Preview May’s Instant Game Collection

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Preview May’s Instant Game Collection

Next month PlayStation Plus members will receive several games as part of their membership including Stick it to the Man! on PS4, Puppeteer, PES 2014 and Skullgirls Encore on PlayStation 3, and Limbo and Surge Deluxe on PS Vita. Several of these titles are a visual treat, boasting distinct, vibrant art styles.

Stick it to the Man! is a mix of point and click adventure puzzles plus a bit of platforming, and the animation-inspired art style is really slick. You’ll solve problems as Ray, a regular guy who wakes up one day with a giant pink hand floating out of his head. This pink hand gives him the ability to read people’s minds and grab stickers from their thoughts to use in the world.

On PS3 members will receive three very different titles: the award-winning, uber-charming platformer Puppeteer, the popular soccer simulator Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 and the indie-darling fighter with a crazy roster, Skullgirls Encore. Puppeteer is a visual treat that follows the story of a boy named Kutaro who gets turned into a puppet by the evil Moon Bear King (great name) and loses his head. After the transformation Kutaro must borrow other heads and use his fancy new pair of scissors to navigate the world and return home (preferably with his original head). Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 allows you to play as your favorite soccer team and pit them against teams from around the globe. The improved FOX Engine means that the soccer ball will be much more fluid than previous PES games. The 2D fighter Skullgirls Encore houses a bunch of wacky characters, each with their own unique attack style. The Encore version has new systems, balance updates, stages and music and a few new characters to mess around with.

PS Vita owners will get to download Surge Deluxe, an intense color-matching title and the critically-acclaimed puzzle platformer Limbo. The action in Surge Deluxe heats up quickly as you chain together color-coordinated blocks. The faster you move the more likely you are to be successful — taking too long means the pressure will build up in the pipes surrounding the screen and BOOM! Game over. If you haven’t played Limbo yet you’ll be in for a real treat when it comes to the Instant Game Collection for PS Vita. Limbo’s haunting atmosphere, intriguing puzzles and vague narrative make this a game you’ll remember for a long time.

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May PlayStation Plus Preview

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Stick it to the Man! (PS4)

Free for PS Plus members

On an ordinary day, hard hat tester Ray has a bizarre accident and wakes up with a giant pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain, giving him extraordinary mind-reading powers. Ray can suddenly change the world with stickers, transforming his paper universe by tearing it, folding it and using the crazy stickers he finds (along with his awesome new powers) to solve mind-boggling puzzles! Sadly, Ray doesn’t have much time to get to grips with his new-fangled psychic abilities. Instead, he’s on the run from ‘The Man’ for a crime he didn’t commit. Can you help Ray out of this sticky situation?

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Puppeteer (PS3)

Free for PS Plus members

One dark moonlit night, a young boy named Kutaro was carried away by the maleficent Moon Bear King to a black castle where the unlucky lad was transformed into a puppet. Kutaro displeased the terrible tyrant, who devoured the boy’s wooden head and cast away his body. But the headless hero was not alone, for he had discovered a very special pair of scissors to help him on his harrowing adventure to find his head, and his way home.

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 (PS3)

Free for PS Plus members

Experience a whole new ball game with KONAMI’s PES 2014. The stunning new FOX Engine has been combined with a revolutionary soccer system that puts the ball at the heart of the action for the first time. Every element has been rebuilt and now features all-new physics systems, custom team and player AI and a huge leap forward in animations and atmosphere.

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Skullgirls Encore (PS3)

Free for PS Plus members

Skullgirls Encore is an update to the original Skullgirls, a fast-paced 2-D fighting game that puts players in control of fierce warriors in an extraordinary Dark Deco world. Building on its established game systems tried and tested by veteran and casual fighting game fans alike, Skullgirls Encore includes new systems, new stages and music, balance adjustments, gameplay tweaks and more. All brought to you with the same high quality Skullgirls and Lab Zero Games are known for!

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Surge Deluxe (PS Vita)

Free for PS Plus members

A new energy source provides humanity with enormous electrical power, but by-product materials build up fast, and must be constantly cleared to keep pressure levels in check. Shatter the dangerous by-products by routing electrical surges between matching blocks, and then vent pressure in huge blasts to buy you more time! Surge Deluxe puts sizzling electrical energy at your fingertips!

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Limbo (PS Vita)

Free for PS Plus members

Uncertain of his sister’s fate, a boy enters LIMBO.

If you’ve got feedback on PlayStation Plus make sure you take the poll above as well as leave a comment below. To chat about all things PlayStation, including this update, you can head over to the PlayStation Community Forums. You’ll also find other topics you can contribute your thoughts to, or you can start your own discussion.

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501 Comments

  • a little disappointed on 1 game short for PS3, but not complaining because I’m grateful for every FREE! games i get from PlayStation.

    #PlatStation+OverXboxLive

  • @The Soccer/Futbul complainers.

    It’s a world cup year. It’s the year when the world get’s together and celebrates friendly competition. PES 2014 is being given away in hopes that the World Cup fever catches people, they download the game and buy DLC.

    I can’t wait for WC 2014, Brasil.

  • This is why I love being a member of PS+. Not only do I get amazing benefits, I also get games that I had an eye on, never got around to, never heard of, or was interested in at first for free. Cant say Im really excited for this month’s IGC, but no less ill be trying out each. It’s free so why not!?

  • limbo is an awesome game but suge deluxe??? come on , vita IGC is really weak these past months :(

  • hope soccer games don’t become a trends … please !!!

  • 151 …. soccer games sucks

  • This ps plus is sensational the line up every month is fantastic. I can’t wait to what ps plus I’ll give us for E3 and the bonus games we get.

  • People need to stop looking at what the EU gets and expecting to get the same titles. As you can see, it doesn’t work that way. I learned that a long time ago. Sure, we may get some of those titles down the road, but as far back as I can remember the only one we both received at the same time was Battlefield 3. We just got Batman Arkham City about a year after they did. So unless you like being disappointed month after month, you really need to stop comparing, as we are both different regions, with different marketing strategies.

  • I like it, don’t own a single game on this list and wasn’t going to buy any of them anyway so it is a good month for me, I hated aril because of that disney crap and generic indie platformer but I’ll actually play the games this month

  • after getting a lot of crap for vita the last months, i was really hoping to get some goodies for my beloved vita, like muramasa i should keep waiting…

  • nobody with any sense expects to get the same exact lineup as EU, but when US gets a lot of $5-$15 indies, 5+ year old games and ports of old games while you see EU getting a lot of $40+ games consistently it just doesn’t add up no matter how you look at it

  • I’m loving the soccer addition!

  • Even if Planetside 2 comes out this month, it won’t be on this list. It is a free to play, so you might just see it show up in the next couple weeks. We can hope so at least..

  • Already have Puppeteer, Surge Deluxe, and Limbo.

    Pro Evolution Soccer, meh.

    But Stick It To The Man and Skullgirls Encore? Ohhhhhhhhh baby. Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about.

    Aside from PES, this is a great update. =D

  • For all you American readers:
    PES is a game featuring a sport known as ‘Football’ or ‘Soccer’. It involves kicking a round object, traditionally made of pigskin, around a grass-covered field for 90 minutes. It’s kind of a big deal.
    Just wanted to clear that up.

  • @ 160 BahumatIsBack – LOL dude your ignorance is in a high peak…your other comments and this one…5 year old games?….STFU.

  • I am truly not excited about any of these games. I don’t like soccer as so with a lot of americans. Stick it to the man we will see. Puppeteer I know nothing about. Just not as excited for these as last couple months.

  • First time in a long time that there’s nothing interesting for me. I guess it had to happen sooner or later..

  • I’m looking forward to be playing Skullgirls, Limbo, and Puppeteer. Still waiting on Velocity Ultra though. Even without a PS4 yet, PS+ was so worth it.

  • Cool! Maybe Puppeteer will finally get the player interest it deserves. It’s easily one of my favorite titles from last year (right up there with Tearaway on the Vita) and it’s an outright shame so few people played it.

    I’m also intrigued to see a halfway decent sports game on the list. Gone are the days of getting Foosball and pinball in the IGC.

  • BTW, if ever a game needed to be ported to Vita, it’s Skullgirls. It’s great on the PS3, but it’d be fantastic as a portable brawler.

  • Good mix up on the content happening month over month. 2014 has been great thus far.

  • batman, grid2.. pes2014… excellent games.. thanks guys =D

  • I’m quite curious to know how much free content should come with the value of a $50 subscription to Plus for 1 year’s worth of service from the people who complain on here. Such a vast variety every month, Yet, it seems like people are always complaining.

    Keep Up the great work Sony! Don’t go bankrupt tho!

  • I like Puppeteer and Limbo for the Vita but the other games are absolute trash.

  • I can’t believe people say this month is disappointing! I’m really excited for May. Great line-up can’t wait!

  • In Mexico and Latin America will not receive PES 2014, instead will be Sly Cooper Thieves in Time :(

    So because in Latin America we play only soccer games, they don’t want affect the sales of this games -__- PES 2014 is the Only Game that i don’t have °^°

  • Sounds awesome! I sold Puppeteer to pay for my PS4 and never got to finish it. The rest is all stuff I haven’t gotten to play yet. Super happy with the May offerings. Thanks!!

  • I can’t be the only one that immediately thought of Psychonauts when I read the description for “Stick it to the Man”… and then was even more reminded of it once I saw the art style.

  • Can you give the US community any information concerning Ps4 Singstar as the European Community Managment seems to ignore the questions and those have have a lot of songs and made the jump to the new system. We would like to know when we can expect information on it I have 140 songs and want to bring them onto my new machine since I have retired my ps3. You can read the Singstar facebook page and forums and see people pleading for ps4 info.

  • Poll’s not working.

    I’m glad with Surge Deluxe since it’s an awesome game, but I was expecting it to be available in the IGC a little bit later this year. It was released two months ago, so it makes the game seem kind of worthless…

  • PES 2014? A Soccer game….. well that’s disappointing.

  • @177 I WISH we got the sly cooper.
    Really hoping that the trilogy on vita will make it to NA IGC.

  • Well damn, the two and a half titles I’d have immediate interest in, I already have. Nabbed Puppeteer on that mad, what, $5 sale ’round New Year’s, and Skullgirls since the Konami release. Don’t have LIMBO on Vita, but then, I don’t have a Vita. If this Surge Deluxe happens to be playable with a DualShock come Vita TV or PS Now, I’ll boot that up, though. But soccer? Hrm… But, I’m not big on sports in general.

    ATTN FOR SKULLGIRLS: The DLC Characters SQUIGLY and BIG BAND Are FREE For A Limited Time (read: three months since their respective releases), And You Don’t Need To Have Skullgirls Yet To Get Them For Keeps! Just Add Each To Your Download List From The PlayStation Store, Then Download Their Unlocks When You Get The Game!

    Squigly Character Unlock: https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/games/addons/skullgirls-encore-squigly-character-unlock/cid=UP2032-NPUB31445_00-BASEOFFER0000100

    Big Band Character Unlock: https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/games/addons/skullgirls-encore-big-band-character-unlock/cid=UP2032-NPUB31445_00-BASEOFFER0000101

    (…that’s a painful way to capitalize text.)

  • It’s official. PS Plus is designed for PS3 owner ONLY.

  • *owners

  • Thank you for the soccer game on PS3 guys! Soccer is the only sport that is actually entertaining. Puppeteer is awesome as well.

    Just wish the Vita line-up didnt constantly suck so much, as I already said

  • Thank you for the early(er) look at the May PS+ content. We normally would have gotten this next week, it’s earlier timing is much appreciated.

  • Puppeteer looks interesting. Everything else is pretty weak. This month is exceptionally bad for Vita. Especially since I’ve already played Limbo.

  • Kristine, thanks again for the video preview. I really prefer that over just a listing.

  • This month looks boring -_-. Hope we get better games next month during summer vacation!

  • “Stick it to the man…Stick it to that there man!” haha! ^.^ won’t forget that blogcast show, good times!

  • stick it to the man looks really cool. i will be taking that.

    already got puppeteer when it was on sale for $7. such a cute and neat game, but some of the collectibles were a tad annoying.

    skullgirls… i think i’m good on the fighting games for now, but you never know. pretty bad couple of months for ps+.

  • what a soccer game really? At least give us a football or basketball game not soccer WTF

  • Well, overall disappointing. Puppeteer is a good choice, but come on… Limbo again? Surge Deluxe!? I still can’t believe… I was expecting Sly Cooper or Muramassa Rebirth. Terrible month for PS Vita owners… Please Sony, I know you can do better; try harder next month, Okay?

  • Huge disappointment in the vita section again . i don’t got a ps3 or ps4 so this is all i look forward to and Aprils was junk so is Mays . might be time to cancel

  • @Rockstarmd,

    I think the EU forums and blog are your best hope. Singstar doesn’t exist in the US, and support for the PS3 version was dropped over two years ago. They love it in the US so much, that nobody has an idea that a PS4 version exists or has been mentioned.

    Yes, I’m bitter about never getting the wireless mics that EU got, let me not even mention we got 1/1000000 the number of songs EU got.

  • Excited for Skullgirls Encore. Although I have Puppeteer, it’s a quality game that lasts for many hours of platforming. Glad PS+ love is coming to the PS3. :D

  • Very interesting, reading so much complains from ps+ community, i thought that the main purpose of the membership was getting discounted games and not all games for “free” (that’s just an extra). Anyway, no problem with that. But the real thing that amaze me is people complaining for having bought puppeteer, that game was basically gifted some months ago (less than ten bucks), same thing with Tomb raider. And i will see people complaining again when IGC includes Tales of xillia (was on sale 5 bucks!!!), and you’ll keep it forever. The store including different genres (in this case A Football) is nice. But relax, PS Now is really close, then you’ll have all the games you want for “free” hehe.

  • Once my comment @184 (as I see it) is approved, go there for links to the FREE SKULLGIRLS CHARACTER UNLOCKS. These two, and the three more coming down the line, are free for three months from their launch dates (so Squigly goes paid in early May, while Big Band still has nearly that whole span), and you don’t need to have the game yet to “purchase” them.

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