borderlands 2, Devil May Cry, Brothers, Binary Domain, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, included at no additional charge once you've activated your PSN account."

It's a bit of a shame the marketing on PS+ isn't going even harder, I still haven't met anyone in real life who's heard of the service (other than my one friend with a PS4, who hadn't realized he needed it to play online when he bought it and sold his PS3 towards the PS4 so isn't currently seeing the benefit).

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http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

>I don't imagine Sony would ever advertise this way (due to
>the roster changing every week among other things), but they
>could sell a PS3 with a three-month pass to PS+ as a bundle
>and say, "Here's your PS3 with GRID 2, Bioshock Infinite,
>Dyad, Borderlands 2, Devil May Cry, Brothers, Binary Domain,
>Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, included at no additional charge
>once you've activated your PSN account."
>


I bought a ps3 that was bundled with a one year PS+ membership. It was back in February, don't know if they are still doing it. I think the box did advertise the games that were currently available(little big planet 2 and 2 others)

That's it...my PS3's little 120 GB hard drive ain't gonna cut it. I gotta expand/add on. I know we had a post about this some time ago. I'll get my search on. I need to add an external HD so I can cop GoW Ascension ($10 but 34 GB) and the below fo sho.

>http://kotaku.com/playstation-plus-in-january-will-make-you-merry-and-bri-1489727790
>
>
>Already have one, excited for the other two and to essentially
>pre-order Don't Starve
>
>
>
>PS4
>Don't Starve
>
>PS3
>Bioshock: Infinite
>DMC: Devil May Cry
>Brothers: Tale of Two Sons
>
>Vita
>Smart As...
>Worms: Battle Islands
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>http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
>Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

copped it for like $75.

got like 75-80 games on it.

still close to 300 GB of space left.

i'm downloading games i don't even really want just because.

>copped it for like $75.
>
>got like 75-80 games on it.
>
>still close to 300 GB of space left.
>
>i'm downloading games i don't even really want just because.

Did you do 5400 RPM? It seems like advice varies on whether I should stay with that speed or if going faster is a good look. The longer I think about it, the more ridiculous I'm thinking about going. Certainly 1 TB should be enough to carry me through all of the PS+ downloads I've cycled through and the last ones that are coming before they taper off, right?

AKA I think I'm gonna cop a hard drive and get my swap on. This will be my first nerdy system activity since I changed my PS2 to a top-loader in order to play the 'last' Fire Pro Wrestling. Of course, they released it in the US a year or so after that, but whatever...I was ballin!

The instructions I've read suggest that I'm copying certain files to a thumb drive, disconnecting the old 120 HDD, connecting the new (500 GB - 1 TB) HDD, and downloading stuff from the network again. Is that about it?

Jimaveli

that's what Sony recommends and they probably have good reason for it. i don't believe there's any performance boost with 7200 RPM drives anyway.

1 TB will be more than enough. average game size is like 15GB (early games be like 7 or 8 gigs, late first party games top out around 25 gigs). You can easily put 60 full retail games on a terabyte. that's being conservative. like i said, i got a smaller drive with close to 80 games: half AAA, half downloadable.

>The instructions I've read suggest that I'm copying certain
>files to a thumb drive, disconnecting the old 120 HDD,
>connecting the new (500 GB - 1 TB) HDD, and downloading stuff
>from the network again. Is that about it?

if you have an external hard drive larger than 120 (or whatever the size is of the stuff you have on your ps3 now), you can transfer everything over to your new HDD without having to re-download.

... after reading here about the free games for the ps plus membership and all the games you can download the 500 gig hd from the ps4 now resides in the ps3. Backup process was easy peasy. Youtube and Google helped plenty with all of it.

It's a great system and has so many games I haven't touched. Got back into Infamous 2 just yesterday.

>It's a great system and has so many games I haven't touched.
>Got back into Infamous 2 just yesterday.

I've restored all of the stuff I had on my 120 gb hard drive. I'm now dl'ing a grip of games I had on my system at one time or another. Shiiiid...this is probably the best library of games I've ever had on 1 system. And I missed stuff cuz I wasn't smart enough to just grab free/discounted stuff when it was available and download later.

A few more notes on hard drive swap that I didn't see everywhere:
- from a computer...download the latest system software update in a folder called PS3/UPDATE on a thumb drive or a fat32-format external hard drive. You'll need it when you start the system with your brand new hard drive.
- after you're up an running with your files after doing a system backup --> restore, be sure to activate your system (psn, account management, system activation) so you can play ps+ games, access your cloud saves, etc.
- until you switch out, don't pull a me...get discounted/free games in the ps store even if you don't/can't dl them right then. The store keeps a list of games you've purchased so you can go back to that list and easily dl stuff later/again/etc. I'm doing this right now and realizing that I could've had even more ish right now.

Jimaveli: still a little gamer left in me.

it was the one I salvaged from my fat PS3. Redownloaded everything I was still playing and new games.

ON SO MANY LEVELS

Brothers, too? Come on.

So far I don't recall one free game on Xbox Live being less than 3 years old. Majority are like 4-5 years old and pretty unwanted games at that. Damn shame. Sony is getting it right with this.

sony going hard with this basically made m$ step their game up and start giving away games even if they were old as shit (offering crackdown in 2013? bwhahahahaha)
ps3 gets bioshock
xbox gives shoot many robots :(

I can download these games for free, install and then have them forever?

And the free games offered changes every month? Do the old ones disappear? Like if I miss the November games, am I out of luck?

its a Games as a Service, SaaS if you will. Keep paying and you can play. I have like 30 games queued up that I don't have storage for. I need a 1TB+ HDD.

as long as I'm a subscriber, I get to download all the current and past games offered through PS+?

What if I download and install them then cancel PS+? Not that I would but what happens to games after you install them?

>as long as I'm a subscriber, I get to download all the
>current and past games offered through PS+?
>
>What if I download and install them then cancel PS+? Not that
>I would but what happens to games after you install them?

once you download them or add them to your cart in the online store they are yours as long as you subscribe to ps plus. if you subscription runs out you can't play them until you renew. you cant download past ps+ games if they are gone they are gone and you missed out.

even if you don't have HDD storage...you add it. You can get it later.

every tuesday i just hit up https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com and grab the new stuff then download games when i want to play them.

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many.

when i bought my ps4. normally i wouldn't cop that ish, but i can't play online w/out it.

they just said "January." no specific dates yet.

they used to make it a surprise from month to month basically and I sort of dig the suspense.

DmC is this week, so I might guess they hold off on Infinite for the last week of the month.

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the demo will work for the next year, but once you start it, you have 60 minutes to play.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

because where I'm sitting, Bioshock Infinite is listed at $40 on PSN, Free for PS+ members. On the Free Games sub-header of PS+, it is listed as the second game, between game of the month DmC: Devil May Cry and Borderlands 2.


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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

no full game at all

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

i passed on that but i did cop castle of illusion for $3.75 on that same sale. im hoping ducktales hits that price sometime too

Spelunky is $3.75 with PS+ and you get the PS3 and Vita versions. Get that shit.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/01/13/14-for-14-sale-starts-tomorrow-huge-discounts-on-ps3-vita-games/

I forgot all about it...bought first day...

I never played Far Cry 3 but I s'pose you don't have to to get into Blood Dragon, right? I'm looking hard at that, Enslaved (it's been getting compared to Naughty Dog games for so long I got to check it out at $5), Wolf Among Us season pass, and maybe Thomas Was Alone or Crysis 3.


edit: actually I think I got Thomas Was Alone in a humble bundle to get Hotline Miami on my Mac, I just have a hard time remembering because I only use my computer to play Civilization IV, Hotline Miami and emulators.

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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

they just clownin now.

http://www.destructoid.com/outlast-is-the-next-free-ps-plus-game-for-ps4-owners-268907.phtml

I understand the 4 just launched so they won't be able to have many titles to give out until the developers start churning out product so it's understood in that aspect. Overall the subscription is good to have for the ps3/vita stuff you can cop.

... I've only had my subscription since Xmas week got like 4 games I somewhat had interest in for the free. The subscription pays for itself really.

and the first half of my first year of PS+ was still pretty light overall in terms of great Instant Games, at the time it was more about the Free Trials and discounts.


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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

But I honestly think this is part of a brilliant strategy by Sony... it's been long established that the PS brand is stronger overseas, but the massive US market is owned by Xbox.

So what's the best way to combat this? Accessible hardware, cheaper price point, and more games. And a better emphasis on online features (that Gaikai acquisition is looming large now). They were never going to compete with the dominant multiplayer marketshare Xbox enjoys (and what appeals most to Western gamers) through conventional means so they're competing elsewhere: with more games.

It's easily the most tangible sense of value to the consumer if they can constantly have new content with just the console and a PSN subscription, and cheap (or free) content is a big reason why PC gaming is actually on the rise right now... Steam gained a staggering 10m new users in the past 3 months (a major 15% increase).

Ultimately, we're all gamers, and the more games we have in our hands the happier we are. Good on Sony for dropping all their old stodgy traditions and embracing that fully.

than it has any right to be.

just as a service.

That shit doesn't tell you a god damn thing when you start it out, either.

I miss games that just let you figure shit out.

It's brutal but when you figure something new out it feels incredible.

did I miss something?

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

not knowing what to do or how to do it at first and seeing how far you get.

then trying to get further.

it ain't for everybody, but it's great at what it does.

Find that resurrection alter ASAP. It helps.

It's been on my wishlist for a while now, but I just don't have time to play all these games on my backlog.

I fucking love these rogue-like/procedurally generated games... this is where (IMHO) the truly innovative gameplay nowadays is coming from.

Gotta grow on you a second
But it's big fun

AT SIX.

I guess the network gets a little screwy on update day. I had Enslaved and the Wolf Among Us season pass in my cart all week along with Limbo and Blood Dragon until this morning when I decided to drop the latter two, but I had to add funds to buy the first two so after putting $20 on my wallet it erases the two games from my cart.

Luckily when I went to the online store it let me add the Wolf Among Us pass for $13.49 still, but the web store tells me I'm not authorized to purchase either of the other three and the PS3 keeps telling me there's an error. I still have $5 in my wallet so I know it hasn't taken any money, but still a real bummer. I've always heard really interesting things about Enslaved.

I wonder if anything good will come up for $5 or less soon.

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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

Yeah I know I'm late but it was free and I heard about how good it was. Although kinda short I absolutely loved it. Even made a brotha kinda emotional. The controls were great seeing as you control two people at once. This was just all around enjoyable.

On another note. I'm a xbox person, just my system of preference. However, the deals on PSN shits on live in every single way.

Gonna play through a few things I've missed and it offers it to me free just for being a PSN subscriber. In about a year or two I hope they offer up many great titles on the PS4 as well.

PS4:
- Outlast

PS3:
- Metro Last Light

- Remember Me

- Payday 2

Vita:
- Modnation Racers: Road Trip

- Street Fighter X Tekken

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/01/30/playstation-plus-february-preview/


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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

right now.

This studio no longer exists... kinda sad.

Shit reminds me of some cyber-punk "Ghost In The Shell" type ish.

Combat mechanics seem kinda nice too.

when it comes to combat and it fails at that. The controls are wonky and strange. The design and the world are interesting but its all so meh. No wonder this company had to file for the French equivalent of bankruptcy.

Just beat Metro Last Light last night (protip: shoot the wheels) that was fun. Decent story, shooting mechanics and good graphics. I like well made apocalyptic games and 4A games made something cool. Probably won't see another one of these in while because of the situation in Ukraine.

RE: Payback 2: Pretty awesome. Would've stayed away but its free, so.... Anyway. I hate not feeling really connected to the game. After starting out in the safehouse, shit has been explained awful poor. Also, living in DC and a map of my hood coming up FREAKED ME THE FUCK OUT guess it just takes place here? Still----> after installing at like 2 am after a night of inebriants this was one of my weirdest game experiences EVER. How do I change guns as well???? Could really use a tutorial. Also, I really miss some Player 2 action, Fuck all this connect to random strangers on the net. The mic system sony has in place is a mystery to me....

A general PS3, question: My 5 year old mistakenly deleted the game save for Lego Marvel SuperHeroes from the HD. I have the overnight auto game save thing uploading to the cloud but how do I get it back?? We were 80.1% done we are both rather devastated, I dont want this to be my kids personal metroid, I'm like we just gotta do it again....but if I could save us four weeks of bonding time I would so take a shortcut! HELP

Lastly, Kingdoms of Amalur is AWESOMENESS. Not really into RPGs (AT ALL) but this is a right good button masher, fake rpg with overly dorky tones that I appreciate---I could use a horse though! Why the fuck am I walking (I know I could 'Fast travel' but lame) everywhere? Addicted to blacksmithing and alchemy mixing....

and then copy to your local system.

what youse suggested... its not there! I cant call it. I am certain both my wife and I werent having flashbacks and that we were 80% thru. Now thinking the kid didnt even do it, perhaps its a hardware issue? I Did dl The Walking Dead Season 2 last week and every time it installs it just disappears like nothings happened.... have no idea. Telltale gonna come up off my five bucks though

so if you just thumbed through that when you first launched the game that could be the problem.

I have no idea what's up with your Walking Dead file though.

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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

Under the game icon go to save data utility (ps3)

Click the online storage folder. Should be in there

cant wait to get home! I'mm a be the man! Thanks, again! Wasnt trying to do them damn free plays over again!

Europe PS+ for March:

Dead Nation Apocalypse Edition (PS4)
Tomb Raider (PS3)
Brothers A Tale of Two Sons (PS3)
Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD (Vita)
Smart As (Vita)

North America PS+ for March:

Dead Nation Apocalypse Edition (PS4)
Tomb Raider (PS3)
Thomas Was Alone (PS3)
Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut (PS3)
Unit 13 (Vita)
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (Vita)

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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

everything is probably gonna feel like a letdown for a while. Maybe when I'm finally wrapping up Bioshock Infinite, Last of Us will pop up.

I'm all about these story-ass games, man. gimme gimme gimme

it's intense.

so it's sitting on a shelf doing nothing. I didn't want to get into story-ass games again. But then BSI went free on PS+ and now I'm just that.

Trapped.

I'm not playing that ISHT.

w/ the likes of Bioshock Inf, Remember Me, Tomb Raider, and Borderlands 2, it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

Too much awesome I've been putting off for far too long.

1TB.

I have a fat boy 80 gig that the disc drive doesnt work in anymore. Moved on to my slim one, never had a problem. After moving though, I updated the fat boy thinking games I already downloaded as a Playstation Plus member I could just re-do on the fat boy. But now I cant finish DMC on my slim? I'm like WTF? Is it cuz my email is logged into two PS3s? Even when I log outta the fat boy and go downstairs and fire up the slim I get "This content is expired"

Do I need to call Sony (really not trying to be on the phone for 50-11 hours)?

I thought as long as you were a playstation plus member certain games (if you dl'd them when they were out) would always be playable? Why cant I share b/t my two playstations? Any help would be good cuz my kids are getting on MY NERVES!

you should be good. Not sure why it's telling you it's expired. When you login with the same ID that you used to originally download the game with it should extend the expiration date of the game to when your PS Plus subscription is going to end. I do this with my kids right now since between the two of them only my son has PS Plus. What I do is download a game on my son's system and then login with his ID on my daughter's system and download the same game and it has the same expiration date for the content as on my son's system.

acres and fireplaces....and neglected to renew my PSN. I feel like a cold fool. I woulda deleted that shit but I was to foregone in my stupidity

https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/bioshock-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-9_SF14FRANCHISE?emcid=em-ga-13321

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/03/28/playstation-plus-april-preview-arkham-city-mercenary-kings-and-more/

Mercenary Kings (PS4)
Batman: Arkham City (P33)
Stealth Inc A Clone in the Dark (PS3-Cross Buy)
Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse(PS3)
Velocity Ultra (Vita)
Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD (Vita)

Fucking shit man.

4-player couch or Online co-op. Metal Slug mixed with Borderlands customization of weapons.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/02/20/ps4s-mercenary-kings-contra-metal-slug-meets-monster-hunter

Stick it to the Man (PS4)
Puppeteer (PS3)
Skullgirls Encore (PS3)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 (PS3)
Surge Deluxe (PSV)
Limbo (PSV)


never heard of the PS4 game, have to look it up. Puppeteer looked like a game that's cool to look at for 15 minutes and then annoying as shit the rest of the time. Skullgirls...is Skullgirls. Haven't owned a soccer game since Winning Eleven 8 so I have a soft spot for Pro Evo but even if the basic game stacks up to FIFA still I'm just not sure I want to waste the hard drive space. And I don't own a Vita so the decision to do the Vita version of Limbo instead of PS3 is a bumme, but at least it'll be one of the better games I have stowed away in my account history in case I ever stumble into more money and decide a Vita's what that money's for.


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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

maybe it's just me.

but yea. I'm not into Mercenary Kings, that shit is just tedious even though it looks neat.

what I really need on PS+ is a spiritual successor to Renegade fuckin' Ops.

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"This is the streets, and I am the trap." © Jay Bilas
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

and the DLC is dropping soon.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/05/29/playstation-plus-2-titles-per-month-for-ps4-ps3-ps-vita/

Starting in July, every title in the Instant Game Collection will be available the first Tuesday of the month, and will be free for the month, until the first Tuesday of the following month, taking the guesswork out of how long the game will be available for free. In the coming weeks, you’ll see that several of the titles that have had a nice, long stint in the Instant Game Collection will be phased out, so if you’re new to the service and haven’t had a chance to download all of the titles available through PS Plus — or if you’ve been thinking about subscribing but haven’t yet — now is the perfect time to get all the great games available with PS Plus.

Trine 2: Complete Story (PS4)
Free for PS Plus members
Trine 2: Complete Story is a beautiful, award-winning sidescrolling game of action, puzzles and platforming. Play as the three Heroes – Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight, and Zoya the Thief – and join their adventure through dangers untold in a fantastical fairytale world, including physics-based puzzles using fire, water, gravity and magic wicked goblins and their evil plan and a magical environment full of wonder.

Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate
Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate (PS4)
Free for PS Plus members
PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate is a twin-stick shooter with equal elements of action, exploration and puzzle solving. Saving scientists and uncovering the mysteries of an ill-fated research trip requires you to study and manipulate your environment. Blast and dig through rock and ice, unleashing floods of water, lava, gas, magnetic oil and even deadly stomach acid, all powered by an advanced fluid mechanics simulation.

NBA 2k14
NBA 2K14 (PS3)
Free for PS Plus members
NBA 2K13 was a monstrous release for the world’s 1 NBA video game franchise, with more than 38 Sports Game of the Year and ‘Best Of’ mentions. NBA 2K14 will raise the bar yet again, providing the best basketball gaming experience for legions of sports fans and gamers around the world.

Sly Cooper Thieves in Time
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (PS3)
Free for PS Plus members
The pages of the Thievius Raccoonus are disappearing and now Sly and The Gang must get back together to save the Cooper Clan legacy from being destroyed forever! Travel through time, meeting and playing as Sly’s ancestors as you race to recover the past to save their future.

Terraria
Terraria (PS Vita)
Free for PS Plus members
DIG, FIGHT, EXPLORE, BUILD! Nothing is impossible in the special edition version of this action-packed sandbox adventure! Over a dozen environments and hundreds of items to craft and enemies to defeat! The world is your canvas – make it your own.

Mutant Mudds
Mutant Mudds Deluxe (PS Vita)
Free for PS Plus members
Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun! Our hero, Max, may be just a 2D sprite, but he can leap into the third dimension by jetting between the background and the foreground playfields with his trusty jetpack in this unique dimensionally-woven experience.

curious to see how different the PS3 version was from the PS4 in terms of features and menus and what not, because the PS4 really dropped the ball there even though it all sounded really fresh and new pre-release.


and I've always been curious about Trine/Trine 2.


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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

I'll give NBA2K14 a shot, I guess.

There are only like 3 full fucking games now! Blown. I dont want a ps4 yet, I got a lot of shit to still catch up on.... but I regret paying them fiddy bones now. Glad I got Tomb Raider back when it was free.... ITS FUCKING AWESOME

.

i grab + games every tuesday

.

and played up to the final third before other games like inFamous started dropping. But yea, the story is pretty bad but everything else is super fun.



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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

Open world Uncharted.

I wonder if they would bring the upgraded version to the PC.

This game is making me feel like a wizard. damn near 100% at each camp with very little time exploring. Its rather awesome, reminds me a lot of the TV show Arrow!

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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

I'm not familiar w/ what's listed.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ps-plus-free-games-ps4-july-accidentally-revealed-by-sony-1453759

The PlayStation Asia website updated their 'Coming Soon' section of PlayStation Plus a little earlier than usual, according to a new report. The updated information detailed the free games that would be out with the service in July 2014.

Even though they were removed shortly after being updated, the information was grabbed by NowGamer and several users on Reddit. The free games for the PS4 PlayStation Plus were detailed as TowerFall: Ascension and Strider.

Owing to the fact that PS4 PlayStation Plus free games have been identical between North America, Europe, and Asia until now, there is a very good chance that we'll see TowerFall: Ascension and Strider go free in North America (July 1st) and Europe (July 2nd).

TowerFall: Ascension is a game that was originally released on the Ouya console, before making its way to PS4 and PC in March 2014. Strider happens to be a side-scrolling platform game from Capcom and developed by the Killer Instinct team Double Helix Games.

However, the report does not rule out the possibility that Sony might be changing its policy of serving up different free games in different regions worldwide.

Back in June, gamers enjoyed an indie-themed update with the likes of Trine 2 and Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate. It appears as though Sony is once again going to offer more indie games with the PS Plus July 2014 update on the PS4.

In other PS4 news, IB Times UK recently had a look at some of the most thrilling games coming to the PS4 in the coming months, making it one of the most exciting consoles to own during this time. Read all about it here.

still dealing with this ps3 nonsense

... nothing really seems HD space worthy. One co worker is trying to sell me on one of them. He hasn't steered my wrong but I'm still iffy.

When the PS4 dropped PS+ was droppin some gems on us big time. PS3 got some great free games and we also got Resogun and Outlast which were huge on the PS4. Just made it seem so appealing. Created a heavy buzz like not only did you have a powerful system (pc master race laughs at this) but you get all these great games. Then BAM. Nothing.

Now granted you can't just drop AAA titles for free all the time, but lately they've all been butt. I'm not even thinking about PS+ that much anymore and I find my multiplayer experience to be better on Xbox.

they are pushing indies heavily but I see what you mean.

I can't play another game like Chuck's Downslide Expedition. I'm like you now. I'm barely turning my PS4 on these days. Once again the Xbox community is drawing me in. It'll be something if Microsoft manages to flip this whole free games thing on Sony by offering better known games for free on Xbox One. I have a feeling something like Crimson Dragon will be free next month.

it's still hard to name games you'd have a PS4 for unless you're a geek. everything I own on the PS4 except inFamous might to run better, look better or have the same features, but I could have bought it on a PS3 or gotten a pretty similar if not better product on a PC. Watch Dogs, MGSV, Fez, NBA 2K14, Sportsfriends, Trials Fusion. Hell, NBA 2K14 was just free on PS+ last month for PS3.

When PS+ launched for PS3 it was just about worthless before the PSN blackout, which moved them to come back with inFamous and Little Big Planet for free with a free 3 month trial afterward. It was cool to get the classic Sonic games on a Playstation system (and looking back it's actually kind of interesting what I missed out on at the time, like Far Cry 2 or SSFII:HD Remix) but when they put inFamous up it real suddenly felt different.

Just Cause 2, Saints Row 2, Virtua Fighter V, Warhammer Space Marine and the sequels to those first party titles were still on the way. And from there it was just sort of on; big budget series', high profile indies, everything showed up. But they had to have that library first. The PS4 is still pretty much a system for people that want to see its potential; it can't even stream video from your PC yet, and if you still own a stereo sound system you can't plug your speakers in, making Netflix/Hulu/HBO (not on PS4 anyway) more enjoyable on a PS3.

I'm still enjoying what I get out of it, and I think they'd have to do a lot worse (or Microsoft will have to do a lot better) for the $50 a year ask to be anything painful. But it's not going to be great until the system's great and its library's way bigger. The ultimate value for PS+ is for somebody who doesn't buy very many games, I hope they keep that mindset now that the subscription is built in to the cost of practically every PS4.

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http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

http://youtu.be/2Wv6bMyOy-0
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/06/25/ps-plus-julys-free-game-lineup-goes-live-tuesday/

*PS4
-Towerfall Ascension
-Strider

*PS3
-Dead Space 3
-Vessel

*PS Vita
-Muramasa Rebirth
-Doki-Doki Universe

Don't make no gotdamn sense.

She never opened it. So, when I found out, I got it and went to GameStop and copped Muramasa off TOP! LOL! It's great! Yeah, they need a PS3 port or PS3/PS4 sequel or somn

I already copped Strider when it first dropped.

I bought Fez on a deep discount a while back, all three platforms for $6 or something. So I'm fine not getting it for free. Not sure where my interest lies in the others, I never played a Crysis game but Crysis 3 probably isn't a big deal.


Playstation 4
Road Not Taken
FEZ

Playstation 3
Crysis 3
Proteus
FEZ (cross-buy with PS4)
Dragon's Crown (cross-buy with Vita)

Playstation Vita
Metrico
Dragon's Crown
FEZ (cross-buy with PS4)
Proteus (cross-buy with PS3)


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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

I'm playing Muramasa Rebirth now and it's pretty solid.

I might have to tap out after that or just shift to intermittent month-to-month.
Underwhelming.

Right around the time people start copping for Christmas, all the way through the first couple of months after people own their new Christmas present PS3/PS4s.

Sign em up with loads of hot shit. Spend money when people are copping. Slow down when they're not.

But for me? Homey I never even got around to Borderlands 2. I got Tomb Raider, Arkham City, Thomas Was Alone...all kindsa shit I haven't even played yet built up from when they were going hard earlier this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ti9fuwzDtI

Transistor (PS4)
Free for PS Plus members
From the creators of Bastion, Transistor is a sci-fi themed action RPG that invites you to wield an extraordinary weapon of unknown origin as you fight through a stunning futuristic city.

Apotheon (PS4)
Free for PS Plus members
The Gods of Olympus have abandoned humanity, leaving you to perish without their benevolence. Take up arms against the Gods, climb Mount Olympus, and take their divine powers for yourself to ensure mankind’s survival!

Yakuza 4
Yakuza 4 (PS3)
Free for PS Plus members
Yakuza 4 lets you explore the city of Tokyo in an unprecedented level of detail, experience every taboo in the underground world through the eyes of 4 revered men. Can you survive the dangers and temptations of the Japanese underworld?

Thief
Thief (PS3)
Free for PS Plus members
You are Garrett, the Master Thief. Step into the silent shoes of Garrett, a dark and solitary thief with an unrivaled set of skills. The most challenging heists, the most inaccessible loot, the best kept secrets: nothing is out of your reach.

Rogue Legacy
Rogue Legacy (PS Vita|PS4|PS3)
Free for PS Plus members
A procedurally generated castle means every run is different. This is a Rogue-lite. Your character dies, but with each passing your lineage grows and becomes stronger. Tons of unique traits make every playthrough special, and with 10 different classes to master, there’s plenty of reason to come back for more (punishment)!

Kick and Fennick
Kick & Fennick (PS Vita)
Free for PS Plus members
Soon after waking up in a desolate but colorful world, Kick meets a small flying robot named Fennick. When Fennick saves Kick from a menacing guard robot, they find out Fennick’s battery is broken. Together, they embark on an adventure to the Core Tower to find Fennick a new energy core.

those are great games if you don't have them yet, though.

I bought Rogue Legacy and Hohokum when they came out, then bought The Swapper when it was on sale for $7 over Christmas (kind of annoying it became free literally the week after that sale but it was worth the money) but haven't really seen the potential of Counter-Spy. Seems more likely that and Hohokum would become PS+ games sometime this year now.


Think I might be about done getting games on my PS3, I bought some indie stuff with the 10% discount during last week's flash sale like Tokyo Jungle but haven't even thought to fire up the system since buying that stuff, the only one I've played is Olli Olli since it's on PS4. And I just don't know how I'd have time for Yakuza.


Apothem seems pretty interesting though, I'm always curious when a game debuts on the system as a free game for Plus members especially now that the majority of PS4 users have it.


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Seems like they used to offer better games.

and so have the discounts. I would have thought by now they'd be offering their first party stuff for free like Killzone, Knack, Second Son. Well, at least they did First Light last month. But man.

in Transistor and Rogue Legacy.

I happily spent $20-$25 all together on them joints, and now they're free (I actually spent more because I've bought Rogue Legacy on Steam too).

Apotheon looks dope. I'll be snatching it up along with Yakuza 4, but I can't speak on either of them games.

My only knock is they didn't include the PS4 version of Thief.

the reviews on the games are always glowing even if I don't recognize the titles.

so nah.

It's great.