Well this is weird. For the first time in years, next month's PlayStation Plus selection will differ between North America and Europe. North American subscribers can look forward to ABZU and Tales from the Borderlands on PlayStation 4, while European users get Alienation instead of ABZU. Yep, definitely weird.
Meanwhile, both regions nab Type:Rider and Laser Disco Defenders on Vita as well as PS4 via cross-buy. PlayStation 3 gets Blood Knights and Port Royal 3.
And there you have it: your PlayStation Plus games for May 2017. What do you reckon? Complain about the overseas selection in the comments section below.
[source blog.us.playstation.com, via blog.eu.playstation.com]
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Is it going to be all episodes from Tales from the Borderlands?
It has always been like this for Asian PS+
@icarusdreams Yep.
Would of preferred Abzu tbh. But wasn't Aliennation already a plus title before?
Heard so many great things about Tales of the Borderlands so I'm definitely excited for that! ABZU would have been amazing for those that haven't got it already, but I do, so not particularly bothered. Not sure I'll play Alienation though.
Wow, some good games there. Really wanted to try out alienation, oh well. Weird that they split it up.
I loved Tales from the Borderlands when I played it. So needs a second season.
@itshoggie No it wasn't mate.
Already got the two PS4 games but their both really solid. Alienation (while not Housemarque's best) is decent and Tales from the Borderlands is TellTale's best game so far.
And I already own both of the titles for PS4. Hopefully, there's some good Plus Deals throughout May to tide me over...how about another Plus PS2 Deal???
Abzu is a great game just not one I'll play again.
Nooooo, been hoping for Alienation for a while and it finally comes out but not in my region ....😩
I'm happy with that. Meant to give alienation a go.
Like everyone I think I have played and got the platinum Tales great game but glad to have Alienation was going to buy that a few weeks back glad I waited
also blood knights is the kind of game I like any idea how big of an rpg it is
Already have Alienation, great game, i'll look forward to Tales's from the Borderland's as well.
Boo! In the last sale I bought Aliennation, but also came close to buying Abzu!
Good lineup.
Wow that's weird. I just started abzu from GameFly, but I was so enamored with persona 5 that I couldn't play it before I had to send it back. I'll give it a second chance later.
Great games for both sides. I would have been happy with either game. I never heard of Aliennation but after taking a look at it, it looks really cool. I'll settle for ABZU and maybe pickup Aliennation at a later date.
@itshoggie that was Helldivers. Same difference, really. Still looking forward to it, though.
A good month for me.
Just a question. I don't have played any borderlands game before. Will this TellTale game spoil major plot points for me if I play it? As I might play Borderlands in the future.
Already bought abzu from psn discount, will try tales of borderland.
Yeah that's it
I want absu , any way i bought TFB before but Absu will be great
@Arash1996 this is the prequel of borderland if you did not played it before you can understand the story but you can't get much about it
Any way , i think this is the best of telltale game (after wolf amoung us )
Wow....first time in a loooooong time that I have both games for PS4 -.- Would much prefer Abzu that I do not own...
Oh well, good month for anyone that doesn't have the games
I would rather they let us choose 1 of 3 or so games for PS4 every month, as there's rarely more than 1 I'm interested in or don't have. ABZU this month at least!
Damn. Was hoping for Abzu!
I probably won't download Tales From The Borderlands as I'm not a TellTale fan, but the others look pretty good.
@Arash1996 no not really it's a whole new story with different characters and very unique
Alienation, nice! Dk if I'll get round to playing it like but nice too have it there if I want it, looks decent! And cba with Telltale games unless it's Game of thrones and I can't be bothered buying that either!
TFTB is the best TT have done everyone who hasn't should be having a crack at that. been told Alienation is a blinding game so I'll have a crack.
This is the first time I've ended up already owning the PS4 games. Decent month, though.
Glad I didn't pick up Abzu before. I knew it was PS+ fodder!
I looked up the other games, but they were so obscure that they're not even worth mentioning.
Oh well. I'm happy with Abzu.
Couldn't care less about Telltale Borderlands.
Type Rider.
My type is blonde, female and lets me play ps4.
Good month. I have tftb awesome game.
Bugger, I would have loved Abzu. I've already finished Tales of the Borderlands and I enjoyed it more than TWD, a great PS+ game.
Played Borderlands on ps3 and think it's telltales best game. Happy to play again on ps4 . Have abzu, so glad to get alienation instead. Game i am most looking forward to is actually laser disco defenders on Vita. Heard some good things about that one
@BowTiesAreCool ah yeah that was the one, cheers!
Ideal. Have Abzu anyway so i'll settle for Alienation.
I found Tales from the Borderlands to be excellent and Abzu was enjoyable too. Haven't played Alienation but this is one of the best months in a while.
Both good games, Abzu in particular.. Yet I already have em.
Still not renewing my Plus.
I signed up to ps plus in August last year, in all that time I think I've only bothered to download one of the available free games as they just never seem to offer anything appealing.
I think it's safe to say I won't be renewing when it expires. Instead I'll use the money for nintendos online service on my switch
That sucks. I wanted abzu! lol
Only one game for PS3 and it's not even a worthwhile one...
Nevermind @ShogunRok you forgot to add Port Royal 3 to the lineup in the article lol. xP
Well, it definitely looks better than this month's lineup, even if the PS3 lineup still looks bad (again).
Abzû is something Ive been toying with buying but sadly we got Alienation 😒
Type:Rider honestly has no appeal.
As for the Telltale game, there isnt enough money in the world that would make me want to experience that gameplay ever again 😂
I dont fully understand the purpose for the region difference though.
I will give Tales a try since it is a plus game. I played a demo of Tales about 2 years ago on my PS3 and i had problems with combat so i passed. I will give it another try as i love the 3 regular Borderlands games that i have spent a gazillion hours playing.
Despite being a Telltale fan and a Borderlands fan, I hadn't got round to Tales from the Borderlands, so I'm made up with this. There seems to be a lot of love for it on here, so I'm looking forward to it. Should hype me up for Borderlands 3 nicely.
@smythelove @pbernoos
Thanks guys! So I will definitely try this one out. I haven't been much into TellTale games lately but I got excited by your comments.
@Arash1996 me either but this one was surprisingly good. We can have that debate if this is a game because really it's watching a story w/ quick button presses/choices lol but it is just different type of game!
You forgot to mention Port Royal 3 on PS3.
Dang, I actually forgot that I really wanted Alienation.
FINALLY! It's the first time since Ground Zeroes and Valiant Hearts that I'll download a game from PS+
@smythelove I agree with you. I have enjoyed some of TellTale games and David Cage titles and I consider both types as games. Gameplay should not be neglected but not every game needs to focus on that.
Fine by me. Have abzu but not alienation. I guess now I do.
Don't ever want a telltales game on ps plus, they end up dirt cheap anyway.
Nice as ABZU looks, I certainly don't mind Alienation either, especially as it's a local co-op title. TftB might prove my cup ot tea if it doesn't spoil the mainline games. But in this lineup, I'm most curious about Type:rider - a game with quite a concept and atmosphere from the looks of it.
Nice to have a strategy game, even if Port Roayle is another PS3 exclusive. But on PS3 also lies my actual concern with this month - Blood Knights... isn't even on PS Store in Russia! Are they planning to release it in May, or is the region getting one game less than other countries? If the latter is a practice, it's a worrisome one - it could happen to a PS4 or a Vita game in the future for all I know. :/
Looking forward to play them. For Tales from the Borderlands, do I have to play BL1 and BL2 to enjoy and appreciate this? And I wonder if Alienation is in the IGC means that Housemarque will delay Nex Machina? Hmm.
@Wesker I'm the other way round, I am in Europe and bought Abzu recently so works out best. Roll of the dice I guess...
Really can't say these games appeal to me at all. I may download Alienation - just because I can but whether I bother with it or not, I don't know. Certainly won't bother with Tales from the Borderlands!!
Pretty good list. Tales From The Borderlands is fantastic, but I've played it. I'd have preferred Abzu over Alienation but I'll still play it regardless.
ABZUlutely rubbish...
Brought alienation last month 😡😡
@ShogunRok I assumed it would but just wanted to make sure before I got at all excited.
ABZU! Nice! Been wanting that!
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