You won’t need a PlayStation Plus account to redeem it
If the Play At Home program sounds familiar, you probably grabbed free copies ofUncharted: The Nathan Drake CollectionandJourneylast year. Sony is planning another at-home giveaway for 2021, only this time, it’ll be “a series of free games and entertainment offers.” First up?Ratchet & Clank.
The 2016Ratchet & Clankfor PlayStation 4 will be free to claim – and permanently keep – if you show up betweenMarch 1at 8:00 pm Pacific andMarch 31at 8:00 pm Pacific. You’ve got a whole month!
It’s by no means the fan-favorite entry, and I wish Sony would bring the entire slate ofRatchet & Clankgames forward to PS4/PS5 for anyone looking to check out or revisit the series beforeRift Apartdrops in June. That said, having recently gone back for the platinum trophy, it’s an enjoyable collectible-chasing platformer-shooter, one you can jump into as a newbie. And it’s gorgeous, even today.
“What we outlined today is just the beginning of what’s in store for Play At Home,” Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan noted on thePlayStation Blog. “In the coming weeks, we’ll share more details on free games and entertainment offers dropping for our PlayStation community.”
Ryan promised “four months of offers” for Play At Home, so there’s plenty of room for speculation.
It’d be cool to see pretty much any of Housemarque’s arcade hits go free-to-keep to coincide withReturnal. More realistically though, I wouldn’t be surprised to seeHorizon Zero Dawnpop up. The game’s current Complete Edition is $20 on the PlayStation Store – the same price asRatchet & Clank.
