Take $10 off the top
The PlayStation Store is running an Essential Picks sale on PS4 games, and it’s an early chance to save a bit on The Last of Us Part II ($49.99) if you’re up for a long, draining, ultimately impressive adventure.
Other essentials include Dreams ($29.99), Days Gone ($21.99), Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds ($4.99), Uncharted 4 ($14.99), Marvel’s Spider-Man GOTY ($19.99), and God of War ($14.99). You also shouldn’t miss WipEout Omega Collection ($9.99) even if you’ve never tried the anti-grav racing series.
The rest of the list is mostly more of the usual fodder, with one surprising exception: the Nioh 2 Season Pass is down to $13.99. Based on the quality of the first DLC, The Tengu’s Disciple, I’d jump on it. For as often as some of these games go on sale, discounts on season passes can be annoyingly elusive.
I’ve listed out the US PlayStation Store deals below, and you can find the EU deals here.
A separate PlayStation Store sale – Games Under $15 – is running simultaneously.
It has a lot of genuinely worthwhile titles, to the point where I’m wondering why they weren’t lumped in with the “essential picks.” Bloodborne ($12.99), Ratchet and Clank ($9.99), Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition ($12.99), Until Dawn ($9.99), Far Cry 3 Classic Edition ($9.89), Gran Turismo Sport ($12.99), inFamous Second Son ($9.99), and Shadow of the Colossus ($9.99) all stand out. You do you, Sony.
PlayStation Store Essential Picks sale (ending September 16, 2020)
- Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown – Deluxe Edition ($28.04)
- Anthem: Legion of Dawn Edition ($13.99)
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey ($14.99)
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Gold Edition ($24.99)
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Season Pass ($19.99)
- Assassin’s Creed Origins – Deluxe Edition ($13.99)
- Batman: Return to Arkham ($9.99)
- Battlefield V ($14.79)
- BioShock: The Collection ($12.49)
- Borderlands 3 – Season Pass ($39.99)
- Borderlands 3 – Super Deluxe Edition ($49.99)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Chronicles Deluxe ($34.99)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ($38.99)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Battle Pass Edition ($59.99)
- Catherine: Full Body ($29.99)
- Code Vein ($29.99)
- Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled ($19.99)
- Days Gone ($21.99)
- Days Gone – Digital Deluxe Edition ($24.99)
- Death Stranding ($29.99)
- Death Stranding: Digital Deluxe Edition ($40.19)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken ($14.99)
- Destiny 2: Shadowkeep ($20.99)
- Destiny 2: Upgrade Edition ($33.49)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Digital Deluxe Edition ($6.74)
- DOOM + Wolfenstein II Bundle ($24.49)
- Dragon Ball FighterZ ($9.59)
- Dragon Ball FighterZ – FighterZ Edition ($15.19)
- Dreams ($29.99)
- EA Sports FIFA 20 ($4.79)
- For Honor: Complete Edition ($24.99)
- For Honor – Marching Fire Edition ($12.49)
- God of War ($14.99)
- God of War – Digital Deluxe Edition ($20.09)
- Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Online Edition ($14.99)
- Gran Turismo Sport Spec II ($14.99)
- Hitman 2 – Gold Edition ($29.99)
- Hitman – Game of the Year Edition ($11.99)
- Hitman HD Enhanced Collection ($17.99)
- Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds ($5.99)
- Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy ($7.94)
- Journey: Collector’s Edition ($5.99)
- Jurassic World Evolution – Jurassic Park Edition ($32.49)
- Just Cause 4: Complete Edition ($19.59)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Game of the Year Edition ($19.99)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Silver Lining ($4.99)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps ($12.49)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Heist ($4..99)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Turf Wars ($4.99)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War ($9.99)
- NASCAR Heat 5 ($37.49)
- NASCAR Heat 5 – 2020 Season Pass ($22.49)
- NASCAR Heat 5: Gold Edition ($48.99)
- NASCAR Heat 5 – July Pack ($10.39)
- Need for Speed Heat: Deluxe Edition ($27.99)
- Nioh 2 Season Pass ($13.99)
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Deluxe Edition ($62.99)
- Outlast: Trinity ($29.49)
- Persona 5 Royal ($38.99)
- Persona 5 Royal Ultimate Edition ($64.99)
- Project CARS 2 Deluxe Edition ($14.39)
- Quantic Dream Collection ($14.79)
- Red Dead Redemption 2: Special Edition ($27.99)
- Resident Evil Revelations 1 & 2 Bundle ($15.99)
- Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration ($7.49)
- Skyforge: Archer Quickplay Pack ($7.79)
- Skyforge: Firestarter Quickplay Pack ($10.39)
- Skyforge: Kinetic Quickplay Pack ($7.79)
- Skyforge: Starter Pack 3.0 ($13.99)
- Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition ($4.49)
- Sniper Elite 4 ($23.99)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Deluxe Upgrade ($5.99)
- Stranded Deep ($13.39)
- Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Complete Edition ($17.49)
- Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition ($14.99)
- Team Sonic Racing and Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz HD ($29.99)
- The Crew 2 Deluxe Edition ($14.99)
- The Last of Us Part II ($49.99)
- The Last of Us Part II Deluxe Edition ($59.99)
- The Ultimate Sonic Bundle ($38.99)
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint ($19.79)
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands – Ultimate Edition ($35.99)
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands – Year 2 Gold Edition ($23.99)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition ($9.99)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Gold Edition ($25.99)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Ultimate Edition ($39.99)
- Tour de France 2020 ($29.99)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End ($14.99)
- Warface – Essential Pack ($2.99)
- Watch Dogs 1 + Watch Dogs 2 Standard Editions ($14.99)
- Watch Dogs 2 ($9.99)
- Watch Dogs 2 – Gold Edition ($17.99)
- WipEout Omega Collection ($9.99)
- WWE 2K20 Deluxe Edition ($29.69)
- XCOM 2 Collection ($29.99)
- Zombie Army 4: Dead War ($24.99)
