Calling all PS Plus members. Boy, have we got a little treat to share with you today! To celebrate the launch of God of War: Ascension next month, we have managed to secure God of War 1 HD for our PlayStation Plus members to download and keep for as long as you are a member, at no extra cost!
There is a little catch though – it’s only available for two weeks from today, Wednesday 27th February, so make sure you grab it while you can as once it’s gone, it’s gone.
Like I said, we wanted to give this classic PS2 title away to celebrate the upcoming launch of God of War: Ascension, its immediate prequel. Ascension is a riveting, visceral experience that tells the dark past of our hero Kratos. The story will enthral you with epic, brutal and gloriously over-the-top action, retaining the signature gameplay of this storied franchise in a fully-fledged single-player campaign.
But that’s not all. For the first time, you can now take the larger-than-life God of War combat online with our new solo and team-based multiplayer experience.
God of War: Ascension standard and collector’s editions are available now for pre-order but to get you in the mood make sure you take advantage of this exclusive Plus giveaway from 27th February.
If you are not currently a Plus member, visit our PlayStation Plus site to find out more about the service. Here you’ll learn all you need to know about the Instant Game Collection, which gives members access to at least 14 games at any one time and over 65 games across the course of a 12 month subscription – all for a one-off payment of just £39.99/€49.99.
Remember, if you’ve not got access to your PS3 or PS Vita then you can also buy through our online store.
















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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 3:48 pm by Bloodlust_1138
Nice PS+ Bonus I got a PS Vita Just recently so now it really pays off to have it. However, I already own the first collection, I won it from you guys, which was awesome!
Any chance of getting collection 2 for free or discount?
Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 3:55 pm by Chris Howe
Look out for a blog post next week
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 4:01 pm by antmarques
AWESOME! Any news on GOW Saga over here in Europe? Thanks PS Team!!!
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 4:06 pm by Demoplay86
Please Chris. I understand you’re rather swamped but i’ve been asking some of these questions for months.
Love the update and appreciate it immensely but can we in AU please get more PSX releases? In particular – World of Mana, Breath of Fire IV, Chrono Trigger, Xenogears and Suikoden 1 and 2? Other countries have had them for years =(
Also, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Acceleration of Suguri X-Edition, Counterstrike: GO, Arcana Heat 3, Derrick the Deathfin, Legasista, Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon or Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Decade Duels Plus? Any news on any of these?
And finally, Castle Crashers/Scott Pilgrim DLC? Will they ever come to Au? The Behemoth says it’s up to Sony.
Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 4:54 pm by Chris Howe
I will look into this but it may take some time
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 4:15 pm by true_kejsi
free GOW? …not bad
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 4:36 pm by SHRAD
And as usual not available in Switzerland. Thank you Sony.
Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 4:54 pm by Chris Howe
This should be available in Switzerland, I checked my internal system and it said it is
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 4:57 pm by Lance_87
Hey Chris, any chance to see the Deimos Skin for God of War III finally released in the Store? All the redeemable codes from Ghost of Sparta for the PSP should be expired by now, it’s no longer obtainable.
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 5:04 pm by tonyXjini
yay! a god of war for free!… wait… ps3 only…
i just can’t get it… why slapping the face of the vita players…
i got a vita and i’m a ps+ member… please try to consider the tiny chance that not every one that play on the vita also have a ps3… because it’s not a console and it’s remote… the vita have feelings too
^^”
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 5:33 pm by Miro33no
And I was just about to get retail collection
Well, seems like I ll get the second one as digital and only 2. Collection and GOW3 as retail (since I have first two on my PS2
) Thanks for this awesome gift guys
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 5:41 pm by DoYouLikeMyID
WOW! What a nice bonus!
I’ve only played:
God Of War: Chains Of Olympus HD
God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta HD
God Of War III
So playing the first game will be great! Thanks!
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 6:38 pm by JediFish_2012
I literally just bought the collection
. Ah well, great job PS Plus team!
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 6:45 pm by Xz55000
Thanks for the awesome gift! By the way, are there any plans of releasing the God of war Saga in Europe? I only played the first two on the PS2 and would like to get them all on the PS3.
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 7:25 pm by PalmtopJakku
Once again, hats off to a fantastic EU team.
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 7:44 pm by Adie_Stone
This was a very nice and welcome surprise.
Never played the first but I completed the second in about 3 hours.
Hopefully it will take me longer to finish this one.
You guys really are on the up and up with PS+ now, hopefully you can maintain this level of quality throughout the year.
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 7:57 pm by HASTE360
You guys are making are making it difficult to live up to your selfs in April arn’t you? This next few weeks is AWESOME. Thank you!
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 8:19 pm by Dessron
@Zankes: your comment (#92) made me laugh so hard). You feel you’re discriminated with what SCEE is offering you??? Man, You got Sleeping Dogs in February and you’re getting Mass Effect 3, MGS HD collection and Dead or Alive 5 in March when us, in the US Store, get nothing that awesome… I wonder which is the most discriminated store!
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 9:00 pm by nonkelvladimir
- The PS+ March announcement
- The Uncharted 3 free multiplayer (even though I understand all the downsides / not only PS+)
- Free GOW 1 digital version
= I am very happy to be a PS+ user right now! Keep up the good work guys and I really hope PS4 services will live up to this!
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 9:00 pm by another_gamer195
@ Dessron
That Can go both ways friend, personally i bought most all these plus games at launch, hence my lapsed sub, myself i would prefer US plus as the discounts, on allready much cheaper (currency UNconverted) games would suit me much, much more. for instance i noticed you’s can get San Andreas for about 3 of our ‘quids’ (unbelieavably Good), and a little game called AC3 for about another 15quid, atm.. not buying That, just example. plus loads of newer, good games for, well basically peanuts.. i guess it all depends on the type of gamer you are, true the more casual gamer (buyer) seems to have good deal with EU plus, whereas a bigger gamebuyer would benefit from US plus.. i would Jump on US plus, But don’t want hassle of fake ac. Just hope next gens store is Global.
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 9:10 pm by Golwar
@nonkelvladimir
You better shouldn’t use + – = to communicate here on the blog. It could have 2 results:
1. People could confuse you with monoliet.
2. People could get the impression that Belgians can’t communicate without those.
So be aware!
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 9:18 pm by Sp4rkyM4rk1337
I love surprises.
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 10:13 pm by vigilante_man
GOW I – Yeeeesssss!!
Never played a GOW before. What a bonus. I expect good months and also months that don’t have what I want in PS+. This is life. But over the past 9 months of my subscription I have so many games to play its untrue.
The quality is superb. I heard all the bad press from PS+ subscribers in the first 12 months so never joined. The instant game deal made up my mind for me. What a great decision on my part.
And we even get PS Vita games. Not one or the other but BOTH. It has made me decide to purchase a PS Vita today!!
SONY Europe – your game plan is working….
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 11:00 pm by QC_Mx
I want to know why don’t we have GOW, here in the US server. PSN can’t give such big title like this one on the Europe server and give us something cheep like PLANT VS ZOMBIE ON VITA !!!!! C”mon that’s ain’t right. Do something for US server or I might get my next ps+ subscription on a fake EU account.
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 11:32 pm by Dermado
QC, you get better customer service, much, MUCH cheaper prices for new and dated digital content, and discounts.
We get some random full games. I know which Id rather have.
Chris, we really need a service on par with SCEA, you cant keep hoping to distract everyone from SCEEs constant glaring flaws, why are we still paying 5-6 times what they do, for content that comes out later, and gets less content. You REALLY need to rethink things, either with a global store, or even remotely comparable store content.
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Posted on 27 February, 2013 at 11:47 pm by Carnivius_Prime
@Dermado actually the US store isn’t always the cheapest or even the first with some games. I’ve noticed quite a few cases over the last couple years where I was better off buying something on my EU account than my US one.
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Posted on 28 February, 2013 at 8:22 am by Robinworldwide
Didn’t see this one coming after the amazing lineup for March already…amazing job guys!
Just one question, will this digital version be suited for remote play on vita too?
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Posted on 28 February, 2013 at 5:57 pm by blackout_pt
Thanks a lot for the notice mate.
Any chance we get the 50% of the games of the year of 2012? I’ve check the store but there’s nothing there.
Thank you Sony, you save me a bunch of money already
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Posted on 28 February, 2013 at 7:45 pm by theskillzy
ok im just putting this out there
i would have missed this game if i didnt randomly look in the igc section …. is there any way that ps+ can mail me any updates to my playstation ? i know this would be a pain in the backside for you guys but if you could work something out like an account for ps+ that we can add then it sends mails to everyone about updates that would just be epic
im lazy for checking my emails since my hotmail account was stolen lol
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Posted on 28 February, 2013 at 10:58 pm by KnGrkM
God of War 2 will be free?
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Posted on 1 March, 2013 at 3:20 am by darknfluffy
I was so excited when I saw this post because I love god of war so much, I even pre order ascension and did the whole trivia thing for the early demo etc.. With the release of ascension coming out soon I wanted to play through all the titles but I can’t find GoW 1! I go check the store and its still $14.99… Why do only those 5 countries get it free for the next 2 weeks??
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Posted on 1 March, 2013 at 3:25 am by darknfluffy
I understand that it’s an SCEE initiative thing. But what I don’t understand is that the games are all made by Sony Santa Monica Studios, in the United States. Why didn’t it come out free for North America?
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Posted on 1 March, 2013 at 11:28 am by avfc1234
Brilliant game i was gunna download it straight away but its coming up as not available at this time any ideas?
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Posted on 1 March, 2013 at 2:04 pm by Plus-Thiago
Para Plus USA nao tem ainda free, somente trial.
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Posted on 1 March, 2013 at 2:04 pm by Plus-Thiago
To Plus USA has not yet free, only trial.
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Posted on 1 March, 2013 at 2:09 pm by Hexahedronaut
As chris would probably tell you SCEA and SCEE are to different company’s. Don’t be surprised if you don’t see this but here’s hoping you do.
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Posted on 1 March, 2013 at 3:23 pm by Dermado
Carnivus, bluntly put you are incorrect. But ok, the MAJORITY of releases come out in America sooner for cheaper. Happy? Also you get better sales and customer service. That is undeniable o_O
I sure hope SCEA DO NOT get this, or somethign better, Chris has claimed it was in place of the $10 that SCEA got, now ok the GOW HD collection isnt likely to be £5 physical, but lets face it, thats him dodging a bullet, it wasnt planned as such otherwise we would have a choice of games (which is essentially what America got o_o)
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Posted on 2 March, 2013 at 5:10 pm by wasim_syria
beautiful surprise
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Posted on 3 March, 2013 at 4:11 pm by Cr4z7WolF
Keep the good work, god of war, one of the best games ever … nice sony … very nice !!!
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Posted on 4 March, 2013 at 9:39 am by UnholyMagpye
This blog post was on my birthday so what a fantastic ‘present’…much better than the ‘virtual birthday cake’. lol
Thanks Sony. <3 xD
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Posted on 4 March, 2013 at 12:49 pm by hfbvs
Thanx a lot for the great present! GOW rocks!
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Posted on 13 March, 2013 at 5:30 pm by scotty2002
It says its free but I can’t download it?! it only says add to cart! IS GOING ON?!
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