PS Plus free games for September revealed! What a month!

[A beautiful sight to see! Sony ©, Image Source: Gematsu.com]

The date is the 28th of August 2019. For most, an unrecognizable date in history. But for gamers and PlayStation Plus subscribers, we know it as the last Wednesday of the month. That can only mean one thing of course; the free games for next month will be revealed. And revealed they have! For those with a PS Plus membership on PS4, September gives us Batman: Arkham Knight (2015) and Darksiders III (2018)! Even better still is that the wait isn't long, they'll be available to download and play on the first Tuesday of the month September 3rd.


For anyone who doesn't know; when you are a subscribed member of either PlayStation Plus or Xbox Games with Gold, each month you will be given free games as part of your membership. If you cancel, those games go away but if you keep it up then you can download and delete as many times as you want. Up until March this year, PlayStation subscribers would get two games for PS4, PS3 and PS Vita but Sony stopped this in order to focus on PS4 titles alone.


Users of the service will know that it can be quite a love/hate relationship as one month the games can be fantastic but the next they'll be poor or one great and one poor etc. Here's a quick run down of the games we've received free (for PS4) this year so far;

• January: Steep and Portal Knights
• February: For Honor and Hitman: The Complete First Season
• March: The Witness and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
• April: The Surge and Conan Exiles
• May: What Remains of Edith Finch and Overcooked
• June: Borderlands: The Handsome Collection and Sonic Mania
• July: Detroit Become Human (which included Heavy Rain) and Horizon Chase Turbo
• August: Wipeout Omega Collection and Sniper Elite 4

So as you can see, a very up and down service in my opinion, however this month they have pulled it back and the offerings are two big triple A games! It's worth mentioning before we go look into these games that, if you have a PS Plus account or are looking to buy one before these new games come forward, you can still claim this months games right now. They'll be available until the new ones go up on September 3rd.


Batman Arkham Knight (2015)
The fourth (or third entry in the Arkham games, depending who you ask), Arkham Knight is the so far final entry in the franchise that propelled Batman to the forefront of superhero games (until Marvel's Spider-Man came along). While not the most highly regarded of the series, Arkham Knight is the series premier on current gen with gorgeous graphics, a rich huge open world and, If you have the extra change, a plethora of add on content that adds even more options to the already packed game.


Scarecrow has Gotham city on lockdown and Batman must find and stop him before his beloved city is lost forever. He'll have to go even deeper into who Batman is and even face his inner demons and consequences from his past. He's not alone however, as the trusty Batmobile plays a huge part in the traversal and combat in Arkham Knight. While many saw the involvement of the Batmobile as a hindrance, I enjoyed the variety of missions and creativity that the mechanic gives us as players. While I personally don't use Metacritic, the game currently sits at a 87 score on the website.


Darksiders III (2018)
Fans of the first and second games in the series will be excited to play this third instalment from Gunfire Games and what is considered the revival of the series. While it too didn't receive the highest of praise upon launch, those who did play it found enjoyment in their own ways. Further updates have made the game feel more like the previous entries in terms of gameplay, with many comparing the original build to something like Dark Souls with how its reliance on dodging and attacking.


Players take control of the third of the four horsemen of the apocalypse (or in this case horsewoman) Fury while she must traverse the war torn Earth and defeat the Seven Deadly Sins. As a fan of the series, the only reason I haven't gotten around to playing this title was purely down to lack of funding to purchase it. I was looking to get it soon but it seems PlayStation got to it first! Currently the game has a score of 64 on Metacritic; a series low but I doubt many will complain now the game has been made free.


Of the two games available, I'm most excited for Darksiders III purely because I have already played and beaten Batman: Arkham Knight and actually already own the game on my PSN account. What game are you most looking forward to and are you happy with this months PS Plus offerings?