Sony Announces Free PS3 Downloads Coming to PlayStation Plus

[PS3 News]

Sony PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen has announced today that free PS3 and PSP downloads are coming to PlayStation Plus, including Bloons, Burn Zombie Burn, and Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee.

To quote: The fall season is notoriously known as a busy time for gamers. With games like http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/ and http://www.spartansstandtall.com/?United%20States releasing in the next month, PlayStation Plus gives gamers an opportunity to revisit some other PlayStation classics. Check out the upcoming items below and happy gaming!

PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive free downloads for Bloons, the highly addictive flash game turned minis, http://www.burnzombieburn.com/ and http://www.oddworld.com/games/ow_abeodd.shtml.

Finally, any PlayStation Home visitors looking for PlayStation Plus items? After you have downloaded Burn Zombie Burn, be sure to check out the free Burn Zombie Burn Home item.

As always, a quick friendly reminder to check out the free downloads of Echoes - minis, Zen Pinball, and http://www.syphon-filter3.com/, which will be pulled off of the PlayStation Plus section on October 19.

Also, look for the new PlayStation Plus membership cards in a store near you! The new PlayStation Plus cards bring all of the subscription benefits to your fingertips quickly and easily and provide access to the special discounts, automatic downloads, full game trials and exclusive content available to PlayStation Plus members.

The cards will be available this month at http://www.target.com/, http://www.gamestop.com/, http://www.walmart.com/ and http://www.bestbuy.com/. The new PlayStation Plus cards make a great gift for the holidays and are available in designations of $17.99 (3 month membership) and $49.99 (1-year membership).

PlayStation Plus Highlights for 10/19:

Free Games

- Burn Zombie Burn
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PS One Classic)
- Bloons - minis

Discounted Games

- Everyday Shooter (50% off)
- Everyday Shooter (PSP Game) (50% off)
- Shienryu (Japanese PS1 Imports) (50% off)
- Tall Unlimited (Japanese PS1 Imports) (50% off)

Free Themes

- Killzone 3 Theme
- Wise Father Theme

Last Chance, Get Them While You Can - Coming down on October 19th:

Free Offers to PlayStation Plus Subscribers

- Echoes - minis
- Zen Pinball
- Syphon Filter 3 (PS one Classic)
- Shades of Autumn Theme

Discount Offers to PlayStation Plus Subscribers

- Cuboid (50% off)
- LittleBigPlanet: Monsters Costume Pack (50% off)
- Savage Moon (50% off)
- Alien Breed: Impact (25% off)


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[finneus]

I'd be willing to bet that this is the one thing Sony can think of to give pirates an incentive to upgrade their console. Eh?

[mortemafia]

Considering they can probably look at the active members and see the only 1/3 are still playing online. The rest jail-broke their systems haha.