Holiday Essentials: Huge Sony Discounts on 40+ Must-Have PSN Games

22w ago - Sony Digital Distribution Senior Manager Pierre Gravereau announced today news of huge discounts on 40+ must-have PSN games as part of their Holiday Essentials sale.

To quote: Here at PlayStation, we're gearing up for the holiday season. In the spirit of giving, we're giving you some great discounts on more than 40 titles over the next three weeks.

Each week will highlight some of the best PS3, PS Vita and PSN games available in the PlayStation Store. Featuring trippy music/racing hybrid Dyad, PS Vita side-scrolling puzzler Escape Plan, sure-to-become-classics like LittleBigPlanet 2 and Rayman Origins, plus plenty more, we've got you covered.

Starting today, you can save 30% - or up to 50% for PlayStation Plus members - on a variety of hot games, listed below.

If the lineup below isn't enough, we'll be refreshing this list with a whole new batch next week (12/24) and the following week (12/31), so stay tuned.

Here's this week's lineup:

• Catherine (Sale: $27.99, PS Plus: $19.60, Regular: $39.99)
• Counter Strike Global Offensive (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
• Dyad (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
• Escape Plan (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
• I Am Alive (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
• LittleBigPlanet 2 (Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: Free, Regular: $19.99)
• LittleBigPlanet PS Vita (Sale: $24.99, PS Plus: $17.49, Regular: $35.99)
• Magic: The Gathering - Dules of the Planeswalkers 2013 (Sale: $6.99, PS Plus: $4.90, Regular: $9.99)
• NHL 13 (Sale: $41.99, PS Plus: $29.40, Regular: $59.99)
• Rayman Origins (Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: $9.80, Regular: $19.99)
• Rayman Origins PS Vita (Sale: $20.99, PS Plus: $14.70, Regular: $29.99)
• Resident Evil 4 (Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: $9.80, Regular: $19.99)
• Retro/Grade (Sale: $6.99, PS Plus: $4.90, Regular: $9.99)
• Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition (Sale: $10.49, • PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)

All of these titles will be on sale for one week only - December 18th to December 24th - so head into the PlayStation Store before these discounts melt away.

And don't forget to check back on PSN next week (12/24) and the following week (12/31) for more great discounts on other Holiday Essentials games. Happy Holidays!