Summer is just starting to sizzle, and we have some amazing content offers coming to PlayStation Plus that will keep you gaming all through the hottest season of the year. Before we get to the offers available starting July 26th and August 2nd, we are thrilled to let you know that the critically-acclaimed title Limbo is now available for $11.99 (a 20% discount) to all PlayStation Plus members, until August 1st.
You may also notice a change in the look of the Plus category on PlayStation Store. We’ve updated the design to make it easier for members to navigate through the 100+ offers available, and grouped everything together in a way to easily identify what’s being offered. Here’s a rundown on what you’ll see on PlayStation Store’s Plus page:
New Releases: Find the weekly Tuesday updates for PlayStation Plus. We’ll still feature the bigger bi-weekly offers which will cover the monthly free games, along with discounts and exclusives, and there will continue to be smaller updates throughout the month.
Last Chance: You should snag these offers quick, as they’ll end the upcoming Tuesday.
Games: Here you’ll find all the games offered in Plus, including the free games available for the month to PlayStation Plus users.
Reminder: Access to Free Games requires an active PlayStation Plus subscription; Games purchased in Plus Are Yours to keep.
Add-Ons: Find free and discounted add-ons in this category.
Reminder: Access to Free Add-Ons requires an active PlayStation Plus subscription; Add-Ons purchased in Plus are yours to keep
Themes and Avatars: Your one-stop shop for all custom themes and avatars, free and discounted, through PlayStation Plus.
Reminder: Any of these offers downloaded in PlayStation Plus are yours to keep
Full Game Trials: Play PlayStation Network High Definition Digital Games for an hour. These are the high valued (some $30 – $60) digital copies of the Blu-ray games available at retail stores you can download directly to your PS3 for free. Experience the full game with all features turned on such as: Multiplayer, Trophies, online and more. If you want more after the one-hour test drive, you can directly purchase from PlayStation Store the game afterwards and keep all your hard earned trophies and game data.
Reminder: All downloaded Full Game Trials in PlayStation Plus are yours to keep
Side Note: We’ve been hearing from PlayStation Plus subscribers that the yellow icons are difficult to read, so starting on August 2nd, you’ll notice a new, darker tone for those icons. Thanks for your feedback!
As always, check below for the highlighted offers, along with the full list that follows:
Free Games and DLC
As we mentioned in the headline, we have four free games lined up for you soon on PlayStation Plus. On August 2nd, subscribers can download PSN title Crash Commando, PSone title Destruction Derby, and minis Dr. Maybe and the Adventures of Scarygirl and Omg-Z! all for free. We also have the Funky Lab Rat: Challenge Bundle DLC coming to you for free on July 26th.
Huge Discounts
Starting July 26th two new $5 offers.
Sega Rally Online Arcade (One-week only). Also available, action-packed monster romp Eat Them!
Great Exclusives
Channel your inner futuristic super soldier in Section 8: Prejudice with access to an exclusive Prejudice Hunter Armor, available for free to all PlayStation Plus subscribers. Additionally, the first 1,000 PlayStation Plus subscribers to download Section 8: Prejudice will get a message sent to their XMB message box for the original game, Section 8, completely free! This offer will end on August 2nd.
We also have some new high-profile Full Game Trials coming your way, with the medieval fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Origins and the action packed open-world FPS Far Cry 2.
Thanks again, and be sure to check out our full list of PlayStation Plus deals below.
Here is the content list for July 26th and August 2nd:
| Free PSN: | Crash Commando, Aug 2 |
| Free PS One: | Destruction Derby, Aug 2 |
| Free minis: | Dr. Maybe and the Adventures of Scarygirl, Aug 2 OMG-Z!, Aug 2 |
| Free DLC: | Funky Lab Rat: Challenge Bundle, Jul 26 |
| Free Exclusive In Game Item: | Section 8: Prejudice Hunter Armor, Jul 26 |
| Exclusive Discounts: | SEGA Rally Online Arcade – 50% off, Jul 26 (One Week Only) Eat Them – 50% off, Jul 26 One Epic Game Mini– New Release 50% off, Aug 2 Farm Frenzy Mini – 70% off, Aug 2 |
| Full Game Trial: | Dragon Age: Origins, Aug 2 Far Cry 2, Aug 2 |
| Free Dynamic Theme: | City Dynamic Theme, Aug 2 |
| Exclusive Avatar Bundle: | Super Street Fighter® IV (8-Bit) PSN Avatar Bundle (35), $2.99, Jul 26 |
| Free Media: | Qore, August Episode – Single Episode, August 2 |
Last Chance Items – Coming Down Soon
| Free PSN: | Bomberman Ultra, Ends Aug 2 |
| Free PS One: | Medievil, Ends Aug 2 |
| Free minis: | Alien Zombie Death Mini, Ends Aug 2 ME MONSTAR: Hear Me Roar, Ends Aug 2 |
| Free DLC: | Funky Lab Rat, Ends Aug 2 |
| Exclusive Discounts: | Limbo, Ends Aug 2 SEGA Rally Online Arcade, Ends Aug 2 Richochet HD, Ends Aug 2 MotorStorm Apocalypse Outlaw Vehicle Pack, Ends Aug 2nd |
| Free Exclusive Themes: | Fresh Curves, Ends Jul 26 Fireplace Dynamic Theme, Ends Jul 26 Fish Tank Dynamic Theme, Ends Jul 26 Growing Garden Dynamic Theme, Ends Aug 2 PlayStation Plus Clock Dynamic Theme, Ends Aug 2 |
| Free Media: | Qore, July Episode – Single Episode, Ends August 2 |
nothing for me until Christmas time.
@47 I know right, lol. That free month was a fluke haa..
Not sure what ya’ll are talking about, my free month goes until August 3rd.
Love the Limbo discount, btw.
How much for Far Cry 2? 14.99?
Bah!!! El Shaddai’s been delayed until Aug. 16….well I guess that Borderlands bundle and PS+ renewal are my new buys for right now…
BTW, thanks for keeping a PS+ news posting separate from the regular updates. My one wish, though, would be for the posting to contain tentative releases for a 3rd week release date, instead of the two currently posted. This way, we can plan our wallet funding wisely. Just a wish….be a genie?
@51 Well You Are In The Very Last Of The Last Batch That Held Out To To Sign Up For Plus Just Goes To Show August And September Will Be Better.
really? & its free?! I am sooo there… Im really njoying the Back 2 The Future bundle ya’ll had on sale 2 weeks ago. thankx Sony! ^^
Already got Crash Commando.. will probably download Destruction Derby as I have with all of the other PS1 games but like all of those – it will probably get neglected.
Nothing for me in this update.
@54 &51 i got the free month of ps+ twice. i really dont know what happen tho. all i did is got it right from launch of the welcome back package. then later i decide to look at the package one last time before it was taking off the store. to make sure i got what i wanted for free before it goes away. then once i pull it up. it says that i still can get the free 30 month and so i took it. then the next hour. the welcome back package is gone. so basicly got 2 free months of ps+. mine too will expire on augest the 3rd too. but i got a feeling a great deal will happen after augest 3rd. + those games that wont be added till Aug 2nd. im going to be busy because if i want some free trophy. i better do them quick (lol). ps. i a trophy hoarder (keeping my comment G) but only offline trophy. the online ones i basiclly play the game with other people and hope i get them. without asking if i can kill them 30 times in one round or heal them 250 times. i prefer the long way of geting online trophy. (and in this case, the hard way)
@Grace Chen
Summer started to sizzle, Got that right where i live we’ve been in excessive heat warnings from monday until tomorrow 1am centeral time. we’ve been having temperatures in the 90’s and it reached 117 today!
Crash Commando looks like a fun 2D multiplayer shooter. I check it out.
I have a question about the automatic download, Please could you take the time to give me an answer on this.
With bandwidth caps being a serious issue here in Canada, I would like to know why your automatic download is an all or nothing option, Why do I have to accept demos and other stuff that I do not want for a service I am paying for. WHY DO YOU NOT HAVE A CORE AUTOMATIC DOWNLOAD OPTION? Just system updates and updates for games that are installed on your ps3? This seems like a huge oversight on Sony’s part and makes that entire feature useless as you insist I download a huge amount of data I do not want.
another note.
Reminder: Access to Free Games requires an active PlayStation Plus subscription; Games purchased in Plus Are Yours to keep.
So in truth these are “included game rentals”, I understand the marketing practices but it’s disengenuous.
We’ll see if my investment in plus is worthwhile but I feel I deserve an answer to my question.
Can someone tell me how to use automatic download please?
This can be set up in the XMB under Settings –> System Settings. Should see it as the first option and you can set what time of day for your PS3 to grab the updates.