PS Plus: July’s Free Game Lineup Goes Live Tuesday

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PS Plus: July’s Free Game Lineup Goes Live Tuesday

This month, PlayStation Plus members can download Towerfall Ascension and Strider on PlayStation 4. Towerfall Ascension is a great excuse to invite a few friends over for an evening of fierce fun and local competition. It features simple mechanics, but it’ll take some time to master shooting and catching arrows, head stomping and strategically using power ups. Our second PS4 game is Strider, a reboot of one of gaming’s most renowned action series. As you aim to assassinate a heavily guarded target, you’ll employ a plethora of cyber-ninja skills and upgrades you collect along the way.

On PS3 we have the critically acclaimed action-horror title Dead Space 3 and a physics puzzle game called Vessel. Dead Space 3 continues the story of Issac Clarke and his constant run-ins with the freaky Church of Unitology and their Necromorphs. A new co-op mode is a nice addition to the franchise, and playing with a friend will unlock some exclusive content. If you enjoy puzzle games, try out Vessel – a title with an incredible liquid physics engine. Each puzzle requires you to think about the properties of various forms of liquid, whether it’s lava and steam or chemicals, in order to minimize the threat of chaotic robots you created.

Finally, on PS Vita Plus members get Muramasa Rebirth and Doki-Doki Universe. Muramasa Rebirth is one of the prettiest games on Vita, with equally lovely backdrops and boss designs. You’ll hack and slash via two different characters’ perspectives, a possessed princess and fugitive ninja, and you can craft consumables as well as new swords. Then there’s the unique experience of Doki-Doki Universe, where you’ll explore the universe as an adorable robot appropriately named QT3. As you investigate what humanity means, the game will track your decisions and develop a personality profile, so you’ll actually learn more about yourself as you play.

Since all these games will be free for PS Plus members starting next Tuesday, July 1st, we will wrap any additional Plus updates into our weekly Store post each Tuesday.

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PS Plus: July’s Free Game Lineup Goes Live Tuesday

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TowerFall Ascension

TowerFall Ascension (PS4)

Free for PS Plus members

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it’s a local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce. Loot treasure chests for game-changing power-ups, master the art of catching arrows out of the air, or descend on your foes and stomp them into submission. TowerFall is best played competitively with friends, cross-legged on the floor within punching distance of each other.

Strider

Strider (PS4)

Free for PS Plus members

Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game now and become the original assassin!

Dead Space 3

Dead Space 3 (PS3)

Free for PS Plus members

Dead Space 3 brings Isaac Clarke and merciless soldier John Carver on a journey across space to discover the source of the Necromorph outbreak. Crash-landed on the frozen planet of Tau Volantis, Isaac must comb the harsh environment for raw materials and scavenged parts. He will then put his engineering skills to the ultimate test to create and customize weapons and survival tools. Play together with a friend or alone as Isaac Clarke using the seamless new drop in, drop out co-op functionality. Each mode offers unique story elements and gameplay.

Vessel

Vessel (PS3)

Free for PS Plus members

Vessel is built on an optimized liquid simulation featuring flowing water, scalding lava and steam, reactant chemicals, glowing goo, the mysterious ‘protoplasm’, and more. Each liquid has unique properties and mixes with other liquids for dramatic effects.

Muramasa Rebirth

Muramasa Rebirth (PS Vita)

Free for PS Plus members

From master video game developer Vanillaware comes Muramasa Rebirth, an action RPG that blends the vibrant and beautiful world of Japanese mythology and high flying, fast-paced action! Enter a world where demon, samurai and other deadly enemies vie to destroy you as you search for the fabled Demon Blades. Become the possessed princess Momohime, as you travel West, or the fugitive ninja Kisuke, as you travel East, through mythical Japan battling anyone who stands in your way.

Doki Doki Universe

Doki-Doki Universe (PS Vita)

Free for PS Plus members

Embark on a journey with QT3 to discover humanity and engage with bizarre characters to learn more about them, and hopefully, learn more about yourself along the way.

This Full Game Includes:
– 18 Story Planets: Venture to uniquely themed planets such as “Brrr” or “New Hawaii” and meet an array of quirky characters
– 15 Additional Personality Quizzes: Receive personality reports by taking fun quizzes
– Doki-Doki Universe™ Starter Pack contents: Doki-Doki Mail, 16 Personality Quizzes, QT3’s Home Planet, and Tutorial Planet

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379 Comments

  • PrimeroIncognito

    That doesn’t mean I’m trying to fight with you. It means I’m trying to reach you.

  • Looks like the only thing i am looking forward in july will be the new naruto demo. Hopefully ill see some good discounts.

  • WTF, really?

    When they said that the 20 games will be reduced to 6, I was hoping for 6 good games.
    For PS Vita there’s nothing good, for PS3 this month will be “meeeh” and for PS4 will be regular.

    Worst than it is the fact that this games can’t be played when my signature expire.

    Live Gold is becoming better than Plus.

  • I have no interest in anything you have to say. You could tell me the sky is blue and I wouldn’t put any stock in that. That’s how much I’m sick of you trying to be a back seat moderator on a public forum. That’s how much I’m sick of you trying to dictate how everyone else in the world should think and how much they’re wrong for not thinking the exact same way as you.

    Try to reach somebody else. Nobody asked you to try to reach me. Nobody asked you to constantly call my name every single time I make a comment anywhere on this blog. Nobody asked you to be the blog police. Nobody asked you……just nobody asked you

  • Good work on psn plus this month worth it except Doki game…as a ps4 and vita owner I’m satisfy…well i expect dragon crown coming next….this month looks much more better than the last 3 month

  • Much better than the last few months. I thought we aren’t getting Muramasa Rebirth like EU did at this rate, but glad we did.

  • PrimeroIncognito

    You keep saying you have no interest in what I say, yet you keep reading and replying.

    ???

    Think… :|

    And I’m not dictating anything. Just telling the truth. Telling the real deal. Explaining how it actually works, not how I think it works. You hate the truth, apparently. That’s sad. :(

  • Glad that Muramasa Rebirth is now being added to PS Plus. I’ve been waiting to get this game since I got my Vita a few weeks ago.:D

  • @ 152 – “Nobody asked you……just nobody asked you”

    Exactly!

  • PrimeroIncognito

    That’s because you’re not even aware that you should ask…

    Given the minimal knowledge you appear to possess on the subject, you SHOULD BE asking questions to bolster your meager knowledge base, rather than assuming you’re already an expert simply because you have an ego and the ability to complain. Throwing out accusations and misinformation left and right is not a good way to go about getting your voice heard.

    Again, not to insult, just some friendly advice. :)

  • The quality of games had dropped ever since 3 months ago. I think I might let my PS+ expire and then renew it when I purchase my PS4.

  • YOOOOOOOOOO Muramasa Rebirth!

  • Surgery on Monday, New games I never played on Tuesday, huzza!

  • Please put J stars vs on the us store please!!!

  • Will Vanquish ever go in sale on PSN?

  • *on sale

  • Why do you hide the result of the survey? EU did the opposite. Are you worried people know the fact that all the indies get below average ratings? It is harder to pump the indies when there is a poll eh?

  • Loving my Ps4, ex Xbox 360 owner !

  • terrible month of games for all systems. Cmon sony step your game up.

  • Murasama Rebirth free for PS+!!??
    And people said Sony abandoned Vita owners. Pff!

  • I’ll be getting Doki-Doki Universe!

  • Thank you very much for making Muramasa free!

  • I’m glad you guys aren’t abandoning the PS3! :D (at least not yet)

  • Wow! Great offering. Too many games.

  • Epic !! Thank you Sony for another amazing month!!

  • Did they fix the anisotropic filtering (AF) on the PS4 version of Strider?

  • smoothboarder540

    I really wish Sony actually took the time to moderate these comments. I hate coming on here and having to skip over half the comments because of rude and unnecessary bickering. This is especially annoying when it comes from people deluding themselves into thinking they are actually trying to moderate the comments themselves. In most of these cases, users like PrimeroIncognito and Gamerzlimited resort to namecalling and other demeaning words which ONLY leads to negative and irrelevant discourse.

    I’m certainly aware that there are people on this blog that have developed opinions that I don’t agree with. In which case, I will point out why I believe they are wrong. However, taking it to a personal level is just plain wrong. Even though there are always a few people that blast their hatred for everything Sony, the true spreading of negativity come from users like the two mentioned above who perpetuate the malicious comments. I would appreciate some real moderating here.

  • It doesn’t really matter that the “value”of these games are more than the vale you spend on a month of plus. The thing is, the service was way better last year. They taking out a ps3 game and adding a ps4 one was to be expected since its the new gen and all but the lack of a good vita game for months, the lack of variety in genres for ps3 and the “indie only” that appears to be the norm for ps4 (there are good indie games, but they are very few and none of them are in the igc), those are the problems with plus right now. Sure, its still better than live and its still a good value, but it went from pretty great to regular.

  • Weak couple of months and E3 update was weak too… not like last year… so yeah weak.

    Oh well have backlog

  • If only Muramasa was for PS3 as well. Darn. Oh well, too many damn games to play anyways :P

  • Happy to see that Dragon’s Crown didn’t make it into this month’s line up. I would had been mad! I know that Europe got it. My copy is arriving tomorrow ^.^

  • Dead Space 3 is a big win! I’ve played and enjoyed the first two, but just never got around to buying the third one. I’d been kind of wondering if it would show up on Plus some day, so I’m very happy to see it on here!

  • Thanks for the update! :)

  • I really appreciate we get all the games at once each month from now on. Should have been this way loooooong ago but I am glad you finally understood what have been requested for soooo long and get an understanding of customer service. Thank you :)

  • Hell yeah! Hell yeah!!

  • Wish Doki Doki was the PS3 version instead of the PS Vita version. Cool to see Strider on PS4 as I have it on PS3 so nice to have it on PS4. Dead Space 3 is nice, got ti last year but have yet to play it.

  • Going to get a 1 year subscription for Canada day to celebrate. Not the best month, but definitely not the worst either. The PS4 offering is fantastic and I can’t wait to try Strider when I get a PS4 sometime next year.

  • @smoothboarder540 People here are already used to it since I post here all the time. Goes the same for Primero since he types way more than I do. Anyone I say my favorite word I like to call trolls to means I don’t like them and I’m close to not liking you too. If you don’t like how I say things, then get the hell out of this blog. Any questions?

    Besides, Cradda can bicker his hate on indies all he wants. In fact, I don’t care what he thinks and it’s funny. Not funny as he hates them, but funny meaning he’s blabbering about it over and over again. He can’t stop repeating himself, how sad. He doesn’t deserve to be called my favorite word I like to call trolls from me.

  • meh only good game on that list is Strider…. too bad i already have it….. Dead Space 3 Would be good if….. ummmm how are you guys gonna give us dead space 3 free if youve never given us 1 and or 2? I know even EU got dead space 2 befpre

  • @ smoothboarder540 a.k.a. FluiD_Smooth

    Eh? You have a problem with people who tell the truth, too? Damn. There sure a lot of truth haters these days…

    Anyway, there is moderation here. See that e-mail link in the box on the right? Use it. Report away. If the mods feel like a post is over the line, it will be removed. I’ve seen it happen plenty of times. Doesn’t bother me. But perhaps you just don’t agree with where the line is drawn… well, you’ll just have to find a way to deal with it, I guess…

    As for Cruddy, he asks for everything he gets. Why do you not have a problem with his blatantly disrespectful and crude posts, but you have a problem with me confronting him with a taste of his own low-brow tactics? That’s peculiar.

    Fun fact: No one is forcing you to leave your comfort zone. You can scroll right past my posts if you don’t want to read them. Amazing, huh?

  • Killzone sale! Let’s make it happen already. Games, DLC, Themes, everything

  • Another bad month. :(. Wish you’d add more RPGs and go back to offering Minis and PSOne Classics. Dead Space 3 isa great game…already own it though along with Strider and Mura. Hope August is more exciting.

  • Oh, ok, makes sense…so what youre telling me sony; dont buy any indies cause youll just give them away soon. Dont pre order anything till a day or two before, and hope most of youre advertised prices match whats in the store. Bought these two ps4s and a second ps plus to play online and the free games are all local or solo? Whats the reason? Not enough games yet? Future ps4 owner? Wait.

  • Sweet, Strider!

  • sad that stryder isn’t cross buy :(

  • Sorry to say it, but I wish I could pause my PS4 PS Plus subscription. I have no games to really play online and all these indie games just take up hard drive space because I play them for maybe 10 minutes and get bored….. DESTINY HURRY UP!!!!

  • Nice support for PS4 and Vita… Lackluster PS3 offerings. And the slow death begins…

  • I’m super psyched for Muramasa Rebirth, man. I’ve heard nothing but good things, but I don’t always have the money for games I’m not 100% sold on. Yay PSN Plus! (I hope Toukiden comes to it in the not-so-distant future, that’d be rad as well.)

  • Another mediocre month. Sine PS4 came out, every month has been a disappointment so far. On the other hand, 2013 was a phenomenal year for PS+ users. Maybe that’s the reason we are not easily satisfied any more :)

  • Thanks for the great news. PS+ is awesome. Go big for the holidays. To me, each month is a treasure. Thanks again.

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