Sony will make Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn free for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 console owners today.
As part of Sony’s Play at Home initiative, the first-party title will be available for free download betweenApril 19 at 8:00pm PT / April 20 04:00 BST / 05:00 CEST and May 14 at 8:00pm Pacific Time / May 15 04:00 BST / 05:00 CEST.
The free version is the Complete Edition of Horizon, which includes the Frozen Wilds expansion, various weapon and outfit packs, a digital art book andPS4theme.
As part of the Play At Home initiative, PS4 andPS5ownerscan currently claim a selection of ten PS4 indie games and PS VR titles, including Rez Infinite, Subnautica andAstro BotRescue Mission.
The free games are:
A trial of anime-focused subscription service Funimation (Wakanim in Europe) is also being offered toPlayStationusers between March 25 and April 22.
Announcing the latest giveaways in aPlayStation Blogpost last month,Sony Interactive EntertainmentCEOJim Ryansaid: “We’ll have more to share soon. We appreciate the support from the PlayStation community, and hope you enjoy our latest content drop – please stay safe and thanks for playing!”
In November 2020, Ryan suggestedSony may have an ace up its sleevein terms of replying toMicrosoft’sXboxGame Pass service, which could have been a nod to its plans to expand the Play At Home initiative.
Play At Home was revealed in April 2020, when Sony said it had been designed to promote social distancing and aid indie game developers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Journey were given away free, while a $10 million indie support fund was announced to help struggling creators.
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As part of the Play At Home initiative, PS4 and PS5 owners could alsoclaim a free digital copy of 2016’s Ratchet & Clankbefore March 31.
Asked in November if there were plans to grow the collection, which currently consists of 10 first-party games and 10 third-party ones, Ryan toldGQSony is taking a wait and see approach.
“Well, we’re going to wait and see how the world receives the Plus Collection,” he said. “You know, which games are played how much they’re played before we make any decisions about that.
“We think it’s potentially going to be a great user acquisition tool. Arguably if you never had a PS4 and you choose to buy a PS5 you basically get a PS4, right?”
