October is nearly here, and we’re all getting ready to watch the leaves change while sipping toddies and wearing earth tone sweaters. But why go outside when such a great line up of games is coming to your PS3 and Vita? The games for the Playstation Plus Instant Game Collection were announced today and as usual, it’s a ton of excellent content free to download for Plus subscribers.
October will see the massively epic RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning bring its 100+ hours of gameplay to the PS3. The beautiful HD remake of Shadow of the Colossus will also be part of the deal, bringing it’s exploration and giant battling to Plus user gratis. Poker Night 2 probably isn’t a big motivator for most folks, but it’s a fun addition especially since GLaDOS is the dealer and a host of characters from gaming and pop culture are the players (including Brock Samson from Venture Brothers, and EvilDead’s Ash!).
Finally the PS3 will see the cult indie hit, Hotline Miami. The bloody top down shooter will be available for both Sony’s home console and it’s PS Vita handheld. And that’s not all the love the Vita gets either! The excellent side scrolling shooter Sine Mora’s Vita incarnation will be free too!
Phew! That’s a pretty sweet haul! Fore more info, Sony’s announcement is below:
October PlayStation Plus Preview
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PS3)
PlayStation Plus: October Preview
Free for PS Plus members, Regular Price: $19.99
Immerse yourself in an all-new massive universe from the minds of bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, world-renowned artist Todd McFarlane, and legendary game designer Ken Rolston. Choose your path and battle through a sprawling master-crafted world featuring some of the most intense, responsive, and customizable RPG combat ever.Shadow of the Colossus (PS3)
PlayStation Plus: October Preview
Free for PS Plus members, Regular Price: $19.99
Experience a majestic journey through ancient lands, on a quest to bring a girl back to life. The only way to save her is to slay sixteen Colossi. Explore expansive landscapes and seek out each gigantic beast in its own natural habitat. Armed with only a sword, a bow, each Colossus presents a unique challenge to test your wits, determination, and skill.Poker Night 2 (PS3)
PlayStation Plus: October Preview
Free for PS Plus members, Regular Price: $9.99
The chips are down and the ante is up in this sentence already bursting with poker clichés! Take the fifth seat in Poker Night 2, at a table featuring Claptrap (Borderlands 2), Brock Samson (The Venture Bros.), Ash (Army of Darkness) and Sam (Sam and Max series). Your dealer is GLaDOS (Portal), but at no point will you be considered as a candidate for a visit to Aperture Science’s Enrichment Center. Unless you lose.Hotline Miami (PS Vita/PS3, Cross-Buy)
PlayStation Plus: October Preview
Free for PS Plus members, Regular Price: $9.99
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat. Set in an alternative 1989 Miami, you will assume the role of a mysterious antihero on a murderous rampage against the shady underworld at the behest of voices on your answering machine.Sine Mora (PS Vita)
PlayStation Plus: October Preview
Free for PS Plus members, Regular Price: $9.99
SINE MORA is a horizontal shoot’em up that provides a unique take on challenge, where time is the ultimate factor. Mixing classic shooter sensibilities with contemporary presentation, SINE MORA is a gorgeous shmup that offers a Story Mode that weaves an over-the-top tale and an Arcade Mode that provides deep, satisfying gameplay to challenge fans of the genre. With many ways to manipulate time, SINE MORA features over 60 weapon combinations to complete each beautiful stage that form fits to the player’s skills with scaling difficulty.
[Via: Playstation]