PlayStation Plus β on a Tuesday afternoon? To say that today's update has caught us by surprise is an understatement, but heck, we installed a big 'Stop Press' button in Push Square Towers for a reason. The lineup, then: Tower of Guns, the fast-paced first-person shooter, and Never Alone will both be free on the PlayStation 4.
Meanwhile, fans of Sony's next-gen system will also get Aaru's Awakening, which will also be downloadable on the PlayStation 3. As mentioned earlier in the month, Dishonored will be up for grabs on Sony's last-gen system as well, while Killzone Mercenary and Monster Bag will round out the selection on the Vita.
You'll be able to download these goodies from 7th April in North America and 8th April in Europe. But we suppose that the big question is: what do you think of this little selection? Have a think and then try to be nice in the comments section below. We'll be off cowering in the corner while the disappointment sets in.
[source blog.us.playstation.com, via blog.eu.playstation.com]
Comments 38
I can't decide if I like them or not. At least Aaru's Awakening seems good for the kids and if I dont like any of them, there is still MK
Not great but more than worth a few quid!!
This will be a nice boost to KZ Mercenary multiplayer Tower of Guns and Aaru's Awakening seem interesting.
Killzone Mercenary is a great game. I did laugh at "a game that needs no introduction, Tower of Guns" in the video, though.
Still not getting any better.
Only one that I'm particularly interested this month, which is Never Alone (glad I didn't buy it in the sale a month or two ago), but I'll definitely try the others all the same! Already got KZ Mercs and Dishonored, but I have to say these alone make it a pretty sweet lineup for people that don't!
Actually glad at the relative lack of games for me this month, as I still haven't finished Apotheon / Transistor / Oddworld from the last few months yet! I blame OlliOlli2, that game was just too tough to put down!
I have bloodborne. I care not for such trifles.
Killzone is nice surprise for a new vita owner like me π
Never played any of the ones mentioned on PS4, so it'll be a good download for me. Other than that, I never actually played Dishonored on PS3, so that may be a good one too...depending on the GB size.
Crap. I have killzone mercenary. dishonoured is average. the rest is trash for me, I can't find any gameplay footage for monster bag so I'll reserve judgement as sense would dictate.
Weak month for me. Only thing I'll be downloading is Never Alone, last month ticked all the right boxes personally, saying that it will be hard to top Valiant Hearts as a freebie, I've already played it through twice!
I guess I'll see more people on the multiplayer for Mercenary.
Been a run of three-four months now where it's been getting back to decent. Seems that's ended. Never Alone apart it's weak for me. Dishonoured (learn to spell yanks) I've got but not played and Killzone I deleted off my Vita in the first hour as it was just boring. Like watching Chelsea.
Bugger. Just bought Never Alone!
Lackluster, but Axiom Verge launches today, so nothing else matters!
More noobs for Killzone Mercenary
Never Alone was Ok, looking forward to Killzone: Mercenary and Tower of Guns. By the way, Woah Dave! is free as well for PS4 in April.
I'll definitely download Killzone and Never Alone, and I'm intrigued by Tower of Guns. I've never heard of it but since it's free I'll give it a go
Every vita owner needs to play Killzone Mercenaries. Fantastic FPS game for a handheld console.
Well at least weve got a change from having side scrollersβ¦waitβ¦
Tower of Guns looks Borderlands-esque in art style and Never Alone looks different.
It would be nice to see something different like Risk or Pure Pool.
I will continue to hold out hope that another stylish action hack n slash will come to plus for ps4, Heavenly Sword/DmC or Strider style.
OK I have Killzone but some of those games... I simply have never heard of them. Seems that Aaru's Awakening is not available in my region.
Another COOL Line up this month
Never alones been given an 8/10, killzone mercenary is meant to be a top game for vita and dishonoured which is good (but not great Imo) so decent month. But after clicking the link to tower of guns - if the game is as bad as the website
My damn harddrive is full. I've had the PS4 since October.
@themcnoisy
Destructoid gave it an 8.5/10 and praised the fast gameplay. Sounds like something I'd love.
http://www.destructoid.com/review-tower-of-guns-271406.phtml
@Dodoo
Think positively. This will happen to everyone at some point, but you supported a developer, and that's always good.
Well, almost always. There are a few devs who should not be supported.
@Quorthon Thanks man, its why I like push square. Hopefully unreal and quake mixed up.
@iARDAs
I have a question about Vita memory cards--maybe someone here can answer this. Can I use multiple memory cards? For instance, have half my games on one card, and half on another, and just switch out memory cards? Will that mess up my menu? I went through a lot of work organizing that thing.
Just started Killzone Mercenary the othe day...great game! Single player is better than Shadow Fall's campaign (imo). Multiplayer games I was getting into had like 4 players altogether so the boost will be great.
Anyway...time to go trade this game in for some store credit, now that I don't need it anymore.
Good games, nice mix!
Just wondering why not drop it the first wednesday of the month:)
@Quorthon Very true my man, very true!
Damn my impulse buy of Never Alone when it came out....I've not even played it yet. Tower of guns looks alright, and I'll give Killzone: Mercenary a shot on the Vita.
Never Alone looks pretty good. Already bought & finished Dishonoured a long time ago.
Never Alone isn't perfect, but it is a very nice two player game if you happen to be an old enough gamer to have kids. I played it with my 12 year old daughter, and it was a fun experience for us both. It's definitely on the easy side, but I don't need every game I play to be a teeth grinding exercise in concentration and perseverance.
@Quorthon You can indeed use multie memory cards. Though the downside for you, as for me, is that whenever you switch the cards the home screen gets all messed up(in my experience). This is really annoying imo so I've ended up just deleting games I do t play anymore whenever I need the space.
But the only games I'm remotely interested in this week are Never Alone and KZ Mercenaries. Everything else just doesn't look fun. I was really hoping Helldivers would be on this list this month but I suppose not. D;
I must admit this line up is somewhat disappointing from my perspective. I don't have a Vita but would be seriously tempted by Killzone although If I did have a Vita that would be one of the games I would have got by now.
I already have Dishonoured - thanks to GwG on my XB360 and despite its acclaim, I just couldn't get into it. I really don't enjoy 2D platforming anymore - not since Super Mario 64 gave us 3D platforming - that added dimension added a LOT more than just 'depth' and I certainly didn't invest Β£100's to play games that are 'Retro' - seems pointless to upgrade if everything is 80's style either visually, game play and (in some cases) both!
I know the 'free' games are not my primary reason for owning PS+ or Gold but I still can't help feeling disappointed. The calibre of games offered to last gen owners is much better - It hardly encourages people to upgrade. Trade in your PS3/XB360 to get a next gen console and lose out on games like Dishonoured, GoW: Judgement, AC4, Army of 2 in favour of some crappy indie/arcade games like Never Alone, Child of Light, Tower of Guns or Pool Nation FX....
I do think its funny that people are whinging about buying remasters and then getting excited by games like Axiom Verge, or whinging about Destiny's story and then playing games like Tower of Guns, Axiom Verge, Hell Divers etc etc
Will try the PS4 games out, but I'm not that excited.
@thatguyEZ
Thanks, that was was the fear I had for the main menu. Nuts. Maybe the updated version of the Vita corrects this since it has internal memory, but I'm happy with my OLED model.
Helldivers is good enough to buy. I've been playing it with my kid, who has a habit of killing me, "by accident" I'm sure. Although, I think we're missing something by not playing with online enabled. I may have to make his account online-enabled.
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