{"id":18781,"date":"2015-04-02T21:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/?p=18781"},"modified":"2015-04-02T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T21:51:15","slug":"free-playstation-plus-games-april-dishonored-killzone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/bens-bytes\/free-playstation-plus-games-april-dishonored-killzone\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Playstation Plus Games for April: Dishonored, Killzone and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Sony has announced this month&#8217;s lineup of free games for Playstation Plus members. Unlike in past months, these games won&#8217;t be free until April 6, when the Playstation Store updates. As is common, however, there&#8217;s a fine mix of genres, old classics and new arrivals, though the limited number of cross-buy offerings might prove disappointing to a few. Without further ado, here they are:<\/p>\n<h2>Tower of Guns (PS4, PS3)<\/h2>\n<p>Since the randomly generated, brutally difficult games of the roguelike genre starting hitting an all-time level of popularity a couple years ago, many indie developers have striven to translate those ideas into the first-person shooter mold. Most have failed, and none of accomplished a feat\u00a0of success on the same plane as, say, <i>The Binding of Isaac\u00a0<\/i>or\u00a0<em>Spelunky <\/em>(both of which have gone free on PS Plus in the past). No matter,\u00a0<em>Tower of Guns\u00a0<\/em>is going to give it a try anyway. Instead of my trying to explain it further, here&#8217;s highly descriptive trailer:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"620\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LYAQKIOIVv0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Never\u00a0Alone (PS4)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/never-alone.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18787\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/never-alone.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Never Alone\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/never-alone.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/never-alone-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/never-alone-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a game that&#8217;s actually more interesting for it&#8217;s origins and art than the gameplay they encompass.\u00a0<em>Never Alone\u00a0<\/em>was developed in conjunction with Cook Inlet Tribal Council, an organization that represents indigenous groups of Alaska, to accurately reflect the culture of the region. Education art might be a dull way to put it, but there it is. You can learn, you can platform, and you can do it all without freezing to death in the real Alaska.<\/p>\n<h2>Dishonored (PS3)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dishonored.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18786\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dishonored.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dishonored Playstation Plus April\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dishonored.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dishonored-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dishonored-1024x640.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where I drew the term &#8220;classic&#8221; from in that opening paragraph, though the game is only three years old at this point.\u00a0<em>Dishonored\u00a0<\/em>is a stealth action-adventure in the gameplay style of\u00a0<em>Thief\u00a0<\/em>mixed with the visual creativity of\u00a0<em>Bioshock<\/em>. The story isn&#8217;t nearly there, but the atmosphere works well alongside some rock-solid shooting, sneaking and power-driven mechanics.<\/p>\n<h2>Aaru&#8217;s Awakening (PS4, PS3)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"620\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bQYnUktQY_U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sporting a gorgeous hand-drawn art-style to rival that of the recent\u00a0<em>Rayman games, Aaru&#8217;s Awakening\u00a0<\/em>is a 2D platformer with a teleporting twist, wherein your wolf-like protagonists chucks a little beacon ahead of him, which he can thn teleport to on command. Frankly, it looks like a game though could start out strong but weaken after a couple hours of samey mechanics, but every once and a while a platformer of this lessened scale can surprise you.<\/p>\n<h2>Killzone Mercenary (PS Vita)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/killzone-mercenary.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18788\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/killzone-mercenary.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Killzone Mercenary PS Vita\" width=\"960\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/killzone-mercenary.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/killzone-mercenary-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The PS Vita sports a range of processing power of which very few games take advantage.\u00a0<em>Killzone Mercenary\u00a0<\/em>is one of the few that does, pumping that little device for all its worth and providing arguably the best AAA game on the system. It&#8217;s got some great online multiplayer modes as well, mirroring a similar ambition\u00a0of its console big brothers.<\/p>\n<h2>MonsterBag (PS Vita)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"620\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cmzKpw41PGU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A quick purview of the trailers associated with this game and I&#8217;ve come to one conclusion: nobody will know what it&#8217;s\u00a0about until they play it. Apparently it&#8217;s\u00a0a puzzle game, and puzzled I was as images of adorable creatures being impaled crossed my screen. At least there&#8217;s mystery in it.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;ll do it for Playstation Plus in the month of April. If you want the official word, head over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2015\/03\/31\/ps-plus-free-games-for-april-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Playstation Blog post<\/a> on the matter. Or you could just watch the conveniently placed video below, which highlights all five games available this month. And, if you serve the dark side of the force, you can check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/bens-bytes\/games-gold-free-xbox-games-april-2015\/\">Games with Gold free April<\/a> offerings for Xbox Live Gold members. For my money, Microsoft has the better line-up this month, spanning a far more impressive history of AAA cross-platform titles from the last generation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"620\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CsVxu_LDGuU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has announced this month&#8217;s lineup of free games for Playstation Plus members. Unlike in past months, these games won&#8217;t be free until April 6, when the Playstation Store updates. As is common, however, there&#8217;s a fine mix of genres, old classics and new arrivals, though the limited number of cross-buy offerings might prove disappointing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":18787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1292,401],"class_list":["post-18781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bens-bytes","tag-playstation-plus","tag-ps4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18781"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18796,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18781\/revisions\/18796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}