PlayStation Plus' October 2017 Free Games Lineup (All Regions)

October's free games for PlayStation Plus Subscribers..

US PSN

Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain (PS4)

Amnesia Collection (PS4)

Monster Jam Battlegrounds (PS3)

Hustle Kings (PS3)

Hue (PS Vita, Cross Buy with PS4)

Sky Force Anniversary (PS Vita, Cross Buy with PS4)

SDCC 2016: Gecco - Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, Metal Gear Solid V

And the updates continue..

Gecco had a good mix of 1/6 Statues from several games. A nice scale for me for statues in terms of gaming characters that I'm not such a huge fan of, but would still like to have because I enjoyed the games.

Bloodborne

Some pics of the Hunter statue that was released some time back..

This is something I like, even though I have heard mixed reviews about it. Comes at a price, so I have put it on hold until I finish playing the game to see if I would enjoy it as much as I think I would.

Extra accessories were promised for this and here they are..

Also shown was the unpainted prototype of the next statue from Bloodborne, Doll.

Not sure who this character is, but that's some creepy shit to have around the house..

Dark Souls 3

Haven't touched the Souls games either, gonna see if I can manage Bloodborne first before I try the tougher Souls games.

Will end this post with a few Metal Gear Solid V pics..

Source: ToyArk

---

PlayAsia Weekly Sales - 12 July 2016

Some big deals this week on PlayAsia!

The Dead Island:Definitive Edition is on sale, at just US$17.99 (~SGD$25) for both consoles. Been wanting to get this and this is a really nice price. Anyone else interested in playing co-op on the PS4, just let me know!

The Definitive Collection includes both Dead Island, the expansion Dead Island:Riptide as well as the Dead Island: Retro Revenge game.



Click the affiliate links below to purchase:

Dead Island: Definitive Collection (PS4)
Dead Island: Definitive Collection (XBox One)

Another epic is on sale this week, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is going for just US$19.99 (~SGD$28). 

Probably not a game to be missed, especially at this price!

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (XBox One)

All the deals on this week..

---

Guest Post: Metal Gear Solid V Phantom Pain Collector's Edition Pics & Comments

I have never gotten into the Metal Gear Solid franchise even though it's huge, especially in Singapore.

I remember trying out MGS3 back on the PS2.. Reviews were great and friends enjoyed it. So I decided to get it. Put in the disc. installed the game and loaded the game.. Well, I could never get past the first area.

It wasn't a couple of tries.. It was lots. Decided this isn't for me and kept the disc back onto the shelf. 6 months later, I tried again.. Same thing happened.

A year later.. Still the same. I think I tried a few times over the years I had a PS2 but never got past that stage.. That was it.. Lost all interest in that franchise. So.. if you were wondering.. Nope.. I didn't get MGS V Phantom Pain.

So.. I asked a friend to help me write a review on his MGS V Phantom Pain CE and he gladly obliged. Thank you Louis for sharing your pics and thoughts..

"It's a sleek package that is not as big as some other games' collector's editions.

The half-bionic arm's height is about 2 pens high. The level detail and over finish of the hand itself is great, and the fingers have more articulation than they first seem. You can have fun posing the half-scale arm in quite a number of ways, but it's not very good at holding objects, unlike the 1:1 scale version which can hold an entire PS4 DualShock.

One main disappointment of the bionic arm is that the textures have a simple toy plastic finish for most parts, which the promo pictures did a good job hiding. My photos here have it's contrast and crispness adjusted by Instagram, but the real thing does not look as metallic like the promo pictures show. Thus, do not expect the premium texture finish of the MGSV PS4 console.

Another disappointment is that the map as shown in the promo pics is actually pretty small and when folded, it fits into the game's blu-ray casing, which I've already sold away without knowing that it was in it (I already have the PC digital version). I thought the package was mishandled. 

The steelbook is pretty standard, although I wish they could have included the Yoji Shinkawa artwork version from the Japanese special edition.

Overall, I have a feeling this CE with the half-scale bionic arm is just an average package at best when compared to the Japanese CE, which makes sense since its price is 40% of its larger brother. Nonetheless, I bought this CE as a keepsake and to support the MGS franchise, but it's probably the last cent that I will ever give Konami."

---