PlayStation Plus: 3 New Fixtures in the Instant Game Collection

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PlayStation Plus: 3 New Fixtures in the Instant Game Collection

With E3 right around the corner, everyone here at PlayStation is putting the final touches on what’s sure to be an exciting event for gamers everywhere. Among other things, we’re excited to see PlayStation Plus continue to evolve, and we’re happy to announce the inclusion of three new PS3 Full Games.

With next week’s PlayStation Store update, we’ll welcome UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and LittleBigPlanet: Karting into the Instant Game Collection!

As many of you keenly observed in Monday’s PlayStation Plus blog post, three PS3 Full Games – LittleBigPlanet 2, inFAMOUS 2, and Ratchet & Clank All 4 One – have only four days left in the Instant Game Collection. This means that it’s your last chance to download these great titles as they’ll be stepping down after a year of faithful PS Plus service.

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June 11th PlayStation Plus Update

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

Uncharted 3
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

XCOM Enemy Unknown
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

LittleBigPlanet Karting
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!

PlayStation Plus Update 6-11-2013

You’ll find all the content detailed above with their Plus benefits active when the PlayStation Store updates on Tuesday; along with additional Plus content that was announced as part of the June preview, and special discounts as well.

Speaking of the June preview, with all this PS Plus content, this month is shaping up to be one of the best PlayStation Plus months yet. UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3), XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PS3), and LittleBigPlanet: Karting (PS3) are all dropping next week, joining Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3) which joined PS Plus last week. You’ll still have Machinarium (PS3), Saints Row The Third (PS3), Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward (PS Vita), and God Eater Burst (PSP, PS Vita compatible), all coming in June as well! It’s never been a better time to join up.

We’ve got more to come next week, so again, make sure you watch for all the PlayStation announcements to come at E3. In fact, you can watch Monday’s press conference right here on PlayStation.Blog. In the meantime, if you’ve got feedback or thoughts on this special PS Plus update, leave them below, or, if you’re looking to engage with more of the PS community, make sure you head over to the PlayStation Community Forums to discuss this week’s news more, find other topics to contribute your thoughts to, or start one for yourself. See you in the comments!

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  • Awesome stuff, UC3 is one of the games I wanted to see in the IGC. Thanks Sony!

  • Plus this month so good for people who have Ps3. Hope Sony make some more games for Psv soooooon.I love psv I don’t want psv to die.

  • xXBraveShadowXx

    I love being a PlayStation gamer. :) This is the best time to be a PlayStation Gamer.

  • this is a great update…thanks!

  • @450 This is just the beginning.

  • IDK How next month is gonna top this but ps plus just keeps getting better and better :)

    p.s. is there a chance of any of the game that have previously been in the IGC returning at some point later down the line? Eventually you guys are gonna run out of games lol

  • @454 There are 1000s of games out there. I have no idea if games that were previously in IGC will return in the future.

  • @ 447 The_Dukenator
    thank you so much for your response, I did try to look on the UK psn but wasn’t there. Guess I was looking in the wrong place… such a relief :D

  • …Sony… Thank you.

  • Once again i already have the content, LBP Karting and Uncharted 3 at least i can get the Xcom, but please give the people that already own the game some free DLC for this titles it will better. At least you are giving some of the best titles ever.

  • Already have and enjoyed playing through U3 and XCOM, but if you don’t have these yet – (you REALLY don’t have U3 yet? – best series IMO of this generation) PS+ is most definitely worth the subscription! Still playing Saint’s Row the Third… LMFAO! Thank you from a charter member!

  • Give metal gear solid IV

  • I had a feeling there would be a huge E3 drop.

    MORGAN – The Deus Ex download is erratic, I have to sign out of PSN to get past the start screen. I continue to have the problem many do with the larger downloads on PSN, mainly the one where you install something and it tells you there is an error. I think packets of info aren’t properly read. Just sucks for bigger downloads, though PS Plus is still the biggest bargain in gaming outside of PC sales.

    Thanks to Playstation as we take you into the only real next gen! Let the real preorders begin.

  • Oh cool the 2 people who don’t have copies of Uncharted 3 already will be stoked. And LBP Karting! Like MNR! Except not nearly as good and has already been on sale for under $10 to NA Plus members. Lastly – a strategy game. Why play something good like Risk when you can play crappy Xcom? Way to drop the ball in typical NA Plus fashion, right before E3. I mean I guess UC3 is a solid addition but you missed a serious opportunity to provide your subscribers with something they actually want with the other 2 games. Like I said, typical. NA Plus still not in touch with it’s user base.

  • @ Big Bacon

    2 People? If you would read the blog posts, you’ll find there are way more than 2 people happy with this update. I for one am. Sure, I’ve played U3, as it came with my system, but it’s still a great addition to the ICG. Not sure what you were expecting, maybe “The Last Of Us”? Well, that sure isn’t going to happen.

  • @klassymike
    The Last Of Us isn’t quite a good example there. For starters it isn’t even released yet… How about something like PlayStation all stars? Something that isn’t so popular

  • @IrishDude2

    That would have been a pretty good choice. I only used that example cause I actually saw people asking for The last of us to be free at launch.

  • Probably one of the best months for Plus content. Seriously, Plus pays for itself a hundred times over again year after year. A few recommendations for Plus though… it would be great if the expiration date on your current membership was easily visible on your profile and also it would be nice to have something like a 48-hour grace period after your membership expires to renew without losing all of the goodness you have accumulated over the years. One of my friends memberships just expired because his credit card number changed and he lost everything… that would suck! Keep up the great work!

  • @Xephus

    Your friend will get all of it back once he re-subscribes. I let mine lapse once for a few days, and as soon as I paid, I got it all back.

  • @klassymike

    Good to know! I’ll relay the information.

  • HEY XEPHUS, YOUR FRIEND CAN GET A $50 PSN CARD AND GETT HIS ACCOUNT BACK! OK
    ALSO MY PS3 JUST WENT OUT AND I WONT BE ON PLAYSTATION 4 A WEEK!
    SORRY SO IM OUT OF LUCK! OH WELL ILL BE WATCHING E3 ON SPIKE TV! SO ILL BE BLOGGING IN THE MEAN TIME!

  • X-Com alone makes Plus worth it as its an amazingly awesome game while i expected something like LBP Karting and another first party game i never expected to see X-Com on the list which makes me really happy that people have no excuse to no play that game though work productivity might drop a lot when the update goes live lol

  • what happened to germinator psn ps3 free? It disappeared from the free section and I didn’t see a last chance warning on blog posts. I’m angry!

  • For the first time in a while, I can say that this is a truly excellent update. Other than Machinarium, I can get some use of all the content this month. Keep up the great work, and good to see you back as the face of PS+, Morgan.

  • @471 I don’t recall seeing that. Check the previous Monday blog posts.

  • Thanks for the reply earlier Morgan. I know I am getting a good value this month since im planning to Download Saints row the 3rd,Machinarium and I might think of getting LBPK if the game comes with the multiplayer portion will see.

  • Thank you based Sony.

  • Great releases! I’ve been meaning to play Uncharted 3 (I know, I know, don’t beat me too hard!) and have been wanting to play LBP Karting, the demo was awesome. Thanks for the great releases!

  • I know it’s a bit “late” to comment this post, but I must drop a line or two about this :D

    Honestly, I thought that the “big 3” games would be unveiled next Monday, with the weekly update, but I realise that this was a good move, to get the fans attention forward the E3 conference.

    Obviously, this is the best month since I’m a member (march). 8 new games!

    -Uncharted 3 was pretty obvious, although I have it since day 1, I think it’s a good adittion because it’s a good presentation card (although I personally wouldn’t download it, it’s just too big xD)

    -LBP Karting: I was expecting All-Stars BR, but I’ll give it a shot, since I don’t own any racing game in the PS3. (It would be nice to see ASBR in the IGC ^^)

    -X-COM: Here I am surprised, I wasn’t expecting this at all. I’ve heard wonders of this game, I hope I like it (although I’m not that into strategy games).

    What else can I say, I really enjoy being a PSN+ user. It would be nice to have some new free avatars though.

    Keep it up! Looking forward to monday conference

  • LittleBigPlanet Karting !!! PARTY ALL NIGHT !!!

  • Christmas all over. Even though I already have played Uncharted 3 worth to play it again; now LBP Karting that’s lovely. When will be available Machinarium?, I’m really interested on give it a go.

    Thanks a lot.

  • #THATJUSTHAPPENED

  • @Morgan – Spam Scammer on this site. 5th post I’ve seen comment 448 on this one. kileysmith92. Tighten up around here please. These things get annoying to see.

    @ NightmareSkulls – This might answer your question. Sense October I’ve went over some of the things Morgan said about the games being picked. Morgan basically takes our feedback on these posts and sends it over to the NA store team. He did say it was a slow process before. But that’s what these comments are meant to be used for, feedback. Also the polls too. How the team picks the titles though could be as far as, trying to get specific titles asked for or like titles. (Like I asked for any GTA game even 1 or 2 for plus and a few others requested GTA games and now they’re giving us Saints Row the Third.) said that to further explain myself. Then it just weighs down on if they can get a deal done with the games developers. But if your talking E3 special games to plus then I think they pulled a hat trick and its like the superbowl for developers so they’d most likely give up some big titles heading into E3 to get people hyped up for their next release. Like Uncharted 3 – Last of Us, SR3 – SR4. You get the idea.

  • Finally decent games in the free game collection for 2013. took till june to get them, but i can no longer say that there hasn’t been anything good added in 2013.

  • This is what I needed for my birthday!!

  • @ 401 Strangeheaven – Great comment…I agree 100%.

  • play station plus suck(:

  • PS+ is really doing an awesome job this month. Even though I already have Deus Ex and Uncharted 3, I am impressed how PS+ are giving very good highly rated games like xcom, little big planet karting and saints row 3. I am actually getting a pretty large collection of good ps+ games that I haven’t even played yet.

  • Great update!

  • Cool!! I will check out these games!!

  • Keep forgetting about Gods Eater Burst. Super excited for that, I had it on PSP.

  • @487 Meh.

  • The store needs to update ASAP today!!!! 3 major downloads is going to take some time to download, try to push it out quick Morgan thanks.

  • You guys should really play Zero Escape on PsVita. This game is awesome, though I’d recommend you to play 999 on DS first, as it’s a sequel (but still playable without playing the first).

    Anyway, great Ps+ month :D!

  • Great update on the Uncharted 3! One thing I am missing is the number of 3 PS exclusives to replace all InFamous 2, LBP 2 and Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One. Xcom isn’t a PS exclusive after all, even though it is yet another AAA game coming to PS+. I was hoping for something along the lines of Killzone, Resistance, God of War, Heavy Rain or GT to be included too, seeing the great line-up of exclusives last year’s E3 had for PS+.

    Still, last year’s golden 3 for PS+ didn’t change for a whole year. I wonder if it will be the same for these games too, or we will get more new titles soon? If that’s so I am definitely fine waiting to hear more from you guys.

  • Excellent!!!! I was planning to buy X-COM because of the good reviews it has. Long time has passed that i have touched a “tactic” game.

    I agreed that this is the best month of many for the PS PLUS! :-D

  • i never been a ps plus member but when u do get the free games do they last forever as long as ur a member?

  • @MAGUSTO_REDFIELD – Free games run with the subscription you don’t get to keep them forever. But when you buy a game or DLC on plus discount you get to keep it forever.

  • @MAGUSTO_REDFIELD – So yeah as long as you’re plus then you can keep them, If it runs out and somewhere down the line you decide to resubscribe to plus you can play them again or re-download them again to play.

  • @DonkeyKongKilla thx!

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