What makes treasure hunting even more appealing? Treasure hunting with friends! Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris leads the lineup of free PS Plus games for August, which includes four games that are playable on PS4. Which games, you ask? Well, you’ve come to the right place…
Temple of Osiris follows in the footsteps of Guardian of Light, with fast-paced cooperative play, head-scratching puzzles, and glorious treasure. Traverse the dangerous environments solo, or with friends, and guide Lara on yet another supernatural adventure.
Also up for grabs is the critically-acclaimed Limbo. This haunting story has captured the hearts and minds of gamers around the globe — and has chilled a fair number of spines. If you have a fear of spiders, be prepared to cover your eyes.
If that sounds a bit too unnerving, jam out and get creative with Sound Shapes — which is also available on PS3 and PS Vita. Sound Shapes revolves around musical platforming, fantastic visuals, and a powerful level creator.
Rounding out the PS4 offering for this month is Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones, which is also available on PS3 and PS Vita.This puzzle platformer tasks you with escaping a dangerous research facility in which death is readily distributed to your hapless clones.
Also, joining the August lineup are God of War Ascension (PS3) and CastleStorm (PS3, PS Vita), ensuring that you have plenty of gaming to keep you busy this month.
These games are available to PS Plus members starting on Tuesday next week. Enjoy!
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Great Line UP
Kinda awesome, right? But where’s Clements’ smoothly narrated video to guide us? :-)
I think you meant terrible line up.
No, he meant “great”.
God of war ascension, lara croft and castlestorm are great games. We really need more worthwhile free games for the other months.
It’s a great lineup. Some beggars want to be choosers. They don’t understand simple things like, cost/benefit/ analysis, and working out deals with publishers, and lump sum payouts.
Awesome line up!
I agree, even though i have some of these games i’m excited for those who do not. Literally every game on this list is quality, God of War Ascension, Lara Croft Temple of Osiris (PS4), and Castles Storm are terrific offerings. Limbo (PS4) and Sound Shapes (PS4 ect) are literally instant classics in the indie genre. Stealth inc 2 (PS4) is a very well received game as well.
Personally i’m excited to play Lara Croft in co op on PS4 and Castle Storm on Vita, that alone makes the lineup worth it.
Getting Bastion PS4 for 3.45 was pretty sweet, can’t wait for Galak-Z August 4th and then Rapture 1 week later, then 2 weeks after Rapture we get Until Dawn. I love year round games.
@+ MakaiOokami
If they can’t provide us with quality games for our money, then maybe they should do away with the IGC altogether. It would certainly eliminate a lot of complaining.
These are not “free” games…they are essentially long-term rentals, that come as part of our subscription to PS+ Before the PS4, the IGC was the ONLY major draw to Plus(unless you wanna count cloud save backups as major)…online play was completely free, you didn’t need a plus subscription to do it….
Now we have the PS4, and now you NEED a plus subscription to play online. Since then, the quality of the titles in the IGC has been absolutely rotten. The IGC is no longer the draw, so they don’t care about providing quality titles…and they don’t HAVE to care, because they have a captive subscriber base….people aren’t going to simply walk away from plus, because they need it for PS4 online play…meanwhile, online play on EVERY OTHER PSN-EQUIPPED PLATFORM remains absolutely free….
Think about that..
“It would certainly eliminate a lot of complaining.”
No it wouldn’t. You would simply re-direct your embarrassing sense of entitlement towards a different product/service.
“These are not “free” games…they are essentially long-term rentals”
So be it. If you understand how it works but don’t like it, then don’t jump aboard. Why did you subscribe?
“Before the PS4, the IGC was the ONLY major draw to Plus”
No, Plus had other desirable benefits. And now, it’s even more refined (balanced), as more games are being spread across multiple platforms, as exhibited in today’s post with 4 games for PS4 owners, 4 for PS3 owners, and 3 for Vita owners.
“Now we have the PS4, and now you NEED a plus subscription to play online.”
Times change. Blame Washington. Or God… whomever… whatever…
@PrimeroIncognito “Times change. Blame Washington. Or God… whomever… whatever…”
I don’t normally comment here, and don’t have a problem with the games lineup this month. It’s sparse for my tastes, but there are other months, and at the end of the year, my sub always pays for itself.
However, that’s a terrible excuse for turning what was a desirable option into a necessity. It also ignores DrTran’s other point that it’s only necessary on PS4. When they first announced it, I was a little confused, and as time goes on I get more and more befuddled. People suggested that they were hiring people for additional security, and that servers are expensive, etc. etc. But if that were so, does that mean the other platforms don’t matter in this regard? Are PS3 servers free to maintain? I heard the suggestion early on that maybe PS4 would have dedicated servers system wide, to make the online more stable, but that certainly isn’t the case, so there doesn’t really seem to be a reason that online play is restricted on only one platform.
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It’s like they owned a pool, which everyone could play in, and later on, they installed a slide, which they charged a fee for rides, and with the money made with those fees, they gave you something back, like a free snow-cone or something. If you didn’t want to slide, then it was fine, the snack bar was still right there. It was just an option. Then, later, they expanded the size of the pool, but put a fence around the part they added, gave it its own slide and told everyone that to use that side, they needed to pay for slide rides, and when people objected or got upset, they just smiled and said “But you get free snow-cones.”
That benefit does not outweigh the fact that you’re paying for something that used be free (and could be free still), and the only one to blame is the owner of the pool.
You missed it. It sailed over your head. Look around and see if you can find it.
Do you really think they would start charging for online play on the PS3 after 8 years into the 10-year plan for the system? They’re obviously eating whatever costs are still going into maintaining the network for PS3-only players.
Honestly, I was always surprised that online play was free for as long as it was, or even at all, when plans for the PS3 were first introduced. Obviously, it was a strategy for luring consumers away from XBL, but, it’s not something that should have ever been expected to be maintained forever.
TIMES CHANGE.
Funds are obviously needed to maintain the network going forward, but due to how late in the game it is for the PS3, it’s being left as is. Those who continue to play online after the past generation is shut down for good will be required to contribute to the sustenance of the network, and understandably so. Just the nature of the beast, son.
@MisterWillow One you can blame M$ for Sony Charging for PSN, like wise you can thank Sony for games with gold on M$. So had a free network and Microsoft charged $60 dollars a year for theirs. People didn’t complain, and every said it was better. Sony wanted to make some extra money so they made PS+. Like you said it was optional but I liked the auto updates, cloud save and of course games that came each month.
This gen there was no way Sony wasn’t going to charge for PSN, since they had to beef up their network to keep compete with LIve plus they are gamers were willing to pay. So they charge $50 a year. Thats not much money, they didn’t take away the free games, which call rentals but I’m happy to play something complete it and move on. Hey if you have the service resumed you can even redownload the games if you tagged them when they were offered. Cause of PS+ I haven’t bought as money new games so I’m actually SAVING money. Since I got my PS4 I bought 4 games, with PS+ I now have like 24 to play. I’m not going to complain about that, and I dont’ know how anyone can…
At what point does Sony stop people from promoting their own site because they are broke and need the help?
But the network hasn’t improved at all. You’d think that with the extra funds they could actually do something with them. The only thing that’s ‘better’ on PS4 is the load times for the store and trophy sync. That’s it. Connectivity issues, lag, and general stability are the same as they were on PS3, and the service is the same.
They also roped plenty of people in to paying for PS+ without holding online play hostage. It’s a fantastic service without that caveat, and before the PS4 was even announced I would constantly see people online singing its praises. Them roping online play in with the benefits was completely unnecessary.
And thanks very much for the seething condescension.
@Kyizen
How is this Microsoft’s fault? XBox Live existed as a subscription service since the original system. Sony could have followed their example with the PS3, but didn’t. Then, when they implemented a subscription service, they gave you a bunch of benefits—chief among them, obviously, being the free games that literally pays for a yearly sub within three months. They offered a better service, and people praised them for it incessantly.
All they did was reduce it to the level that XBox Live has existed for years. Now, they’re becoming less distinguishable, since Live started giving them games (which you CAN say Sony influenced). They could have easily kept online play free and remained the overwhelmingly better service, rather than the slightly better service (on account of a better and larger free games selection).
People still would have subscribed for all the benefits it has.
With the exception of temple of Osiris and stealth inc 2 these are well received games for the PS4 however, they are so called indies games and this trend has been noted to be unacceptable from this fan base. How long will Sony dance around the fire who knows but plus for ps4 online is the only thing that might be keeping those who only have a ps4 attached to the service. This does not bode well or sit well with me Sure PC games will offer you the choice to by your own servers for play or use stock servers or p2p methods. Alas, this doesn’t work with consoles and quite frankly if another call of duty of peer to peer online games jumps behind this pay wall I will be livid we pay for online servers games that do not use dedicated servers should not be behind plus pay wall. Other than that this land of entitlement- despite being the land of money talks bull kuso walks- and we all all in for a rude awakening Plus IGC is one of them. Deal with it :( one way or another.
@MisterWillow
“And thanks very much for the seething condescension.”
That is all he is capable of doing. He must just have a natural tendency to try and appear superior to anyone he’s talking to. That is why I stopped reading his comments a long time ago. I would suggest that whenever you see people like that in this comment section, just ignore them.
I have heard people saying things like DDOS attacks can be impossible to stop, regardless of how much money is spent on the network security. Whether or not that is true is not in my wheelhouse to know. And I have noticed that the download speeds are way faster on PS4, so if Plus helps with that, I’m all for charging for online.
However, I do agree that the quality of free games has definitely gone down since the PS4 launched. We used to get AAA games for PS3 way more often. And we used to get them for Vita on occasion too. The requirement of Plus for online seems to have directly affected that drop in quality.
@DrTran64 :
1st Mistake: You replied to MakaiOokami…a well known Sony F-BOY around these parts.
2nd Mistake: You decided to interact with PrimeroIncognito…The King of Them All. -_-
Next time…just move along, man. You know what happens when you descend to a F-boy level? YOU LOSE. Every single time. *sigh*
Those people are just cattle…brainwashed acolytes that know only 1 thing: fight for some multibillion company’s “honor” as if it were a family member being attacked.
They’re so in love with [insert company of choice here] that they’ve convinced themselves that it’s mandatory for them to argue anyone trying to “attack” it. So it’s useless to “talk” to them…because they’re just blind people, unwilling to see anything different than what they perceive as “the holy truth”.
And when you throw into that mix someone like PrimeroIncognito, with his false sense of über-superiority…you’re doomed from the start. SMH
So don’t waste your time on them. Just ignore them. 99% of the time they don’t have ANYTHING worthwhile to say. >_>
@MisterWillow :
To you too, of course. I forgot to include you in my reply. Sorry. ;)
I honestly think its agood line up for this month i cant wait 2 play god of war 4 i owned it at 1 point n had 2 sell 4 personal reasons but at the same token gives me a reason 2 even play my ps3 again which 4 me was collecting dust or worse my 8yr old brutally mistreating by thinking he now owns bcuz i now own this ps4 THANK U SONY SO VERY MUCH DS 1 PlayStation FAN WHO IS NOT DISAPOINTED NOT EVEN A LIL . N ps plus 4 me only affect the cheap people that complain bout it 4 online play yes it su@ks but it doesnt affect me 4 ive been a plus member since it 1st launched and my download history proves that. My only concern is cross play 4 they need 2 make i say all the games just that. Especially when i own all 3 my opinion. But than i understand u have 2 make ur money.With all that being said ROCK ON PlayStation
Let us all state in one resounding voice that, yowzagabowza, albeit a filthy troll, knows not as he speaks! Haha! Indeed, it’s a great line up! I’ve been waiting on such for a long while. Now, keep ’em coming, SONY! :)
Still mad that I shut you down every time, eh Orpheus? (And smoothboarder)
Strawman attacks are all you have left in your bag of tricks? Sad. When it gets to that point, you should try to bow out gracefully as possible.
It’s not “defending Sony’s honor” that’s taking place, it’s simply telling the truth… and setting the record straight when trolls like you deliberately spew disinformation.
Go ahead. Point out a SINGLE THING that I said that was wrong. Just one. You should be able to correct me if I’m wrong. But you never do.
You just create strawmen, attack the character of the strawmen, and hope that any and all on-lookers fall for it. Wreaks of desperation and jealousy.
I agree, looks like a good lineup I was actually wanting to buy Stealth but now I don’t need too!
Garbage Line up again. Another month I have not turned my PS4 on at all. Remove Online play barrier from your ****** servioce Sony and stop F’ing your customers over