Part of September’s big PlayStation Plus update has leaked – and it’s looking like another killer month for Sony’s subscription service. An errant Facebook advert has hinted that the headliners on the PlayStation 4 may be open world superhero sequel inFAMOUS: Second Son and whimsical role-playing release Child of Light – two highly recommended games.
The platform holder’s expected to announce the full roster of free software tomorrow, so we won’t have long to learn whether this rumour is accurate or not – but it sure looks legit to us. Would you be happy with those two titles at all? Showcase your concrete powers in the comments section below.
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I hope it's not SS I already platinumed it
Would make sense, but I hope not, because I've already beaten second son
I can hear complaints already.😪
"Infamous Second Son is REALLY old and Child of Light is just some dumb indie game."
It is true, those are the game but no idea what are the others. ( Inside info since yesterday night )
@itshoggie it is SS, they alrady gave First light
@itshoggie Well this is the problem when people get the AAA titles they've been whining about. There's a good chance you may already own/have rented them.
I have bought I: SS from PS store and platinumed it but nevertheless, it's a great game for anyone who hasn't played it.
Child of Light sounds good too. I have played it for half an hour or so when it came out but I never owned it. Solid choices.
I'd certainly download ss as sold my copy after getting the platinum just after launch. I'd like to see the pro enhancements, but may need another year or 2 break as don't often go back. But loved the game never the less
I hope not. I own both.
I could see this being true though. They are currently running a fancy new PS+ add over on twitch & YouTube.
@get2sammyb Simple solution: Make TLOU2 a September PS+ game!
@Octane Great idea!
I know, I should work for Sony
@get2sammyb ah, I know! I'm just being greedy, it's a great game would just prefer a game I haven't played yet.
I hope not as a large percentage of people have already platted I:SS. It was my first PS4 plat, as it was for many! I own but have yet to play Child of Light which almost guarantees that'll be one of the titles. Hahaha
You should really stop calling it "free" software. It's not free if you're paying for it.
@Sinton
It's a free license to access software while you maintain a Plus subscription. Better?
@VotesForCows seriously, I loved the demo and have been thinking about getting the game alot!
@Sinton
Let's not get all technical here.
i keep seeing Second Son on sales but i never end up getting it but if it's free next month i think i will
@get2sammyb exactly!!!! If I'm interested in a game whether triple aaa or indie I buy it I don't wait years praying it comes to plus
@dazzlerJJD iirc child of light is Ubisoft no?
Always people complaining that they already have one of the free games. Well as they're old games some people will have already bought them.
Personally, I haven't got round to getting Second Son so I'd be well chuffed 👍
@lacerz Not really. The license is part of the price, in fact it's probably most of the price at this point.
Wouldnt be surprised if this was true, and infamous first light has already been given away so will complete the experience for people.
I would be disappointed if it was correct though. Currently playing second son (love it) and finished child of light a while ago on vita.
Still you cant win every month Both are great games and if people havent played them they are in for a treat. It would be a great month from an igc position.
As CoL wasnt cross-buy from memory, hopefully that means something different (and good) on vita this month!
InFamous: Second Son is one of my favs it's a great game and every PS owner should give it a go plus I always wanted to get Child of Light. Hope the rumors are true.
@Sinton well to be fair none of these things are not even Games with Gold that MS do because you still need to pay for Gold to get them
although at least on that you get to keep the 360 games if your Gold runs out (you don't keep the XB1 games though)
@FullbringIchigo I'm not blaming the system. I'm just pointing out that these games are in no way, shape or form "free". There's a reason Sony never calls them free games.
Good news for those who haven't played SS. It came out pretty early in the console cycle so I'm sure there are a LOT of people who didn't play it.
Child of light I don't really care about, but is apparently good? Don't see any reason to bother what with Destiny 2 and my continuing Souls addiction.
Child of Light is good crack, although the rhyming gets old pretty quick. Shouldn't have bothered with that. A sequel would be lovely.
Second Son.. not really a game I've ever wanted but I'll give it a go. I thought First Light was a bit average.
I had child of light for Vita, but I don't own Vita anymore. Had kinda forgot about it but pretty fun, I guess it wasn't a crossbuy.
Loved second son. Don't even mind that I've platted it. May go back for another run - may trade in my physical copy if so.
I was always interested in child of light, so I would be down for that.
Really hope this rumour is true. I don't have either and would play both, especially Child of Light.
@Sinton oh true none of them are "free", i would say they are more like "access pass" £40-£50 a year and you have unlimited access to select games
@Mega-Gazz yeah it's Ubisoft but the people complaining don't do any research. They judge a game purely by how it looks.
This is a decent line up if true. I haven't played Child of Light so I'd definitely be in for that
I'd be dead happy with Second Son. Not played it, and I like the idea of single-player games (like Just Cause 3, too) coming to the fore so I always have something to turn to if I'm indecisive .
Excellent line up if true!Unfortunately I have played them both years ago but at least it will be less games to throw onto my backlog
I would love if child of light is for the vita 😀 i love playing games on the go i prefer the vita over the ps4 ( i have both) but ps4 is the one getting all the AAA games so...😢 well i do import tons of japan subtitled games for the vita, but have yet to bought child of light
Not interested in Child of Light, and already have Second Son... which despite being the prettiest of the series is also (in my personal opinion) the weakest.
I'm not one to complain about what they offer each month with Plus, but now that you need it for online play, and with the impending price increase, I feel they really need to change up the format to provide options for people who already have or don't want the games. The value of a subscription varies wildly from person to person. They could at least give the option of a couple of movie rentals each month... and I mean any movie on the store, not a pre-selected few.
@Octane i can get behind this idea lol
Damn... Good options!
@Sinton
Truth be told, you don't own any of the software. You get a perpetual license that is revocable.
Child of Light is amazing, I have for both Vita and PS4...
@lacerz Then they better come to my house and pick up my 60 plus game discs.
I own neither so this sounds like a pretty fantastic month to me if true.
@Sinton
Well it is free, since a month ago you had to pay for it.
Well I own both of those. I have platinumed Infamous Second Son (easily done and well worth picking up if it turns out to be true) but I do think Delsin is nowhere near as interesting as Cole and the game looks great but also feels very short too. I think I platinumed it in a few days or so.
I really didn't like Child of Light. The art style is ok and the 'dialogue' isn't to bad - at least at first but I did get bored of that very quickly. The game is a pretty average 2D Platformer with turn based combat. It does have some minor RPG elements and meet some characters on the way to join you in your quest - well combat anyway as they only appear when you bump into an enemy. Its typically pretentious but there are definitely worse games.
If this does turn out to be the this months offerings, even though I see no point myself in downloading, it a 'good' month and it gives me optimism for the IGC standards in the future. I may download Infamous though as I think I deleted it from my HD and I haven't had the inclination to re-install to check out the HDR and/or high frame rate options on the Pro.
For newbies to the generation or anyone that missed out on Infamous, especially the PS3 era, I:2ndSon is still recommended. Visually its impressive and its quite good fun whilst it lasts. It did feel quite short compared to the PS3 games and not quite so 'dark' either and, if you have a Pro, one of the 'enhanced' exclusives too.
As I said, I own both, CoL on XB1 when it was given away as a GwG, and whilst it would be mildly disappointing because I own both, its great to see that Sony are offering 'bigger' games at last and giving me more optimism and anticipation for October. its not like I won't have games to play in the next few months...
@FaultyDroid If you have to pay for something to be free, it's not free.
I own Child of Light great, I think Infamous I beat but don't own so awesome!
It's probably true unfortunately for me, I have platinum for Second Son and I've spent some time in Child of Light (stopped playing when something else came up)
Here's hope that the rest of the games are awesome too
It must be true cause I have both.
SS was my first PS4 plat and I never touched CoL.
@Octane
No, it should be Knack 2. You get the demo today and it fully unlocks when the Plus games hit.
@Kidfried
I played SS first and I disliked First Light. Delsin has more powers, the city feels more alive and you have more sidequests and trophies. Turf is bigger too.
Own both and absolutely loved them.
Hope that's not the case because I've received games that I've bought one too many times recently. Not Sony's fault, of course. It just kind o of sucks for me.
My only obligatory selfish complaint is that Child of Light actually has cross-buy... between PS3 and PS4 but not Vita. And frankly, if Tearaway Unfolded giveaway made me somewhat hesitant about a repurchase due to the PS4 port's reported extra content, I don't see any info suggesting notable version differences here. So this one may serve as a mere full-sized demo before I get the game on Vita (or it's ported to Switch, whichever happens first). But speaking of demos, I've already tried the Vita one and the game has been on my wishlist since. A rare PS Store item I was tempted to buy physically, but my wallet missed out on the one special edition package I've ever seen in Minsk. All the aforesaid fanbrained whining aside, it's a delicious offering in itself.
And InFamous 2 as well, huh? Another game I find it hard to binge myself up to since the prequel is stuck on PS3, but I dared to wish for more open world games last week and voila! It would be extra ungrateful to look the gift horse in the mouth. And as with Just Cause 3 (which has yet to stutter on me, by the way - guess the rumoured woes have been long patched away) and Freedom Cry this month, you bet I will at least try it and fool around therein a bit. XD
Now to wait and see what more games I will be able to play on Vita next month as well (and what more games I won't be able to play on PS3 unless they're cross-buy as well XD).
@dazzlerJJD I certainly wouldn't put it past complainers to label Ubisoft "an indie developer" at this point. XD
@Sinton call it "a loan service discounted to the moon and back", then. At least going by the total price of IGC updates during any given subscription period.
@nhSnork I'd love to continue this argument, but Netflix just added another free movie, so I'm off.
Second son looks absolutely insane in ultra hd with hdr.
And I mean absolutely insane.
@nhSnork second son is an absolute beauty on the pro. The games pretty easy but really really fun.
@Sinton is right the games arent free.
But just cause 3, dont die mr robot and child of light this month practically pay the yearly fee outright over the last 3 months. so yes we are paying for the games but psplus is still a bargain.
@nhSnork You don't need to play the previous InFamous games to play or enjoy Second Son. I never played them them (owned a 360 last gen) and I enjoyed it alot. The only thing they have in common is the themes and the world it's set in.
By some odd coincidence, Second Son was the first game I played on my original PS4, and the first game I played on my Pro. Definitely looks great on both!
That would be terrible actually. 95% of people interested have played both.
That would be ideal, since I've never played an infamous game!
I really hope this is true because I have been waiting for Second son to be PS+ game,Waiting all this time,believing that the service will come through for me again....
Now if we can just get Knack....
Oh and I'd like to play Child of light too.
@VotesForCows Child Of Light is actually fun as hell to play (at least to me it was). Got the Ultimate Edition on Xbox One. Will buy again for Playstation 4.
Wasn't Child of Light already a PS Plus game? I have it and I don't remember buying it. That means nothing, 'cause I forget stuff I've bought all the time. But I really thought I got that one through Plus.
Either way, both are pretty good.
@johncalmc Nope it was never a Plus game. It has been on sale several times though including a few flash sales.
Noo I already have and finished both, bought ps4 with ss and bought child of light on the first day.
Both are good games, if it's true good job sony
@Sinton €5 a month is a massive amount of cash with the online gaming included.....
I hope it's the Vita version of Child of Light, already got the PS3/PS4 versions.
@Flaming_Kaiser No it isn't it, but it's $5 more than "free".
@Tasuki Looks like I can add that to the list of games I can't even remember buying.
@Sinton So servers dont need to be fixed, electricity is free the people there get no money for there work?
@ohhaime To be fair i bought Knack and i found it less fun then a lot of free Indies then i got. It really shows that it is a launch game and i dont think its a good advert for Knack 2.
sigh If I didn't play online at all I would honestly cancel my sub... Whatever then.
Infamous SS was a pretty lousy game.Hopefully Child of Light will be ok.
@Flaming_Kaiser I'm not sure what you're arguing here. Are you saying that everything in this world (PlayStation Plus included) is "free", since you're paying for something that's worth it? Or are you saying that PlayStation Plus is not "free", but it's worth paying for?
@dazzlerJJD More like: Nearly every PS4 owner that cares about inFamous, already owns Second Son. Its not some old hidden gem. This makes it nearly worthless as a free title. You might catch a few people that were thinking about playing it but got busy elsewhere, but its pretty much a staple of the PS4. Giving us titles that the majority of those interested, likely already own, is not actually giving us anything.
The indie title is better because its one that most people will likely not have bought (its digital only, and an indie to boot).
A-meh-zing.
@lacerz If the licenses were free, I wouldn't maintain a Plus subscription. I don't play games that require Plus for online, so if the Plus games are bad or really old like in this case, that's just a wasted subscription fee for that month. You hear that? Wasted money. It's not free!
@johncalmc Don't worry bud, it's happen all to many times to me too. Not sure if it just means I buy to many games or if I am getting old and starting to forget things lol.
@Mahe @Flaming_Kaiser @Sinton Ok guys that's enough the article isn't about if you thinK PS+ is free or not it's about what games may or may not be free. This is a case of agreeing to disagree. Let's stick to the article at hand instead of derailing it. If you want to discuss whether ot not PS+ is free you can always start a thread in the forum section.
Thanks for understanding
@Tasuki While I see no point in discussing this further, this is a discussion about the article at hand, namely that Push Square keeps calling PlayStation Plus games "free games".
Man this year has been poop for me on PS+ as I sold my PS3 and Vita so get less value than I used to but also I've literally owned most PS4 games already. Will be the same with Infamous and CoL if true too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg32SGu_jvo
Confirmed now....
OK anymore derailing of this comment section will earn a person a vacation from the site. Again the article is not about wether the games are free or not if you want to discuss this creates a thread in the forums.
Thank you.
@Tasuki I've seen much more unrelated talk on many other articles that haven't been moderated. What makes this article so special?
Also why was my comment regarding PS+ deleted while others remain?
@Dodoo I didn't just delete yours but a few others as well. It was removed because a few of you choose to ignore my warning. This will be the last of it now please let's keep to the article.
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