June 7, 2013June 8, 2013

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.

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

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

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

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!

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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USRevenge2
June 7, 2013 at 10:32 am PDT

Uncharted 3, xcom, and LBP karting replacing infamous 2, lbp2, and ratchet and clank all for one? will these remain until june 2014?

uncharted 3 was predicable but no multiplayer? really?

surprised to see xcom but a lot of people will hate the game. after I beat it I never touched it again. might beat it again for trophies but idk.

LBP:K would have been great but…. the game just didn’t turn out well because of racing elements.

My 2cents, if LBP:K or Xcom were replaced with killzone 3 it would have made more sense. I’m looking more forward to saints row 3 than anything this month
- Morgan Haro
  June 7, 2013 at 11:02 am PDT
  
  There is no set time limit for these games. While the previous titles had stayed for about a year; there’s nothing we’re saying about those 3 titles only that they’ll likely be around longer than the usual rotation times for the other Plus content. Hope that makes sense!
SAPINGOS
June 7, 2013 at 10:33 am PDT

Hey Moragan, any chance of getting some PS2 classics rpg love on PSN? Any of the Dark Cloud games Rogue Galaxywould be awesome & thank you for this awesome update can’t wai t to play X-COM!!
Nano1124
June 7, 2013 at 10:34 am PDT

I can just cry from happiness right now.
NeoShaman
June 7, 2013 at 10:34 am PDT

@el_skywalker: You need to get a can of air and a decent vacuum and clean the dust out of it. Probably overheating. My first PS3 died because of that (after 4 years) and when I finally took it apart to try and fix it, there was a shopping bag’s worth of dust crammed in there.
samthetiger4376
June 7, 2013 at 10:36 am PDT

I had just re upped my subscription and I’m glad I did what a great Plus month. Hopefully at E3 we find out a bit of how Plus will work with PS4.
Regor91
June 7, 2013 at 10:37 am PDT

I was almost disappointed when I saw Uncharted 3 (because I, of course, already have it), but then I saw LBPK and XCOM! Now I’m happy! This is a good Plus month with more to come. And I just can’t wait for E3 by the way.
destruction1983
June 7, 2013 at 10:38 am PDT

this makes me wana get playstation plus again but i already have it ^_^ awesome guys ohh i wonder if you can crooss play little big planet karting ps3 to vita that would be epic thank u guys
b00kthree
June 7, 2013 at 10:39 am PDT

Wow, that’s a lot of value. I already bought LBP:K when it went on sale and I already have Machinarium on PC, but I don’t have Uncharted 3 yet, so there’s one for me.

I REALLY wish XCOM wasn’t rated M. I love that kind of game and the sci-fi. Won’t be picking it up due to the M though.

Still, a nice haul. Thanks.
Mando44646
June 7, 2013 at 10:42 am PDT

such a great month! So much better than the paltry offerings for PS3/Vita over the last 3 months or so
b00kthree
June 7, 2013 at 10:44 am PDT

I think I would play XCOM if there were a way to turn off the voice acting (swearing) and the gore. I usually don’t bother checking, but for XCOM, I’ll ask: does anybody know if you can turn those off?
StealthReborn--
June 7, 2013 at 10:48 am PDT

Hey Morgan,

Just wanted to welcome you back! I hope you had a great vacation (a well deserved one). I noticed in one of your comments that you visited Rome? I’d love to visit Rome one of these days, I’m fascinated with the coliseum. An off topic question but, were you allowed to go inside of the coliseum? That would be pretty awesome…

Anyway, the content for this month is awesome, thank you! =)
jeffsmither
June 7, 2013 at 10:49 am PDT

Quick question, on your 2nd replay you said we need to pay for online in uncharted 3, but the bundle includes free to play multiplayer. Does that mean the online pass not included? Or can I use my uncharted 3 disc pass.
Nano1124
June 7, 2013 at 10:50 am PDT

Taking suggestions? I would love Red Dead Redemption…
GobakuX
June 7, 2013 at 10:53 am PDT

I love how mods are not just ignoring the pinball arcade issue. As if it never existed. Support on forums on this issue is dead, mods on the blog are just plain ignoring the ETA asked by users, and live support doesn’t have any clue on the whole thing. Depressing….
ShuaReborn
June 7, 2013 at 10:54 am PDT

This is incredible! Seriously. Playstation you just made my day!
Tjoeb123
June 7, 2013 at 10:55 am PDT

I’m a little disappointed that this came out PrE3, as I would’ve preferred to be surprised by this announcement during the press conference.

Regardless, FINALLY UNCHARTED 3!! (To be clear, this is only the Free 2 Play version currently avaliable on PSN, with just the Single Player Expereince ONLY being free, right? Why not do the GOTY edition? Also, how big in file size is the Single Player Experience?)

Are there any other PS+ surprises I should be looking forward to at the E3 press conference?
crusher915
June 7, 2013 at 10:56 am PDT

so if I buy the Multiplayer of UC3 will they be 2 games? (do I have to switch between them) or will they fuse?, or do you get the full game after you buy the multiplayer part?
Xx-JaYHoVa-xX
June 7, 2013 at 10:57 am PDT

Morgan,

I was wanting to know about The Last of Us and the download size and how much of the content we will be able to play if we buy from the PS Store. I was thinking of getting Digital but my internet is kind of slow but I was told you’d be able to play it after you start downloading, so I am wondering if this is true and again, how much can we play while it’s downloading. Oh, Nice PS Plus update, you guys should do one every season. I see every Summer you give us hot PS updates during the summer, if you get the pun. lol But we get maybe one good game every other season. Why is that?
ajmason312
June 7, 2013 at 10:57 am PDT

To the dude that asked uncharted 3 multiplayer is capped so I would buy and download it instead :-D plus is great value don’t get me wrong awesome value but with uncharted 3 there giving you half a game :-P as multiplayer free to play is free anyway so you are better off just buying it disc or digital :-D still plus gives so much nothing to complain about :-P thank you to all the guys at Sony.
Nck90
June 7, 2013 at 11:04 am PDT

ok cant complain.. but I already own 2 of the 3 of these games.. picked up Uncharted 3 GOTY for like 25 bucks and Little Kart Racing on black friday last year for 25ish.. so I get one new game to enjoy this year but I love PSPLUS every month is something new.. freaking awsome… keep em comming
lisatsunami
June 7, 2013 at 11:05 am PDT

@210, StealthReborn, in case Morgan doesn’t answer you, yes, you can go into the Colliseum. It’s pretty awesome when you think how 2000 years ago they had spectacular shows there, including filling the exhibition with water so they could have aquatic shows. At least, that’s what my tour guide said.
HyperModexMonsta
June 7, 2013 at 11:05 am PDT

Freaking awesome. I didn’t play uncharted 3 yet. Here I was about to buy it, until I saw this. You have saved me from spending my money. Besides the IGC, I love you Sony for bringing us great quality products and service. I looking towards for more from you guys and girls^^ Thank you for this
somerandomkrn
June 7, 2013 at 11:06 am PDT

I already own 2 out of 3. But stil…

XCOM XCOM XCOM!!!

Thanks Morgan. You (and your team) are the best.
iREVOLTER
June 7, 2013 at 11:07 am PDT

So like I thought more or less =\. LBP Karting a good game but not really wanted in IGC and UC3 great game but not for IGC even, people already bought this game for their physical Collection. XCom looks intriguing and definitely worth trying. Another thing I’m interesting in , how this year you will roll the games from IGC ? Will roll all the games or will be some of them that will stay in IGC for a year ? Please answer and thank you.
ronaldvladz
June 7, 2013 at 11:09 am PDT

WOW!! great update… I love Sony
desquicie
June 7, 2013 at 11:09 am PDT

I think those are great and fun games to add to the IGC. I already have Uncharted 3 on disc and LBPK digital, but i hope the multiplayer community of these games will get better, and for those who didn’t have these games i think is great. I’ll take a look to XCOM, i haven’t played it. Great month to psplus, and waiting for the E3 conference.
haolapig
June 7, 2013 at 11:12 am PDT

I heard that Uncharted 3 digital version needs about 90G HDD space, is that true?
EagerSnake
June 7, 2013 at 11:12 am PDT

I was going to buy U3, but somehow I knew that this would happen.
Really, this is ridiculously great. Now, you guys need to add Battlefield 3…
…this are complicated times studying, paying the bills and all, so PS+ IS one of the best things that you could have.
Really guys, thank you for your work.

A loyal Sony fan.
Monterossa
June 7, 2013 at 11:13 am PDT

Awesome!

Can we have Assassin’s Creed 1 ? I want to try it but people keep saying it’s boring.
schreekuline
June 7, 2013 at 11:15 am PDT

I’ve wanted XCOM since its launch and never felt I had the money to justify it. I am so excited!
SLEEPLESS_KNIGHT
June 7, 2013 at 11:16 am PDT

Very nice! This is why I recently upgraded my HDD from 160 GB to 500 GB! I already own UC3 like any self-respecting PS3 gamer does, but I’ll gladly take LBP Karting & XCOM for FREE!!! Can’t wait for E3! Sony has a real opportunity to shine a midst all the negativity surrounding the competition.
sleepboy24
June 7, 2013 at 11:16 am PDT

then in addition to those already mentioned also going to give them?
JROD0823
June 7, 2013 at 11:18 am PDT

Well played PlayStation Plus team, well played.

This update to the IGC is absolutely superb, and anyone that can’t see the value of Plus must be legally blind.

Thanks for the fantastic relay of information, Morgan, keep up the great work!
StealthReborn--
June 7, 2013 at 11:22 am PDT

@lisatsunami

That’s pretty cool! Thanks for letting me know. =)
viceforce
June 7, 2013 at 11:25 am PDT

I like and also not like this plus update for several reasons

1 We just had a LBP title, why have another one for a whole year
2 Uncharted 3 with it’s overly price size of GB thats going to ruin a bunch of players hard drive if remaining GBs are 150 and below
3 XCOM? really interesting but not feeling as the year product of sony.

I already have LBPK from January after it was on sale for 10 bucks which was a steal. As for Uncharted I would’ve be stoke to download it if the file size was MUCH MUCH smaller like 6-12GBs. Finally for XCOM I’m willing to give it a shot but I wished it was a game that was pinnacle for sony like I said not feeling it a year sony product of plus
X_O-Big_Boss
June 7, 2013 at 11:25 am PDT

Pretty awesome,but Uncharted 3 is too huge for me to dream getting on my PS3 :l
JROD0823
June 7, 2013 at 11:29 am PDT

@226 haolapig,

This is absolutely untrue.

A double layer Blu-ray’s capacity runs at about 45-50GB, and Uncharted 3 came on one Blu-ray disc, so whoever told you this is making things up.

I would even go out on a limb to estimate that the file size is no larger than 25GB, since Uncharted 1 and 2 fall into the 21-23GB range.

Hope this eases your concerns.
purse317
June 7, 2013 at 11:32 am PDT

Great games for the month but an dit’s a big BUT

I literally own all of those games mentioned above except one of them. the same wasz true last month an dthe month before that. for major game buyers like myself I hope plus can offer more in terms of sales and discounts on new games. Similar to what we saw with Metro Last Light.
dinkin-flicka
June 7, 2013 at 11:37 am PDT

AMAZING and it’s not even E3 yet! There were so many times I almost bought UC3 on discount too. My backlog of games just prevented me and now the backlog gets even larger.

I <3 PSN+
leotherf
June 7, 2013 at 11:41 am PDT

My friends were all trying to get me to buy Xcom on steam awhile back…but I had a feeling it would show up here. Thanks PS+!
amshockeyfan
June 7, 2013 at 11:42 am PDT

Like a few others, it’s a bit of a bummer concerning UC3 as I got it when I got my PS3 3D Display at launch. So far, I’ve enjoyed Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Can’t wait to get Saints Row: The Third & LBPK, as both games are ones that the wife has continually asked me to get.
beef_child
June 7, 2013 at 11:43 am PDT

Looking at some of the others’ comments, and I’m wondering if Sony cannot upgrade the firmware to download a large file to a computer hdd, either internal or (preferably) external, and install from there to the ps3 hdd via usb.

That will save stressing out the ps3’s drive…
CrusaderForever
June 7, 2013 at 11:43 am PDT

Unreal, there is no pity in Sony! Taking it to Microsoft and not letting up! Sony is going to destroy Microsoft at E3! Well done, and thanks for the great games!
sirius-alfa
June 7, 2013 at 11:45 am PDT

… in other post you said that orcs attack is going to be available….. not anymore????
stalemate666
June 7, 2013 at 11:45 am PDT

Yay X-com Enemy Unknown this game is one that I knew I was going to get eventually, don’t really care for the other two though, I’ve had enough of Uncharted (and shooters in general) and didn’t really care for LBP karting demo I was hoping for Twisted Metal or Playsation all stars oh well, still really glad I got X-com Enemy unknown.
Obrusnine
June 7, 2013 at 11:48 am PDT

This is the best update EVER!
comprehensible
June 7, 2013 at 11:48 am PDT

I say it again: BEST. PS+. MONTH. EVER.
Tank_Baked
June 7, 2013 at 11:51 am PDT

This is incredible !!

Thank you !!!
AizawaYuuichi
June 7, 2013 at 11:52 am PDT

@226 / @236 : If like some people have been saying here that the full digital download of UC3 is 46GB, then yes, you will need 90+GB of space to download it, as it needs space to download and then install before it deletes the installer data. So if you’ve only got a 120GB HDD in your system, you may be screwed, lol. So glad I upgraded to a 640GB several years ago, though even that’s starting to run out of room.

As for the update… I already platinum’ed UC3 within like, 9 days of its release, so no point getting that. And I’m not a fan of strategy games, racers or “create” games, so XCOM and LBPK are kind of a bust for me, though I’ll probably throw them both in my download list. I’m personally looking forward to SR3 and ZE:VLR more than anything else. And those two are enough for me this month. Still working on Sleeping Dogs and just got Remember Me, and Muramasa Rebirth comes out later this month. IGC just makes my backlog that much worse, so it’s nice when I already own a bunch of the games, lol.
kmkaizen
June 7, 2013 at 11:53 am PDT

I own U3 for two year now and I get LBPK from plus for 10 since jan. my plus get pay in full so I am enjoy it now more then ever cannot wait to try XCOM