Knack and Rime lead the PS Plus lineup going live next week.
February is a short month, so be sure to plan accordingly with all of these great games coming to PS Plus this month!
First up, we have RiME. This single player puzzle adventure is set in a beautiful world where you play as a young boy who has awakened on a mysterious island after a torrential storm. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome, you must explore this mysterious island, reach the tower’s peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.
Next up is the family friendly adventure game Knack. Take control of Knack and his signature size-shifting abilities to protect the world from a dangerous threat – the invading Goblin Army. Knack is a fun-filled adventure that lets players wield fantastic powers and discover a uniquely vibrant world.
This month’s PlayStation Plus lineup also includes:
- Spelunker HD, PS3
- Mugen Souls Z, PS3
- Exiles End, PS Vita
- Grand Kingdom, PS Vita (Also available on PS4)
Just as a reminder, all PlayStation Plus members can get Starblood Arena as a bonus game through March 6. This arena combat game was built from the ground up to be played in VR with your PS VR headset*. Attack, evade, and move in any direction as you compete against pilots from across the galaxy. You’ll fight for glory, credits, and your life.
Lastly, for all Gems of War fans, get your hands on the new PlayStation Plus Starter Pack starting February 13th through March 13th. The pack includes the Nobend Brothers troop, capable of causing all kinds of trouble on the gem board without even losing a turn. It also comes with 10 rare gem keys and 2,500 souls to level up all your new troops. Get started on your journey today!
And there you have it. See you next month!
* PlayStation 4 system, PlayStation VR, and PlayStation Camera are required to experience VR functionality.
Knack is a great game!
It’s a mastapiece!
LOL a Masterpiece that can’t even rank up a 60% score on Metacritic… I know, I know metacritic blablabla but still…
10/10
KNACK BAIBEEE! A game so technologically advanced that it would anahilate the ps3 punny hardware limitations. IT’S A MAZTEPICE!
Not sure why knack got so much flack. I love that game, played it more then any PS4 launch title by far and still revisit when I’m playing locally with friends.
Thank you so much for a lovely PS3 month! I know Mugen Souls Z is a little old at this point, but I had never even heard of the series until it landed on Steam in more recent years, I’m eager to be able to give it a play~!
Spelunker looks similar to Spelunky which I like a lot too so no complaints there. In the event I get a 4K PS4 somewhere waaaaaaay down the line when they are discounted heavily, having Rime might be nice too.
For future months, please keep us Playstation 3 players in consideration! There’s a ton of things that while old, would still be great to have like the Atelier series, Folklore, Dynasty/Samurai Warriors….etc…. More titles from Koei/NIS America/Atlus would all be welcomed~!
IMHO, Knack was not a great game but enjoyable for the co-op story campaign, but Knack II is one of the best co-op story campaign games that you can play and enjoy in recent memory.
The difference in quality between the two is as wide as the difference between God of War (which I still feel is just okay) and God of War II which I still consider to be one of the best action-adventure games to date.
I hope whomever gives the free Knack game a try and likes it okay enough, gives a second look to the far superior Knack II.
Great lineup, i really enjoyed Knack and hopefully it will encourage ppl to get Knack 2 which is even better.
It’s absolutely RIDICULOUS how whoever writes these posts can’t even be bothered to state the EXACT DATE new games go live. As if it wasn’t important at all.
Or is this the company policy?
While I am always a firm believer that the discounts on games is where the true value of the Playstation Plus free games (especially the winter and summer sales) comes from I always find it funny when those “leaked” lists comes out with great AAA titles on it and people fall for it every time when almost every month the free games are not good AAA titles but indie games or AAA titles that sold horribly. They are free so no reason to complain and there is an occasional good AAA title or indy game on the list.
its great
The games always go out of the first tuesday of the month, which is usually the tuesday after this is posted.
@TVippy
Games come out on Tuesday February 6th
@TVippy They don’t need to post dates as every PS+ member knows servers update every Tuesday. For free games, it will be the first Tuesday of the month and it has been like that since I can remember :P
I liked the Photoshop version of this months line-up much better…PlayStation could learn a thing or two from the guy who made it. I paid for a year long membership a while back and I’ve been mostly disappointing in the benefits I’m getting from purchasing it. I don’t care what people say, Knack is bad. I feel like the only reason a lot of people get hyped about it is because of Dunkey.
I’ve been meaning to go back to Knack. They have this thing where you use a mobile phone to do puzzles, and then the puzzles give you rewards, that then goes back into the main game, and I ended up playing the heck out of the mobile game for weeks and then just never went back into playing the actual game. I’ll have fewer excuses now that I don’t have to find the disc.
From what I understand most of the negative reviews revolve around the following things.
1. It’s very childish, story included.
2. It’s actually kinda punishing… so you don’t want to actually ummm… have children play it.
3. The campaign is a bit all over the place.
But I guess since it’s a 3D Platformer Beat-em up game that punishes you but in a less rewarding way than a Souls game… It’s not for everyone. At least give it a try.
Oh and they probably don’t mention when the game deals go live, because if you’re ready to beat Knack you’re going to need to be observant to behavior and since it drops at the same time, they figure it probably goes without saying. /snide comments
@TVippy new PS+ games are always released after the deadline of the previous free games. For instance, on the current free games’ store page it says “This price is only available from 1/2/2018 10:00 am to 2/6/2018 10:00 am.” Soo, the next batch of free games will be available on 2/6/2018 after 10:00 am.
Is there a way to save/add games to my library without downloading them. I’m trying to save my monthly bandwidth allocation while adding games to my collection.
You guys really need to LINK to the game page for each free game like Xbox does with their free games of the month announcement.
@D-LUCKS , yes just add to cart, and purchase them. Nothing forces you to download them. Once purchased for FREE, they will stay attached to your account and you can download from ps store any time