Resident Evil 7 (PS4 and PlayStation VR)
Reason: When April’s PlayStation Plus games come out, Resident Evil Village will be out for a month. Of course a new main line Resident Evil game doesn’t need any help generating hype, but it certainly wouldn’t hurt Capcom to create Resident Evil 7 free in advance to get players in the mood and ready for Resident Evil VillageAnd as you may know Resident Evil Village is a continuation of Resident Evil 7, so it makes sense to make sure everyone has played it before Resident Evil Village releases. Some may say it is foolish to make RE7 free for that Resident Evil Village since the latter will certainly cause a spike in sales of the former, but this argument forgets that Resident Evil 7 is currently four years out. Anyone who would buy the game has already done so. Finally, this also lets Sony check the PlayStation VR box, something it has been striving for more recently.
About: Set in modern rural America, set after the dramatic events of Resident Evil® 6, players experience the terror directly from a first-person perspective. Resident Evil 7 embodies the series’ signature gameplay elements of exploration and a tense atmosphere that first coined “survival horror” some twenty years ago, meanwhile, a complete overhaul of gameplay systems simultaneously propels the survival horror experience to the next level. “
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Mass Effect: Andromeda (PS4)
Reason: Mass Effect: Andromeda has a similar pitch Resident Evil 7When April’s PlayStation Plus games come out, Mass Effect: Legendary collection will be out for a month. If there was a time for it Mass Effect: Andromeda to go free on PlayStation Plus, it would be in April. Not only does EA have nothing to lose, but the game is a much better product than it was at launch, when most people were playing it. In other words, this is an opportunity for EA to undermine some of the story surrounding the game and replace it with something more positive. Meanwhile, Sony adds Mass Effect: Andromeda let them check the AAA box and it could lead to more players buying Mass Effect: Legendary Collection on PS4 via Xbox One and PC.
About: Mass Effect: Andromeda takes players to the Andromeda Galaxy, far beyond the Milky Way. There, you lead the fight for a new home in hostile territory as the Pathfinder – a leader of military-trained explorers. This is the story of the next chapter of humanity, and your choices during the game will ultimately determine humanity’s survival. “
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NieR: Automata (PS4)
Reason: “Like Resident Evil 7 and Mass Effect: Andromeda, now is the time to make NieR: Automata free. First, it is now four years old and has sold millions of copies, that is, how much more can Square Enix expect to squeeze out of this stone? Two, and more importantly, later in April, “Kidney Replicant ver.1.22474487139 …will be released, a remaster of NieR: Automata predecessor. So again, this is another chance for synergy and it would be a great last hurray for the game, which owes much of its success to its players on PS4.
About: “NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their struggle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines. Humanity has been driven from the earth by mechanical beings from another world. In a last-ditch effort to take back the planet, the Human Resistance sends a force of Android soldiers to destroy the invaders. Now a war is raging between machines and androids … A war that could soon reveal a long-forgotten truth of the world. “
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Oddworld: Soulstorm (PS5) (already confirmed)
Reason: Already confirmed.
About: Oddworld: Soulstorm represents a great visual and cinematic leap. With intelligent new mechanics and twisted new devices that enable highly explosive cunning. This is a dark parable that tells an epic tale of a volatile society pushed to its limits. “
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