PlayStation Plus: Free Games for January 2018

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Batman: The Telltale Series join PlayStation Plus in January. Plus, a special bonus game for PS VR owners: Starblood Arena.

[-Ghost]

Great month to kick off 2018. Glad I held off on getting Deus Ex.

[Araragifeels]

A great start for a new year. I just hope they keep it up.

[Gazondaily]

Oh nice! Didn't get Mankind Divided.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Deus Ex MD and Batman are excellent PS4 games to get for PS+. Psycho Pass is terrific to get on Vita, and Starblood Arena is a tremendous mp VR game to get on PS+. This is a great month, and i hope ppl realize how awesome it is that Sony has been throwing in extra VR games on top of the six monthly PS+ games. Quality VR games as well.

[rainslacker]

I'm going to have quite the collection of VR games to play when I finally get around to getting my PSVR. Luckily you can get them without actually having PSVR. Just can't play them yet.

[UltraNova]

Damn I've already played Mankind D. Oh well, just as Rain said, at least I'll have a huge VR collection when I get PSVR!

[nineby9]

Damn, I got Deus Ex for Xmas... On the bright side it was a heavy discount that had me prompting for it. I hope it's good!

[morganfell]

If you do not have a PSVR, now is the time. I just traded my first gen in on the new version and the improvements made to the new unit are amazing. I do not know if they are selling it in a stand alone version as of yet. I picked up the entire kit that came with Skyrim just to get the new unit. Everything is streamlined in the new setup and a great system is far better than ever and I have been having a blast with it.

[blackblades]

Glad I didn't cause I got the complete edition for less then $20 early in the year. Haven't beat it yet but still.

[CorndogBurglar]

I highly doubt anyone holds off on buying games in the hopes of getting it for free on PS Plus......

[BlacKJesu5]

Corndog ....im still waiting on killzone

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Unfortunately, I think people "holding off" Mankind Divided, is one of the reasons we won't be getting another Deus Ex game for a long time.

[Kyizen]

I enjoyed the first one I dont think I held off on this one on purpose but glad I will get to play it.

[rdgneoz3]

When there are so many good games out, it's hard to buy every single one when you have bills to pay and other things to do besides gaming that cost money.

[blackblades]

Oh yeah, I wasnt thinking about that. I understand waiting on a discount like myself but waiting forever for hope it comes to ps+ it could screw up a sequel. Can you imagined 80% of the people waiting for a game to come free.

[JayRyu]

I really hope that's not true. I got the complete edition of Mankind Divided when it came out. I'm glad that people who didn't get a chance to experience it will get it and give it a chance. It has a really good story and game play.

[ion666]

We did pay for this game if you count the cost of the psn. Sony payed them to give it out. Mind you at at bulk rate thats lower per unit,but still payed none the less. Its better to do this than get no money from gamestop or ebay sellers.

[Heavenly King]

this game compared to the first is really bad.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

Cool! Two games to hold me over until Monster Hunter comes out.

[shepherdzeMan]

Me too!
I almost bought it a week ago. Thanks God!

[Heavenly King]

the game sucks compared to the first one.

[Felsager]

Septic:

"Oh nice! Didn't get Mankind Divided."

Septic, shut up and get out. Go where you belong, to your XBOX septic tank that ran out of games. We don't want you here. You will be down voted everywhere you post.

[rezzah]

I just picked it up for $10CAD so it doesn't really matter.

[yumi76]

Great games this month.

[yomfweeee]

Top 3 best months for this gen I would say.

[GamesMaster1982]

Way better than last month but no need for me to sub again this month as own them all already but for those that don't still a decent month.

[blackblades]

Guess that means you don't play overwatch(shooters), or fighting games.

[GamesMaster1982]

Nope. Single played story driven games are my thing. Just don't have the time for the online level up grind playing the same thing over and over, just bores me. I play a good story game then move on to another. Don't get me wrong i would of subbed this month if i hadn't of already played and finished Batman, and Deus Ex. But if ive played the games there is no point for me to sub.

[KilluaX3]

You could have liked Darksiders 2.

[GamesMaster1982]

Played it .

[blackblades]

Well I wouldnt say grind, cause it's not about grinding. Its to have fun and challenge yourself against others. I do respect the way you play and obviously make sense to not have ps+ because of that. In that case don't bother getting it for games just do flash sales.

[GamesMaster1982]

Yeah true . Don’t get me wrong I like playing coop games like say resident evil 5 n 6 story games with a friend . But just online big deathmath type games are just not for me

[GamesMaster1982]

Also 6+ downvotes just because I’ve played the great game Darksiders 2. F u childish little man cave peeps . You all need to get laid . Girls\Boys are real you know.

[iain04]

Bollocks. I’ve just bought Batman in the sale.

[PhantomS42]

I'm in the same boat, except I bought Deus Ex. Oh well. Seems like a good selection this month.

[Eonjay]

I just bought Dues Ex lol. Oh well, Batman for me. And for those who don't own Dues Ex, you guys are in for a treat, this is one hell of a freebie.

[blackblades]

Isn't that a good thing.

[TheColbertinator]

Snagging Psycho pass for Vita

[CaitSith]

Pass.

[bluefox755]

Wow, awesome month. Glad I grabbed that $40 year of PS+.

[KickSpinFilter]

Should have grabbed a few i'm good till 2021.
Always buy two when they go on sale.

[blackblades]

I should of, instead I payed full price for short time before discounts because I wanted to play overwatch. Hopefully I get it discounted next year.

[The_Sage]

Nice. My backlog is about to get bigger.

[blackblades]

Tbh honest I haven't played any ps+ in long time. Cause I got to many games through sales and my must play games.

[UCForce]

Now that’s a great start a New Year, PlayStation.

[outsider1624]

So is batman telltale series only season 1?

[radiantmind13]

StarBlood Arena is awesome. PSVR owners are in for a treat.

[Dario_DC]

Did not see that, I already have it but I'm sure the online community is gonna grow a lot.
Good times :)

[Evolve]

Keep the games coming, PlayStation!!

[Movefasta1993]

HR was one of my fav games of last gen but i haven't played this yet. WAs this game well recieved from fans of the first game?

[tinchotin]

I was a fan of the first one, and liked mankind divided even more. It's improved in every way.

[Movefasta1993]

Thanks bruh, looking forward to it.If it's good ill buy the physical copy after.

[Wintersun616]

Mankind Divided is a very good game, but I personally didn't find it quite as atmospheric and interesting as Human Revolution. Should you play it if you liked HR? Absolutely. But don't expect to be blown away by it. There are improvements in gameplay, but I felt like most of them were catered to the combat aspects of the game. Which is not my cup of tea in these games anyways.

Also IF you're a trophy hunter, play it blind first (naturally). And be ready to be disappointed by the extremely glitchy Foxiest of the Hounds trophy. I did it by the book 3 times and still didn't get it.

[Abnor_Mal]

Great month for the plus games, I don't own any of the PS4 games. Always been on the fence in regards to Starblood Arena, glad that it's also being given this month. It's nice that Sony is also providing for the PSVR owners.

[toddybad]

Rigs, until dawn and now this in the last few months. Very happy!

[lellkay]

Decent line up! Two games i've been interested in for a while but not committed to purchasing.

[StormsWarning]

this is funny, i just purchased the bundle yesterday. you cant tell me sony dont know what there doing... but thats alright my wallet will be closing for a few years after spiderman,

[UCForce]

This is still great lineup. Even you bought these games and played it, but others didn’t have time or enough to buy the game. So this is good for new people to play these games.

[opinionated]

Good month. I will play all 3. I have mankind divided but a digital version is nice. I will probably go back to it now since I never finished.

[Ausbo]

Wow. Way better than the games with gold lineup

[LateNightThirst]

BRUHH, PS Plus been killing it! Xbox GWG giving us second rate hand me downs....Batman is great since you can start earning money for getting platinum trophies and thats an easy one. WIN WIN

[Tapani]

Deus Ex is very good! One of the better experiences in 2017.

[BoneMagnus]

Dang - I picked up Deus Ex for around $11 off Amazon around Black Friday - haven’t started it yet. Oh well!

[PhoenixUp]

Those are the worst PS3 games to give out in the IGC. It looks like they’re just scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point with free PS3 titles

[Skuletor]

Could be a smart business tactic, keep giving away only crap PS3 games, then no one will miss them when they stop giving ps3 games altogether.

[PhoenixUp]

That’s a horrible business decision. If you’re providing paying customers a service, you better damn well make sure it’s a quality effort. Otherwise what’s even the point of it?

[Skuletor]

Keep in mind PS Plus isn't needed for multiplayer on PS3 and PS3 is over 10 years old at this stage, not many will be surprised if they drop ps3 games from future PS Plus lineups.

[PhoenixUp]

That really doesn’t mean shit. Again if you’re providing your consumers a service that they pay for, it’s an idiotic decision to offer them a below subpar offering for any reason

[Skuletor]

I doubt anyone's paying for PS Plus just for 2 free games a month for an over decade old system at this stage in the consoles lifecycle. Any game they wanted to get for it they probably would have by now anyway.

[PhoenixUp]

There are people who use PS+ and have PS3s like myself for various reasons. It doesn’t make the underwhelming content of free games on that system this month nonexistent

[SirBradders]

Get your head out your ass, do you know how many top games have been released on Plus for PS3, on top of that it is a very limited system now in terms of people using it compared to PS4.

Business decision or not anyone who has had PS+ for PS3 has easily got their moneys worth.

[PhoenixUp]

@ Sir

Do you know how many other quality PS3 games they could still offer?

Do you know Sony still offered quality free PS3 prior during 2017?

Do you know Microsoft has a better Jan 2018 selection of free Xbox 360 games?

Don’t be a corporate shill and damage control this poor selection. Get some backbone and hope for better instead of settling for mediocrity.

[Ashlen]

Are you just trolling?

Sacred 3 while a little old is a great game, and Book of Unwritten Tales is good too.

[nitus10]

There is nothing wrong with an old game especially if you have never played it before and you like it.

[PhoenixUp]

@ Ash

You’re clearly the troll.

Sacred 3 has a 56 on Metacritic. It is not a good game.

Book of Unwritten Tales is of higher quality, but do we really need another point and click adventure game after having one a month ago?

[nitus10]

Actually, 56% is an Ok or slightly above average game assuming you are playing with percentages properly. Unfortunately, I do think that many critics should go back and do remedial primary school maths and learn what in percentage terms "average" actually is and it is not 70%.

[cellfluid]

Dam I bought deus for 20 bucks on Amazon and still haven't opened it yet.. Lol batman is welcomed. This line up is great!!

[PlayableGamez-]

Happy new years!

[Shadow Man]

YES! YES! YES!! This is awesome!

[Kyizen]

Omg the rumors where true, 2 great games!

[Kyizen]

Great way to reward all those who got a PS4 for Xmas!

[trooper_]

Niiiice! :3

[Mr_Luke]

Wow, great start of 2018!! I didn't buy any of them :D

[ocelot07]

Really enjoyed Deus Ex Human Revolution so I guess ill enjoy this one. Played Batman a few months ago and enjoyed it like I do with all Telltail games. Recieved Batman season 2 for Christmas as well. Starblood is also a title I planed on getting for my newly bought PSVR so this is a great month for my self.

[pyroxxx]

finnally getting something(Psn deals are really hard ignore )

[_FantasmA_]

I love Deus Ex! Pre-ordered it and got it day 1 but I didn't want to beat it immediately, so I dragged it out as long as I could. Finally finished it around Thanksgiving and I started a new playthrough. I just love the immersion, all the attention to detail, the freedom, and of course the music. I still don't understand the hate that this game got. I honestly can't choose between HR and MD. They are both excellent, though I do wish MD had another city to explore instead of returning to Prague 3 times in between those other sections.

You guys who held off on the game contributed to the low sales, but hopefully they make a new game or sell the rights to another developer so that the franchise can continue. I'm still waiting for a Human Revolution remaster, I would totally buy that so I can get the Platinum.

[Ashlen]

Nice month I have almost bought Psycho-Pass a dozen times pretty awesome it's cross buy.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Great month. I recently bought Deus Ex Season pass on sale bc i was planning to buy the game, thanks Sony.

[cd1]

Good month - keep the free(ish) VR games coming too Sony.

[Cyborgg]

It's hard to run Dues EX: Mankind in 4K 60fps on my PC. I wonder how it runs on the consoles

[nitus10]

Give it two to three years and people will be talking about 8K @ 60/120 fps but 1080p is fine if you have a decent and consistent frame rate. I won't deny that a high resolution is great but in fast-paced games frame rate is more important than resolution. Of course, latency and response time play an important part as well but are usually factors that are part of the display.

[Tsar4ever01]

Deus Ex: MD & TellTales Batman? WOW!! Go ON with your BAD-ASS SELF, Sony!!!

[theshredded]

Deus Ex! I'm looking forward to that and hopefully Psycho pass is for ps4 aswell.

[nitus10]

According to the article Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness for the PS Vita is cross-buy with the PS4.

[gangsta_red]

Not too bad for PS4, wasn't a huge fan of the latest Deus Ex but for free I'm willing to give it another shot.

Batman Telltale...meh...

[Black0ut]

Wow, brilliant lineup to start off the new year Sony! Great stuff!!

[Stogz]

Nice! Was expecting a slow month, great start to the year!

[franwex]

That’s a very good deal. I’m playing Deus Ex right now.

[Petebloodyonion]

Wow, what a way to start off 2018 :)
was about to buy Starblood arena but I'll wait!

[slappy508]

Nice! I wanna get Batman and Sacred 3. Already have Deus ex, one of my fav games this gen. Was a huge fan of the older sacred games but held off buying it due to the reviews and change in formula. Might still be stupid fun

[Elda]

I tried the latest Deus Ex & I just couldn't get into the game & I couldn't get into the one from last gen as well.

[Takwin]

When you get these subscriptions for $39.99 (got mine through Dec 2021 now, all for $40 each) - all it takes is a game or two all year to pay it off. We had some amazing months in 2017 and 2018 kicks off great. I've beaten Deus Ex Mankind Divided on PC and loved it. I've played many Telltale games, and even if they are quite formulaic, they are mostly fun.

[chris235]

i held off deus ex because i did not want to play it. i still don‘t want to play it now that it is discounted (for the umpteenth time, ps plus games are not free, check it). i still say this ps plus thingy is not really cool.

[Silly gameAr]

Good for you.

[cd1]

Your right, its not free but it works out Deus Ex cost me 50p - not bad.

[Manubiggs]

Very Nice :) Planned on picking both of these up at some point - so perfect.

[Condemnedman]

Good month

[Xenophon_York]

Tight.

[callahan09]

I buy way too many games, and therefore I usually already have the higher profile games that they give away for PS+. But this time, I had procrastinated on buying both of these and therefore I'm super excited to get the PS+ games this month! Awesome!

[poppatron]

I really really enjoyed mankind devided.

I played it for 15 mins and thanks to the terrible first mission put it down and didn’t try again for months.

But when I came back to it, I persevered through the first mission and got really into it.

The moral of this story is DONT LET THE FIRST REALLY BAD MISSION PUT YOU OFF

[Neonridr]

happy to finally get to play Deus Ex. Will give Batman a go too. Good start to 2018.