
God of War: Ghost of Sparta (PS Vita, PSP).Four months in, PS Plus has set the tone that it will be even more of an indie boutique than it was in 2015.
Zombi marks the first appearance of a big-name third-party publisher since January.
Skinny: Dead Star isn’t available on PlayStation Store right now for some reason, so its price isn’t included in the final totals. Skinny: Broforce and Galak-Z are great plays, but they’re also of a type - indie throwbacks to side-scrollers and run-n-gunners. Skinny: Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is the top draw, but if that isn’t your cup of tea, this is an eminently forgettable month.
Helldivers: Democracy Strikes Back Edition (PS4, PS3, PS Vita). Skinny: It’s rare when a title both drags down the overall Metacritic and inflates the overall price, but that’s Warfighter, helping PS Plus open 2016 with its worst month, critically. History: Legends of War: Patton (PS Vita). Grim Fandango Remastered (PS4, PS Vita). Danger Close Games/Electronic Arts January For purposes of this analysis, we drew the Metacritic score from the lead platform. This is $100 more than last year’s haul, but the Metacritic average is 1.5 points less than last year’s.Ī few of these games launched on more than one PlayStation platform. In all, there were 72 games available for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers in 2016, with an average Metacritic score of 74.1 and a combined retail price (current price, through the PlayStation Store) of $1,150.79. These questions may shed light on where these free games programs are headed are headed, particularly as the previous console generation ages. To that, however, we’ve added a few more questions: How old is the game? and Did Sony also publish it? Did these appear earlier on Xbox Live Games With Gold?
We’ll try to answer that question this year as we have before. Were they any good? What would they cost otherwise? In short, what do the numbers say about the value of this PlayStation Plus benefit? On Wednesday, PlayStation announced the last batch of free games to PlayStation Plus subscribers for December, bringing to 72 the number of titles it offered in 2016.