It’s another good month to be a PlayStation Plus subscriber with some amazing free games and discounts for October! Leading things off is Costume Quest; Double Fine Productions’ stand-out adventure RPG where your Halloween costumes act as conduits to become a force to be reckoned with! With charmingly hilarious characters and story, you’ll want to snag this one soon as it will be available free from Plus for two weeks starting October 4th.
New release Elemental Monster is also available free for Plus subscribers starting October 4th and going through the month. Build your deck (featuring the stunning illustrations of Yoshitaka Amano), and battle online to determine who’s got the best tactics. At the same time you can enhance your game with seven different Booster Boxes, available at 50% off ($2.50) for Plus subscribers.
Action RPG fans, keep your eyes out for new release Dungeon Defenders later this month. Plus subscribers will be able to get access to free DLC for this awesome blend of Tower Defense and co-op action! The DLC will grant you access to 4 ‘familiars’ in the game that will help you in your adventure. Warhawk and Starhawk fans also take note; the original Warhawk PSone Classic is available for free as well. Relive old memories and see the roots of the Warhawk franchise; then prepare to have your mind blown when Starhawk drops in 2012.
This month, we’ll also be rolling out a ton of discounts across the network, including special day one discounts for all titles featured in the Only On PSN event! Get all eight exclusive PSN titles at 20% off during their first week launch, and enjoy the experiences you can only get on PSN, at a price that can’t be beat. The PSN release of Resident Evil 5 will also be sporting a 25% discount for one week, while other PSN titles like Explodemon! and Tales from Space: About a Blob will have their own set of discounts throughout the month.
There’s a ton more, including a to-be-announced SEGA title that will have added benefit for Plus subscribers, as well as new Full Game Trials like Dead Space, Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One, and Homefront, to name a few. Check out the entire breakdown below and leave your comments below. For more discussion, head to the Official PlayStation Plus Update thread in the PS forums.
PlayStation Plus content list for October 2011
(Please keep in mind these are expected release dates. Some content outlined may be subject to change)
| Free PSN Games and DLC: | Costume Quest – 10/4 (2 weeks) Elemental Monster – 10/4 (2 weeks) Dungeon Defenders DLC – 10/25 The pack contains: 4 familiars (Cog,Drakon, Naimi, Cowboy Monkey) |
| Free Minis: | 1000 Tiny Claws – 10/4 Speedball 2 – 10/4 Street Smarts – 10/4 |
| Free PS one Classics: | Warhawk – 10/4 |
| Full Game Trials: | Resident Evil 5 – 10/4 Shift 2 Unleashed – 10/4 Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway – 10/18 Dead Space Digital – 10/18 Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One – 10/18 Homefront – 10/25 Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe – 10/25 MX vs. ATV – 10/25 |
| Exclusive Discounts: | Eufloria – 20% off – 10/4 (1 week only) Explodemon – 30% off – 10/4 Tales From Space: About a Blob – 40% off – 10/4 Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition – 25% off – 10/4 Elemental Monster Online Card Game Booster Box DLC – 50% off – 10/4 Sideway: New York – 20% off – 10/11 (1 week only) Metal Slug 2 – 20% off – 10/11 Metal Slug 2 (PSP) – 20% off – 10/11 The King of Fighters ’96 – 20% off – 10/11 The King of Fighters ’96 (PSP) – 20% off – 10/11 Sodium Collection (PlayStation Home Game) – 20% of – 10/13 (1 week only) Okabu – 20% off – 10/18 (1 week only) Rocketbirds – 20% off – 10/18 (1 week only) Valkyria Chronicles II PSP Bundle Pack – 40% off – 10/18 Under Siege – 70% off – 10/18 (1 week only) inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood – 20% off – 10/25 (1 week only) PixelJunk: SideScroller – 20% off – 10/25 (1 week only) Ikari Warriors lii: the Rescue – 20% Off – 10/25 Prehistoric Isle in 1930 – 20% Off – 10/25 Safari Rally – 20% Off – 10/25 MX vs. ATV Game + DLC Bundle – %20 Off – 10/25 4 Elements – 50% off – 10/25 (2 weeks) MercHg – 50% off – 10/25 (2 weeks) Mystery Title – 30% off – 10/25 (Hint from Sega: It’s a Sega title which is about to announced. Go to sega.com/sweepstakes for more information. Good luck!) |
| Paramount Sale | Top Gun – 70% off – 10/18 (1 week only) Star Trek DAC – 40% off – 10/18 (1 week only) Days of Thunder – 40% off – 10/18 (1 week only) Bundle of all 3 Paramount Titles + DLC – 50% off – 10/18 (1 week only) |
| Free Themes: | Bane of Yoto Dynamic Theme – 10/11 Dragon Dynamic Theme (PS Plus Exclusive) – 10/11 Lost Planet 2 Avatar Bundle (2O Avatars)- PlayStation Plus Exclusive – 10/4 |
| Free Avatars | Free Exclusive PS+ Halloween Themed Avatars – 10/11 Resident Evil Code Veronica 5 Avatar Bundle – 10/11 |
| Media: | Qore Episode 41 – October Early Access |
Plus has been on fire lately.
NOOOOOOO I ALREADY OWN COSTUME QUEST >_< FAIL
at least there are free avatars for me i gues :/ cuz i also own resident evil 5, so not a good month for me…
Man I’m going to need a lot of money.
i’m in live in new jersey, what time does the psn store update ?
Is this RE5 version PS Move compatible or is that only the disc version?
When will new games be available like ME2 to download instead of these old games that have been bought retail already! Why would I trial games I have already played years ago! FAIL
please add Legend of Legaia and some more ps1 rpg’s elder scroles is good but you cant beat the classics and is it true there is going to be a ff7 remake for ps3 please tell me
I’ll take Costume Quest, the RE5 discount and Sega’s “mystery game”, AKA their most successful arcade title ever, AKA the arcade racer by which other arcade racers are judged by.
might try costume quest but other than that this nothing to get crazy about again
is that gold edition of re5 the move edition? might be nice to upgrade if it is since us early RE5 adopters got the shaft on the move support..
Yes, this edition includes Move support