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...