New PlayStation 5 owners can currently snag a free game courtesy of Sony
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We’re now less than a month away from the release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Thankfully, if you have yet to pick up a PlayStation 5 and need a refresher as to what all the fuss is about, Sony is offering a terrific deal on its flagship gaming console through October 20th.
Right now, Spider-Man: Miles MoralesandSpider-Man Remastered are among the many games you can download for free when you pick up a disc-based PS5 or the PS5 Digital Edition at Amazon, Best Buy, Target, or GameStop. There are 12 games to choose from in all, including notable console exclusives like God of War Ragnarök,Horizon Forbidden West, Returnal,The Last of Us Part I, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and the excellent Demon’s Souls remake from 2020.
To take advantage of the deal, you’ll need to be in the US and have purchased a PS5 on or after September 23rd, 2023. You’ll then need to activate it, which you can do by setting your console up and heading to the “User and Accounts” menu under settings. Once there, select “Console Sharing and Offline Play” and then “Enable.” After that, you just need to navigate to the PlayStation Store on your console, where you’ll then be guided to a list of games you can download for free.
The PlayStation 5 is Sony’s latest and most powerful console yet. When connected to a high refresh rate display, it can run some games at 4K at up to 120Hz.
The PS5 Digital Edition is the same as the standard PS5 but lacks a Blu-ray disc drive. It can play the same games, too, offering a
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