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Free PS Plus Games For September 2017 On PS4, PS3, Vita Announced

Here's what you'll be playing for free in September if you're a Plus subscriber.

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Update: It turns out the reason that North America and Europe's PlayStation Plus lineups were so different is because the former list included the wrong games. All four games for PS3 and Vita were announced incorrectly; PS3 owners will actually get Truck Racer and Handball 16, while Vita owners receive We Are Doomed and Hatoful Boyfriend. Both Vita games support PS4 Cross-Buy. We've updated the list at the bottom of this post with the correct games. The original story follows.

With August drawing to a close, it's nearly time for the next batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers to arrive. Sony today announced what titles will be offered in North America next month, and it includes another six spread across PS4, PS3, and Vita.

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Now Playing: Free PS4/PS3/Vita PlayStation Plus Games For September 2017 Revealed

On PS4, Plus members get Strike Vector EX and Infamous: Second Son. The former is a first-person air combat game, while Second Son is the third game in the Infamous series, and the first released on PS4. It stars a new character and isn't to be confused with its spin-off, First Light, which was free through Plus back in January 2015. Additionally, from September 5 through November 7, PSVR owners will get Rigs for free.

Both of Vita's games, Hue and Sky Force Anniversary support PS4 Cross-Buy, getting players on that platform a total of five games in September. PS3 gets three games: Monster Jam Battlegrounds and Hustle Kings, as well as Sky Force Anniversary (which also features PS3 Cross-Buy).

As an added bonus on PS4, Plus members will be able to play Dead by Daylight for free from September 15-18. It will also be on sale for 30% from then until September 22. A free Neverwinter Plus pack will be available from September 16 through October 16.

Notably, this is the first month in a while that the PS Plus list for Europe differs from the one for North America; you can see Europe's free PS Plus games for September here.

The new batch of freebies arrives next Tuesday, September 5. August's free PS Plus games remain available until then; if you haven't already, you can still claim them. There are some really fun games included, such as Just Cause 3 and Downwell.

September 2017 Free PlayStation Plus Games (NA)

PS4

  • Hatoful Boyfriend
  • Infamous: Second Son
  • Rigs
  • Strike Vector Ex
  • We Are Doomed
  • Hue
  • Sky Force Anniversary

PS3

  • Handball 16
  • Truck Racer
  • Hustle Kings
  • Monster Jam Battlegrounds
  • Sky Force Anniversary

Vita

  • Hatoful Boyfriend
  • We Are Doomed
  • Hue
  • Sky Force Anniversary

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This just goes to show that its impossible to please gamers, if sony give big AAA titles they complain that they already own it, if sony gives indie games they complain that they want big AAA titles.

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@yukushi: I don't think this one is a fair assessment considering InFamous was AAA and came out when PS4 had hardly any games. It was highly rated and pretty much everyone with a PS4 bought it and already has the plat trophy for it. There isn't anything more to do in this game once you 100 percent complete it.

Now if Sony had given it away when it wasn't in clearance bins, and hardly in stores anymore, it'd probably have a lot more people who didn't buy it.

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@sargentpsgamer: er... if everybody already had it then consoles wouldn't still be selling either. The simple fact that there are hundreds of thousands of new gamers to the platform every month there's a good chance that they haven't played it, unlike the early adopters.

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@sargentpsgamer: A LOT of people don't have it, especially those who didn't buy it at launch. The game sold maybe 3 mil copies and that's it.

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@Berserk8989: 3 million copies that have circulated used sales for years now. Those sales numbers often don't include digital units either.

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I'm still waiting for god of war remastered to be a free game. Even though it's been on sale for under $5 recently. I keep missing the sale and im not paying 20$ for it.

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I guess you can't hit a home run every month, but at least Infamous is still a AAA game. The indie thing wouldn't be so bad if they offered more of the good ones, but for every Rocket League we get 20 Pogo's Little Adventures in La La Land: the total Mario rip-off edition.

Anyway, I really wish people would stop pretending I own all these famous games and I shouldn't benefit from PS+. The reality is I don't buy games just because they're popular and they often slip by be and I'm sure that's true for most people.

And while I agree indies need more spotlight, especially the good ones, and I understand the marketing principle (make more indies available and it will build a market), the reality is free AAA titles sell PS+. It's always a free big time title that makes me smile, not some indie game. I mean, Downwell was cute, but Just Cause 3 was like "OH YEAH!!!".

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@Barighm: online play sells ps+. It's a poor consumer choice to make a decision based on a random assortment of games where a triple a title is not guaranteed.

Triple A titles do find their way into households more than Indies.

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@RicanV: Who is talking about online multiplayer? We're talking about indies vs AAA titles. In that context, AAA titles sells PS+.

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@Barighm: "the reality is free AAA titles sell PS+" This is incorrect. The reality is that online multiplayer sells PS+ because it is now required for multiplayer.


Even when it wasn't required the benefit of PS+ were the bonus games whether or not they were triple A. Sony never stated that triple A titles would be a continued staple.

Take a look at the beginning offerings of PS+:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Instant_Game_Collection_games_(North_America)

how many are triple A? No consumer should be basing their PS+ decision on free aaa titles because it was never a constant and never promised.

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good for europe giving child of light...simply amazing game!

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@games2525: It's not that good.

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Goddamnit! I already own infamous second son. Sony shouldn't offer exclusive titles as majority already own it. Just offer good multiplats like in august it was just cause 3.

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@hrv_25: Oh get over it whiny brat.

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@taylor_sparks: not your concern.

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@taylor_sparks: i recently bought PS4 and am happy they are giving away inFamous i was gonna buy it, was just waiting for it to be put on sale.

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@haris4real: Looks like you got lucky man!

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Prefer some of the titles on this list to the ones we're getting in the EU. We're getting That's You... Again

inFAMOUS: Second Son (PS4)

Child of Light (PS4)

RIGS: Mechanised Combat League (PS4 bonus title – PS VR required)

That’s You (PS4 bonus title)

Truck Racer (PS3)

Handball 2016 (PS3)

We Are Doomed (PS Vita & PS4)

Hatoful Boyfriend (PS4 & PS Vita)

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@derek: Actually, I like your list better.

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@derek: :(

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Welp. I actually forgot that I got Second Son for cheap a good while back that's still in the wrap.

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InFamous Second Son alone makes this september amazing.

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Infamous SS was really good, i had a lot of fun on my evil playthrough.

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pretty bad month for both xbox and ps4 this month. only thing of any interest on either for me is oxenfree as i heard its pretty decent. other than that the other big games forza 5 and infamous are both almost 4 years old and to be honest neither are brilliant games anyway.

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@xnshd: Forza 5? Huh?

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@aross2004: im talking about both consoles xbox and ps4.

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@xnshd: Oxenfree is a 2D walking simulator. Don't mean to sound negative but I've played a few of these types of games now that were supposedly really good and I was disappointed every time. Sure, the stories are great, but that's not why I game.

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@Barighm: not saying im gonna like it just heard good things and i like stories in games not everything in a game has to be pew pew shooty bang bang for me.

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Awesome month

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Trouble with offering the well known titles is that the majority already have them.

I was in favor of the previous lesser known/indie title route (although in the minority).

Now we'll just get games everyone has and its essentially a waste of a spot.

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@RicanV: Meh, this could be a one off or they could be starting to add 1 well known game and 2 Indie games. Who knows. But I agree it does suck when everyone is all "Yeah, what a great looking month." And I"m all, "Yeah, I've already played those games."

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Another nice month unfortunately I got Infamous Second Son packaged with my PS4 though. Next month they gotta give away Knack cmon haha.

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@gamingdevil800: I think they already did Knack.

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If you don't already have Infamous:SS, I highly recommend it.

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Goddamn it. The only one that interest me I already own.

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@ibonedyourmom: Same here

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Finally!

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I found Infamous Second Son a lot of fun even though many said it was the weakest in the franchise. Except for one particular boss fight that is. That one almost caused a DualShock shaped hole to appear in my TV.

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I played the game on Hard and didnt find any of the bosses difficult, died a few times during the last fight but it was still far easier than most bosses from Souls games.

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@bdrtfm: I'm curious, which one was it? Cause the one that almost triggered me was the last boss fight

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@rcn117: Funny enough, I found the final boss fight hard but not unfairly so. It was He Who Dwells which gave me a lot of trouble. I don't like to watch how-to videos for boss battles so, had to figure him out the hard way. I wasn't expecting him to be so difficult considering he wasn't the final boss.

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@bdrtfm: Had to YouTube real quick because it's been a while since I played it but yeah I remember that horse shit lol

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