On August 7th, PlayStation Plus members will get Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead Episodes 1& 2 added to their Instant Game Collection. That’s not all – in the next few weeks PlayStation Plus members will also receive significant discounts on the latest and best PSN games a part of PSN PLAY event, beginning tomorrow, July 31st.
July 31st PlayStation Plus Update
The Expendables 2 Video game
20% off for PlayStation Plus Members (PSN Price: $14.99, PS+ Price: $11.99)
The 2012 PSN PLAY event kicks off with a first week discount on one of the most intense co-op shooters on PSN. Grab a friend (or three) and join four of the Expendables (Barney, Gunner, Caesar and Yin Yang) in a mission to rescue akidnapped billionaire. Featuring vehicular combat, four-player co-op story and challenge modes, and a wealth stages set in exotic locales, The Expendables 2 Videogame is a fantastic experience for gamers that dig hardcore shoot em up action.
Also, don’t forget that starting this week PlayStation Plus members can pre-order SoundShapes from the PlayStation Store and get 20% off boththe PS3 and PS Vita versions of the game (of which come bundled together for one price) as well as an exclusive PS3 theme. Note: Pre-orders for SoundShapes will only take place on the PS3 store as the gift with purchase theme is only useable for PS3 systems. Vita only owners don’t worry as you can still snag the 20% Plus discount on the store the 1st week the releases.
August 7th PlayStation Plus Update
The Walking Dead Episode 1: A New Day
Free for PlayStation Plus Members (PSN Price: $4.99)
The first episode from Telltale Games’ universally-acclaimed series The Walking Dead by will be available to all PlayStation Plus members as part of the Instant Game Collection! Follow a set of unique characters as they fight for survival amongst the ever-growing “walker” population, and encounter threats from both undead and human enemies.
The Walking Dead Episode 2: Starved for Help
Free for PlayStation Plus Members (PSN Price: $4.99)
We’re also delivering PlayStation Plus members the second episode in The Walking Dead series as part of the Instant Game Collection! Following the decisions you made in A New Day, you’ll be confronted with even more gut-wrenching scenarios and thrilling action sequences with your fellow survivors. Like Episode 1, Starved for Help was adored by critics for its riveting gameplay and dramatic storyline, where players need to make harrowing decisions on the fly.
SoundShapes
20% off for PlayStation Plus Members (PSN Price: $14.99, PS+ Price: $11.99)
This week marks the release of the highly-anticipated PSN exclusive SoundShapes. Marrying brilliant side-scrolling 2D gameplay with unique musical compositions, you’ll be hooked by the incredible landscapes you’ll see and hear in SoundShapes. Available for both PS3 and PS Vita systems together for one special price, PlayStation Plus members will be getting the absolute best deal with a 20% discount. If you already had your pre-order locked in, you’re all set! Make sure to check out the trailer above, which introduces musicians Beck and Pyramid Attack into the lineup of amazing levels in SoundShapes.
With the August 7th update, you’ll also be able to pre-order the next PSN PLAY game Papo & Yo, which will also have a 20% discount for all PlayStation Plus members. Everyone that pre-orders the game will get an exclusive Papo & Yo theme, so don’t sleep on it!
We’ll be coming at you with another update on August 13th, with more additions to the Instant Game Collection and additional awesome sauce. Until then, watch the PS.Blog for our weekly PlayStation Store Updates to see what additional content is added for PlayStation Plus members. Please leave us your feedback in the comments, and help us by rating the Instant Game Collection lineup on a scale from 1 – 10. If there was one thing you could change about PlayStation Plus, what would it be?
good things comes to the 1’s who waits
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Another feature that I would like to have added to PS+ is free cross-play games for PS Vita/PS3. Okay, let me clarify this a bit. There are games for both PS3 and Vita that if you buy one version you get the other for free. DLC included. Pinball Arcade is a good example. I bought the Vita version and got the PS3 version for free, same for when I bought the DLC. Then there are games like PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, where I would have to buy both versions in order to use the cross-play features, most importantly cross-save, functionality. So what if Plus members could have access to a free version after buying one version. So, say we could by the PS3 version of Sly, and get the Vita version for free, or it could be the other way around. Even if there are 2 versions of the same game but they do not support cross-platform functionality, that could work too. But I am talking primarily about games that do support cross-platform functionality.
I do not expect you guys to add all these features, but please, at least consider some of them.
Wow, awesome! :)
Can you tell whether we will get it in Germany as well? :)
@Morgan Thanks for the great update. You can take this for what it’s worth, but I have definitely moved away from buying games when they first come out, or even really buying games full price at all, not only because of the fear of a game becoming free shortly after I buy it, but also because Plus content is more than enough to keep me busy. So I am very happy, but I’m not sure if this is what Sony wants. I realize it may be very hard to implement, but a safeguard really sounds like a great idea, such as giving members 2 games to choose from, or giving members a discount to use on something else if they already own the game. I honestly think that would improve business and ease peoples worries.
Morgan, will we ever see some of the free games that our Euro counterparts get? I noticed a few weeks ago they got Deus Ex HR. That would be a great game to add to the collection!
47# EASILY,I mean first their are lvls made by the original team but then their will be alot of community lvls that will be just as great.
PS+ is great, but i’m little disappointed. I was really expecting to get Deus Ex or Motorstorm like EU members. Maybe in the months to come.
I would rate + at an 8 out of 10. Overall a good selection of titles and more lately have been games I like. It’d be nice to see more of course. Maybe add some PSP games too. Not to replace the ps3 games, just in addition to them.
Wow. PS Plus does not disappoint. I am very excited for the Walking Dead coming to the subscription. Can you answer if, since WD is replacing Gotham City Impostors, will the remaining 3 Episodes also be included in PS Plus as they roll out, or will it just be that we get 2/5’s of the game?
Thanks!
It’s certainly not a guarantee that the rest of the WD episodes will be coming to Plus. We review what the best content is that we can secure from month to month. So I wouldn’t assume that the rest of WD is coming to Plus.