PlayStation Plus in July: Strider, Dead Space 3, Towerfall Ascension, more

Doki Doki Universe, Vessel and LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes also join the service

[Iltapalanyymi]

destiny beta for all ps+ members :3 alpha was great!

[randomass171]

Sadly I'll be missing out on the beta, but I'm not deterred. My hope is to get that awesome looking white PS4/Destiny bundle! :D

[AliTheSnake1]

Next time, put EUROPE in the title.

[medman]

I agree the white ps4 looks great. But even if I didn't already have a ps4, I wouldn't buy it simply for the fact it would stick out like a sore thumb in my entertainment setup. That is the one drawback for me personally. Also, I imagine that white ps4 controller would show up all types of dirt and scratches pretty easily. I'm going to be all over the blue controller though.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

I believe the purpose of electronics in white is to stick out (just like cuisine utensiles and apparel in black or other colors), not that I like it any better than you, just saying it has it's ownn charm for it's own public.

Personally, I avoid most electronics in white, not that they necessarily look bad, but they stay pretty for about a month and after that it's a lost fight against dust (and even worse for me, tabacco smoke, it ruins white or light colored stuff in the whole room) that will eventually stain everything.

[randomass171]

My reasoning is kind of silly, but a PS4 is a PS4. I already have a black Wii U so I thought it would be a neat twist to get a white PS4. Last gen some people had a white Wii a black PS3 and many have a black 360 slim. Anyway, this bundle also comes with Destiny and I can't wait to play the heck out of that.

[Avernus]

Destiny beta will NOT be open to everyone with PS+

PS EU community manager: "The Destiny Beta will be available via pre-order only. The blog post is worded incorrectly and will be amended"

https://twitter.com/Envisag...

[sonarus]

yea. I hate pre ordering unless i have to. I got a little excited there when he said free for all ps +.

[imt558]

Not bad IMO!

[admiralvic]

Sad to see the rumor of Strider and Towerfall was accurate, but at least it looks like a good month for EU. Also looks like they got a third PS4 game via Doki Doki.

[dodgemoose]

Can't speak for Towerfull, but can confirm Strider is really good having played through the trial twice.

[admiralvic]

Well aware. I have the PS4 version and already platinumed it ( http://psnprofiles.com/trop... ).

[slimeybrainboy]

Seen some Towerfall gameplay, looks great. Simple fun.

[jonatan221]

Well when you think about it, what other games could you offer for ps4?

I think both seem like great additions, but it's understandable that not everyone will be pleased. I wasn't pleased with Stick it to the man, but I'm excited for this month!

[TheFutureIsBlue]

Stick it to the Man was actually pretty good. Not a lot to do with gameplay, but the story and art was original, funny, and I enjoyed it a lot.

[admiralvic]

"Well when you think about it, what other games could you offer for ps4?"

I would be cool with one of the remaining confirmed, but not yet out titles like Secret Ponchos or Binding of Isaac. I would also be okay with Blue Estate, Transistor, Child of Light, Fez and Guacamelee (this releases the day the Plus titles come out, so it was certainly possible).

I think some people need to realize that just because something negative is said and I got to say, using the term sad is about as shallow as negative responses go, it isn't like I am asking the world of Sony either. I was just sad to see a game I already own go free and was hoping to see something like Secret Ponchos (it was suppose to be out Q1 and was playable at PAX, so it should be close) come this month. Thats it... not asking the world, hardly asking much at all really.

[jonatan221]

@TheFuture

I understand since my brother loved it, but like I said it just wasn't my type of game. Everyone has different tastes.

@admiralvic

I understand you're not asking Sony for the world, but at the same time these games came out a couple months ago so it makes sense to release these for ps plus. So I understand your sad to see that, but I think it'll be the same throughout you know? You might buy secret ponchos now or transistor and then it becomes free in couple of months because Sony can't afford to make recent releases part of ps plus.

[admiralvic]

-rolls eyes-

Why don't you come out and say I am not allowed to be disappointed, because thats pretty much what you're saying. I mean, if you look at the PS4 Plus history, you would see that every free game was free on release besides Trine 2, so asking for a newer release (some of which released in March) is far from unreasonable. Especially considering Binding of Isaac and Secret Ponchos are already confirmed to be Plus titles and Microsoft is offering Guacamelee as part of their Games with Gold.

In the end, all I am saying is that I'm sad to see the rumor is true because I had one of the games and had hopes something I was looking forward to would be released. I think it's BS that I really have to fight for my right to say I am sad or disappointed as my expectations are totally in check and reasonable.

[Blastoise]

Not a great update in my opinion, as a PS3 and Vita owner.

Vita gets another terrible port of a 3DS Lego game, and a game that's also available on PS3/PS4 anyway with Cross-play.
The only actual Vita game were getting is Lego Batman, a game with 62% on metacritic (What happened to only 70+ games for PS+?). Why can't we get Disgaea 3 or Plants VS Zombies or something half decent like US got?

Dead Space is alright, but now PS3 owners have one less game (Used to be three, now it's two) the least they could do would be to give us another AAA game instead of yet another 2D indie platformer.

Not a happy bunny. Sony are being rather cheap with PS+ recently, which makes no sense, because the service is bigger than ever now.

[DualWielding]

Europe has gotten Dragon Crown and Muramasa last two months for Vita while in NA we have only gotten indies so you are better of in Europe if you are Vita owner

[Blastoise]

At least they're good indies.

Terraria & Mutant mudds Deluxe for Vita VS Lego Batman 2? I know which one I'd prefer

[admiralvic]

"The only actual Vita game were getting is Lego Batman, a game with 62% on metacritic (What happened to only 70+ games for PS+?)."

The "70+ rule" is sort of tricky. I've heard documents say that Plus will have only 70+ games, though most times it's just the clarified meaning of "top rated games" when Sony uses that in advertising. With that being said, there could be extenuating circumstances that cause this to happen, such as a last minute swap or Sony making a judgement call (like ModNation probably would have hit 70 flat if there weren't a few extremely low reviews).

"Not a happy bunny. Sony are being rather cheap with PS+ recently, which makes no sense, because the service is bigger than ever now."

Not really fair to comment, since we don't actually know what Sony is paying to get these games, nor do we know what companies want for games not offered.

"At least they're good indies."

I would say Dragon's Crown and Muramasa are better games than anything offered for the Vita in NA over the last 5 / 6 months.

[Blastoise]

Well Sony have already said half of PS4 owners are subscribed to plus, so that's £40/$60 times what? 4 million consoles? and that's not even counting the PS3 and Vita owners who have paid for Plus.

They're being cheap

As for Vita, yeah Dragons Crown and Muramasa were good picks, I agree. Doesn't change the fact that Lego Batman is pretty damn weak though, as the only Vita game this month

[admiralvic]

"Well Sony have already said half of PS4 owners are subscribed to plus, so that's £40/$60 times what? 4 million consoles? and that's not even counting the PS3 and Vita owners who have paid for Plus. "

Lets not get into the mathematics and semantics of things, since there are many details we don't know. For instance, I own a Vita / PS3 / PS4 and a lot of people own multiple consoles, which naturally raises the adoption rate of something like PlayStation Plus. We don't currently know how many of that supposed figure are unique PS4 subscribers (as in recently adopted PS+ and only own a PS4), so your whole argument is based off nothing. There is a lot more to this, but arguing about theoretical elements is absurdly tedious. Especially when you're looking at Plus as a 1:1 free game service and overlook the fact that some money could be going to things like offering the Destiny beta for all, discounts, online multiplayer (while I'm not a fan of paying to play online, servers do cost money) and other things offered to + subscribers.

" I agree. Doesn't change the fact that Lego Batman is pretty damn weak though, as the only Vita game this month"

It's Batman and Doki Doki (3x cross buy) and many months have weak offerings. Doesn't change the fact that Muramasa and DC were both great games and NA has also got some losers (like Mutant Mudd).

[user7402931]

great update

[Goro]

Was there ever an update in the previous 2 years in which you didn't think was great?

[uth11]

Towerfall has been on my list to check out anyway. Great news!

[TheFutureIsBlue]

Same. I'm going to stream the crap out of that game! It looked fun when I watched other people play, so I can't wait to get my hands on it. I enjoyed the Strider demo too.

[Brugal]

Towerfall is awesome; brings me back to the old school days of simple and fun couch multiplayer a la Mario Kart 64 and Goldeneye.

[DevilishSix]

Weak offerings for July, which could really use some strong games, guess I will go back and finish WD and wait for TLOU remaster.

I will ask again like I have for each month this year when the PS+ annoucement arrives, I ask where is my Journey remaster for PS4? We have Flow and Flower, where is Journey Damnit!!

[GamingSinceThe80s]

Man that's a great line up!I hope the U.S games are the same.But I see you guy's still only get one PS4 game where as we get two.

[Lionalliance]

Doh, Europe XP; Any news on the US part?

[cfc83]

Enjoying trine and pixeljunk. Strider is more than fine by me. Fab.

[dodgemoose]

Strider and Dead Space 3 stand out to me this month. Look forward to playing them.

[Rhezin]

really hope this is not the same for U.S. Towerfall is REALLY though fun if you have more ps4 controllers. Good thing I bought it already so I don't have to pay another $50 to play it when plus runs out.

And Dead Space 3? WEAK.
Really hope we get Apotheon or Helldivers or Hotline Miami 2 in July. PERFECT month for those games

[Swiggins]

Ehhhh, kind of a so-so month this tjme. I've never even heard of Vessel but after looking it up it seems like it'd be a nice distraction if nothing else. Dead Space 3 is sort of a letdown considering I played it already on the 360 but I suppose it'll be alright to play-through again on the PS3. Maybe I can get one of my friends to play through it Co-Op with me since it's free.

Towerfall and Strider look like they'll be fun but I'm still left wanting when it comes to PS+ games on PS4, I don't expect everything to be as good as Outlast, but something approaching it would be nice.

[TheFutureIsBlue]

Resogun>Outlast.

[Swiggins]

I must be the only person on earth who didn't get into Resogun...I should probably just sit myself down and force myself to play through it.

[TheFutureIsBlue]

It's a blast once you figure out the game mechanics. I strongly recommend it, man.

[jmac53]

Why does Europe get this update usually a few days before NA? I always see it and think it's for NA until I see the EU.

[vork77]

Strider was just released and now its PS+ lol capcom is fail if this is on ps4 i will go for it

[Brugal]

I absolutely love Towerfall; everyone is in for a treat with this game.

[DivineAssault]

i bought strider already & it was awesome! great game if u missed it.. Ill be downloading all the others even if i cant play em yet so theyre in my download history