PlayStation Plus Update: Outland and Bloodrayne: Betrayal Join the Instant Game Collection

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PlayStation Plus Update: Outland and Bloodrayne: Betrayal Join the Instant Game Collection

The first two episodes of Telltale’s The Walking Dead joined the Instant Game Collection last week, and today, we’re announcing even more content coming to Plus! We’re excited to welcome PSN Games Outland and Bloodrayne: Betrayal to the PlayStation Plus family. Read on to learn more about these games and other great content coming exclusively for Plus members.

PlayStation Plus Update August 2012

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August 14th PlayStation Plus Update

Outland

Free for PlayStation Plus Members

This innovative PSN Game blended open world 2D action color-based puzzle platforming to deliver an experience like none other. Heralded by critics, we’re happy to bring Outland to Plus members. Make sure you check out the co-op challenges scattered throughout the game’s world to get the most from Outland’s breathtaking world.

Bloodrayne: Betrayal

Free for PlayStation Plus Members

With this year’s PSN PLAY in full swing, we thought we’d revisit one of last year’s PSN PLAY titles to deliver free to Plus members. Sporting incredibly slick animation and amazingly detailed characters, monsters, and environments in luscious (LUSCIOUS) high resolution, this is a game that many might have missed, and now have no excuse not to check it out.

PlayStation Plus Update August 2012

Papo & Yo

20% discount for PlayStation Plus Members (Regular Price: $14.99, PS Plus Price: $11.99)

We’re always looking to get members the best deals on new releases,so we’re making the anticipated PSN Game Papo & Yo that much easier to snag when it drops on 8/14. It’s an amazing world crafted by the team at Minority. Follow a young boy named Quico and his best friend Monster through the surreal favelas of his homeland. It’s a dangerous journey through a constantly changing world, and you get an exclusive price break on the new adventure. Check out all the great features on Papo & Yo and pick up the game this week!

August 21st PlayStation Plus Update

Dust 514

Closed Beta Access and 50% off Mercenary Pack Add-On

Remember that Beta I talked about earlier? I know, it was a bit in the making but we’re happy to welcome our friends from the Dust 514 team into Plus with exclusive access for the closed beta. Dust 514 is the free to play first person shooter that may change the face of how we battle online in games. Help test the first live direct connection to the extremely popular EVE Online MMO as players on the main server in DUST 514 and EVE Online can chat in real time and send in-game mail between games. It’s a first in gaming, it’s free to play when it releases later this fall, and exclusive access is coming to Plus members on 8/21. You’ll have until September 4th to jump in the Beta. Read more about the features available in this Beta in a post from Brandon Laurino, Executive Producer on Dust 514.

PlayStation Plus Update August 2012

We’re also sporting a 50% discount on the Mercenary Pack DLC for Dust 514 which gives access to in-game currency to spend in game, skill boosts, and exclusive gear. Now I know what you’re thinking: this is a beta, how can I buy Add-Ons if it’s in beta? Good question! Any Add-Ons that are purchased with Dust 514 while the game is in Beta will be carried over when the game releases later this fall. So buy with confidence! There’s a ton of great Dust 514 blog posts; read up on the game and jump in the Beta.

PlayStation Plus Update August 2012

Counter Strike: Global Offensive

20% discount for PlayStation Plus Members (Regular Price: $14.99, PS Plus Price: $11.99)

It’s the return of the king. The first editions of Counter Strike back in the day paved the way for what online shooters are today. Now Valve is partnering with PlayStation to deliver this new release 20% off when it becomes available for download on 8/21. The final title of the PSN PLAY promotion, make sure you’ve picked up as many titles from PLAY as possible so you can get the most amount of PlayStation Store credit back on September 7th.

Natsume Sale

50% off for PlayStation Plus Members (Regular Prices: $14.99, PS Plus Price: $7.50)

Natsume fans! Got a PSP? You’re in luck. 4 of Natsume’s best titles including some of the best from the Harvest Moon series are going on a nice 50% off sale. Adventures To Go!, Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl, Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon , Reel Fishing: The Great Outdoors, and Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley are all part of the sale.
Watch the PlayStation Store Updates for more news on additional Plus deals. Stay tuned for our next update scheduled for August 27th, and as always, let us know your thoughts in the comments.

PlayStation Plus Update August 2012

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  • I’m not too thrilled about these new additions either, but I’m still busy playing Infamous 2, Saints Row 2, Just Cause 2, and The Walking Dead. Though I’ve only been a Plus member for a month or two, I am satisfied with the subscription so far. I’m sure that by the end of my yearly subscription, I’ll have downloaded more than $50 worth of content. However, I’m glad I bought a PS3 soon after I bought the PSVita, since there doesn’t seem to be much benefit to being a Plus member if you only have a Vita. Some free PSP games would be great, but like I said before — I’m still busy playing the free games I downloaded a month ago.

  • I’d also like to comment on the 20% discount on the games this month and I have to say it’s nice but not enough to convince my to buy a game. For instance I bought sound shapes because I was going to buy it any way but it was nice to get a discount. But I’m on the fence about Papo & Yo and know that it will probably be 50% off in a few months so I likely won’t get it right away. I think if the discount was enough to bring it down from $14.99 to under $10 (33.3% or 35% for a nice round number) I would be convinced to buy it so long as the reviews turned out good.

    (and yes I know that I would get $3 back with the sale effectively making it a 40% discount)

  • Just casting my vote in favor of the current (post-E3) Plus: 3 PSN titles, with an occasional full retail title, over the old model of 1 PSN title, 1 PSone, and 1 mini.

    I own a current generation console because I want to play current generation games.

    I had been monitoring the PS Plus offerings since it’s inception, but it wasn’t until the June announcement that it was finally time to sub for a full year, even though all the titles I really wanted that were in the IGC were ones I already owned (LBP2, R&C All4One, Infamous2, and Lara Croft).

    So far there has been a nice mix of games that I had my eye on or really wanted, games I only tried because they were free (and found I really enjoyed them), and games that I’ll pass on because I have other gaming priorities… and to quote Meatloaf: “Two out of three ain’t bad.” ;)

  • I have only had my PS3 for a few years now and have a small collection(20 or so) of games so I’m really enjoying the free PSN+ games. It gives me a chance to explore parts of their game catalog I never would have experienced without it! In regards to many of the games not being full retail titles, I actually think some of the PSN games are as fun as full blown retail games and thats what matters to me.

  • @ Freshprincepbg

    Stop being a cry-baby and grow up already. With a screen name like that, it just screams spoiled lil brat. PS + offerings might not meet your standards, as they seem pretty low to begin with, but other people seem to have no problem and like it. Can’t please everybody. Someone’s always gonna @itch!

    • This comment is grounds for being banned from the Blog. Stay away from personal insults and stick to the discussion please. It’s ok if it’s a general “wow lot of complainers in here” and is general, but when you call out a person’s name, it’s a direct insult and I just can’t have that here. We’re all gamers, let’s respect one another.

  • This is awesome! I’m pissed I don’t have a ps+ card yet… $2 to my name haha, but man I really need to hop on the ps+ train asap. Good stuff.

  • EU does all the games AND the extras like adding 6 new avatars and 4 dynamic themes this month but we can’t here? I love the games, so far everything has been great but a little variety is good too. Thanks.

  • Yeah, baby! Awesome news, it’s really thankfull to be a Plus User. Thanks to you all from Sony PlayStation. I just wish my HD had more size :X

  • First off the games are not FREE.

    We pay to play games from a database constructed by SCEA.

    We have no input into what games gets put in and taken out of that database.

    There lies our fustration.

    If a service like NETFLIX stopped adding popular titles to it’s database, eventually no one would subscribe.

    It’s obvious that we subscribers want full PS3 games, that is the feedback we have been giving to SCEA.

    Despite our feedback, no PS3 games 2 months in a row.

  • Please fin a solution for those of us who have these games up for PS+ release already. i have both of the games listed above and I’ve been in the Dust Beta for awhile now.

    How about Sony give me a list of games to pick a few from so I can get something I don’t have already.

    • yeah this is something that I’m looking into very much on my end. It’s not an easy solution, but there’s a great idea in there somewhere that we just have to work in to make happen.

  • Thanks Morgan for a reply.

    I do appreciate that different customers have different wants/needs/desires for plus.

    As a whole i think the Instant Game Collection is a cool idea. After a couple months of it in practice, so far I’ve personally not seen any games added that I would play at all, let alone be a reason to subscribe to Plus (after the first 12 games).

    Very sad to see less discounts/the rest of what Plus use to offer though. Especially the add-on discounts since cheaper add-ons was a big factor in signing up.

    So I guess my biggest issue with plus right now: Please have more add-on content in Plus!!

    I don’t mean free, but there are a lot of games that do 10-15 dollar add-ons that are just too much for me to pay, but even 20% off an add-on like that would make a big difference. Glad we still get a few games on sale at least.

    Thanks for taking the time to go through all these posts and reply to those you have.

  • You know, it’s like you give a dog meat, he only wants and expects meat. You throw him some bread, he’ll look at it and back at you and just wait for the meat. Just like us receiving Full PS3 games, we kinda want and expect that now, we’ve became spoiled like the dog for it’s precious meat. And seeing Europe getting Full PS3 games, is like the dog seeing it’s potential meal getting thrown to the dog beside it. All this being said, I’m happy with PS+ as a whole, but at times, I feel like I’m being thrown bread, so to say, makes you jealous for meat…lol. I hope my analogy wasn’t too strange..haha. Looking forward to future PS+ offerings, it can’t be a disappointment every time, as the past has proven. This was just a weak, week; for me at least, (one man’s bread, is another man’s meat)..haha. but that’s me, Mr. Optimistic. Bless y’all and Happy Gaming.

  • Hey Morgan I am a long time reader of the blog and a somewhat first time poster

    if I can leave a little feedback on how i think Plus might be better then i think it might be a good idea to offer Free PSP games for Plus subscribers.

    i admit i am suggesting this for a more personal gain because i have a PSP with a few games and i figured that it would a good way to help support the VITA because it has very few games and i think Plus subscribers would be happy.

    As far as the Plus service goes now i have no complaints other than i would like some new PS1 games to play on my PSP. but other than that keep doing your thing my man

  • I wont be getting a vita anytime soon til it gets it’s own plus integration.

  • 1st post ever

    1)-50% dlc’s (renegade ops) greeeeat idea please do the same with other games,
    some ps+ user already purchased the game (game collection) but not dlcs.

    2)wipeout 2048 cross dlc purchase was great also.

    3)reconsider ps+ current direction

    Thanks.

  • Btw.

    I do think Plus is still far superior to the paid service on the other major console.

    I just miss some of what we got when I signed up/renewed/before the changes.

    For a casual gamer Plus seems pretty awesome frankly, but I’m only casual in play style, not in the number of games that I play/own/rent/borrow.

    Still have 2-3 weeks on my subscription so hopefully there’s one more major update to convince me to stay on it :)

  • free pacific rift dlc? the game’s server shutdown on oct 1 would make that great.

  • hey Morgan, tell SONY that we need some Vita stuff with plus. That would make a lot of PlayStation fans much happier and you’d probably have more people buying Plus

  • wow i was expecting better games this month for the instant game collection.the discounts are very nice though.
    going to think hard about renewing my plus.what up with some new avatars and dynamic themes for plus too?

  • i just wanted to add that i would of loved loved loved darksiders or deadspace .

  • Outland is soooo under-rated… a fantastic game!! Enjoy it! It’s Vita friendly too (hint, hint).

  • This month has been a bit of a bust for me since I already owned The Walking Dead and Outland, but I would like to suggest more sales for PS+ to fill in the weeks when there are no games being offered to users. I’d like to specify that I’m not talking about being offered Mad Riders for a $1 less than usual, but bigger publisher sales or sales on back catalog titles that have never or haven’t been on sale in ages. Look at the old PSN games from the PS3’s first year or two (echochrome, Elefunk, Pain, Nucleus, Everyday Shooter, High Velocity Bowling, LocoRoco Cocoreccho, Go! Sudoku, GripShift, Cash Guns Chaos, Siren, Super Rub a Dub, Piyotama, Toy Home, etc.), those would be great fodder for larger sales because newer PS3 owners probably don’t pay attention to those old games at all when you guys put more recent games on sale quite often. A huge storewide sale like the ones that Steam is beloved for would also be a great sight to see since the only seasonal sales that we get include about 10 games or so and that’s it.

  • How many of those Harvest Moon games are compatible with the Vita?

  • Why is it that everytime they discount a game, a month later they give it away? It’s not like the library is so minimal that you can’t give other games. Sadly, I throw my money at Sony and the PSN team when they discount a game like Outland, only to have it given away a few weeks later. Shame on me.

  • Bought Outland maybe 2 months ago, when it was $5. Trust me, the game is worth WAY more than that (so I didn’t mind paying for it at all), you’re lucky to have it for free.

    And I certainly don’t understand why people whine so much in the comments. You might not like the update each and every week, but reading what some of you think PS+ should be about, it seems that only 12 free games and 56 discounts per week would satisfy your needs. If you stop and think about it for a second, it’s an AMAZING deal that you get at least 20$ in discounts EACH WEEK and free games each and every month and, more often than not, each week. In June only we got 200$ worth of free games, for crying out loud. Stop being such cry babies and just enjoy what you’re getting instead of whining for more, more and more.

  • The original terms of PS+ were one PSN game a month with a PS1 game and a mini or 2 right? AND no full PS3 games at all. How can anyone complain about what its evolved into. We just got 3 PSN games in one month. Over the last 3 months, we got like 7 PSN games and 6 or 7 full PS3 games.
    As for the complaint of giving access to games that some people already have, I’d like to hear any kind of logical explanation for how they could possibly avoid this?

  • OK! i think is time to get PSN+ now, i will need to upgrade my HD though

    • there’s some pretty good and cheap HDDs on NewEgg. Just upgraded mine to a 750GB and never looked back.

  • I’d wager a part of the anti-current plus attitude comes from the fact that instaed of getting a great discount and owning a game forever, you now just get to rent it for as long as you have plus.

    Some people would rather own a game forever at a discount, even if it’s PSN, over a full PS3 rental.

    I think the Instant Games/Rental Collection is good, but only as a part of, not the focus of, Plus.

    • hmm, I disagree. i think that people ‘get’ that you don’t own the game; and that it’s part of a membership, just like netflix or something like that. If you look at the comments, it’s definitely focused on 2 things: More ps3 Full Games, and PS Vita support, with a smattering of requests for upgrading Online Game Saves. Other than that, I haven’t heard much of people complaining about not owning the games. I think it’s pretty understood imo

  • Part 1:

    I like many others have really been disappointed with Plus lately. I didn’t have the Walking Dead games but really it’s only 2/5 of a game. Tomorrow’s games I’ve had since they came out. This is one reason I have stop buying games on PSN. So the discounts don’t mean squat to me anymore. I really want to start getting games I don’t have already. I’d love to pick up Papo & Yo or CS: GO but worried I’ll just get them in Plus in the later months.

    Yes I know that we are different regions than Europe but they are getting great Full PS3 games instead of the small games we are getting it feels crappy. Last Plus update you tell us to wait and see the next update but it comes and not many people are happy. I have been a Plus member since it started but it has been pretty weak lately.

    cont…

  • Part: 2:

    Last month you gave us 2 crappy PSOne games as a bonus. Some people may like sports games but maybe it should have been a sports game and some other genre. They are so many better games than the mediocre Track & Field. You also gave us free DLC for a game, Mad Riders, that many people probably didn’t buy. That just doesn’t make sense. It’s also been 2 months since we have seen a free dynamic theme. It may not be much but many people like these little incentives.

    Giving us something like CS:Go or Papo & Yo, for example, on release day would be a great idea. If we got at least one new game once and a while when it released I’m pretty sure many Plus members would be happy campers. Nobody would be upset because they already bought the game the week or month before. How bought trying to get us all Tony Hawk HD for free when it releases. It’s a game wanted by many and hasn’t released on PSN yet.

    Cont….

  • Part 3:

    I know you can’t please everybody but reading the comments on all the Plus updates since the you change to the IGC has sounded like more people are upset with the updates than there are people who are happy with it. I mean just look at how crazy people have gotten in this post. You have had to tell many people to watch what they say or they are going to get a temporary ban.

    You do a great job with your responses Morgan and that really impresses me. It takes a strong person to not retaliate back with anger at some of the comments left here. Thanks for your time and I have faith in you and Sony to really impress us somehow in the future of Plus.

  • Meh, another underwhelming offering. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for next month, since my subscription auto-renewed for another year.

  • My only disappointment with Plus is that I would like more free DLC offers. If free DLC was offered a few months after it was released, it would give me a reason to start playing a game I had put aside or pick up a game I may have overlooked. It may even give a much needed boost to some lagging online game communities.

  • first of all i don’t have a pc , im a long time reader , it my home page on ps3 browser , sometimes its a bit buggy to login . finally was able to login. you guys just updated your site recently so ps3 browser people can finally login. this is not my main account i use to login ,i have plus ,, im using this one because its so buggy to login with the ps3 browser and i don’t want anything to happen to my main account .
    ok now for the update im not suprised , i read a while back i forgot were that US plus will eventually get all EU games eventually and vice virca from e3 launch . it looks so right ? . , and yes i remember the original plus we where supposed to get only one game a month , now we getting a lot more , but the sales and minis and ps1 have disappeared , i liked the minis for psp , but not the ps1 i found em boring and took too much space on memory cards. overall i want free games above anything else. keep up the good work.

  • To me; Plus has always been about building a community of PlayStation gamers. So when a game is put up on Plus that I own, I just think about how cool it is for my friends who don’t own it to now have it as well. Plus also gives me an opportunity to try games I normally wouldn’t. I was pleasantly surprised by Warhammer! I’ve been a subscriber since the program started and I’ve never regretted the investment. For any that do, I’d strongly suggest that you look at the big picture. EU games may come more frequently but there’s also less of them at a given time. Even if you’re not crazy about a Plus update, the good news is there will be another in two weeks!

    Just wanted to toss in my two cents! Thanks Blog Team!

  • I’m brand new to PS Plus and loving it so far! Any chance we will be getting a discount on THPS HD on the 28th?

  • Morgan Haro, did u see my message? just wanna check. #316

  • I really think it would be good on your guys’ part

  • i was hoping for darksiders like the uk just curious whats with all the hype on the 2nd game is all about. would be a nice game b4 the sequel comes out, oh well at-least the dust beta is ok now that mine just expired either way cant argue its always a gamble and free (with ps+) just hope next month has a bit of a better offer than these 2 games =/

  • Looks like two pretty awesome side-scrollers, can’t wait!

    I’m REALLY counting on the US Plus getting Darksiders; if we get that, I’ll be much more likely to buy Darksiders II after I beat the first. I never played the first DS at all so this is the perfect chance!

    Think about it, it’s a great way to BOOST SALES for DSII!!! ;)

  • Thanks for the update. That was two games I did not have. I am really glad I upgraded to a 1tb hard drive after the news at E3.

    I have been happy to be a PS+ subscriber, and really appreciate all the quality titles being given to us.

    I would like to make a suggestion, that in addition to some PS+ Vita content (I would certainly appreciate that. How come I never heard about Spyhunter in any form until I saw the coming soon on the PSN store?), how about some games pushing some of your hardware.

    I mean pushing the Eye with some games, like the fun and exhausting Kung Fu LIVE, or some full PS3 games that push Move. It is a fantastic piece of hardware, and I wish more people would use it. If you offer a free Move game every few months, it might encourage some of your PS+ subscribers to go out and pick up peripherals.

    Anyways, keep up the great updates.

  • How come the EU Plus gets Dead Space 2 and we get really old PSN games. I kind of wish I had EU Plus membership.

  • @ Morgan Haro

    I gotta give you one thing: I have seen maybe 3 or 4 ban-warning-like posts of yours on these comments pages, and it is refreshing to see how actually fair and balanced they are. Most of the people called out were actually “defending” Sony against “nay-sayers”, they were just doing it in an excessively poor fashion.
    Congratulations on trying to keep the community clean, “regardless of allegiances”.

  • And I already have both of these games already on my 360. At least I got the walking dead this month which was pretty cool. I just hope we get Resistance 3 next month as planned. And I also hope Sina mora will also be free when it gets released here on PS3.

  • Hey Morgan an idea.

    To avoid complaints that publish several best playstation games to choose from and users plus and we choose those we like but I think it would be very good.

    Another thing gaming plus wing lacks a good racing game.

  • To all of the complainers here:

    Guys, please…cut Morgan a break. He doesn’t get to pick what games (or other content) get to be a part of PS+; he only tells us about them. And while I don’t agree with the way Sony (at least, SCEA) is handling the Instant Game Collection (having mostly PSN titles), I do like being able to play these titles when I otherwise wouldn’t be able to (since I’m not made of money). So I ask that you please just cool it and give some respect to those who like the service, and to those who are going to play the games. Oh, and I think some of you forget that there’s a little section to the right of where you type your comment(s). I suggest actually reading it.

    To Morgan and the rest of the PSN/+ team:

    I’m sorry everyone’s giving you a hard time here in the comments. I think those people aren’t as patient as I am (or they have 3-months and I have a year subscription). I like the service, but the games that get posted (NOT the games themselves), not so much. (Continued)

  • Here are a few of my suggestions on what games I’d like to see soon (and yes, all of these are JRPGs, 2 of which are on PSN right now) if all of the legal stuff gets worked out:
    –Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 (NISA)
    –Record of Agarest War 2 (Aksys Games
    –Tales of Graces F (Namco Bandai)

    And here is what I’d like to see before my year ends:

    –UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception (Naughty Dog) – Seriously, when I was playing the beta, I DIDN’T want to STOP PLAYING….!!!
    –Resistance 3 (Insomniac Games)
    –Assassin’s Creed (2 or later) (Ubisoft)
    –Rayman Origins (Vita version as well) (Ubisoft)
    –Journey (Thatgamecompany)
    –Anything God of War related (Santa Monica Studios)
    –Sound Shapes (Santa Monica Studios)
    –Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus (Tecmo KOEI)
    –ANYTHING for PS Vita

  • Actually, add Ratchet and Clank (Future series) to that list as well.

  • Thanks for update the plus collection, im very happy with the benefits of my membership. ^_^

  • And Dynasty Warriors 7/Xtreme Legends (KOEI) too. I’m not expecting ALL of these, mind you….and hopefully Sony can redeem themselves tomorrow at the Gamescom press conference (everybody’s seriously forgotten that?).

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