PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive a new lineup of free games in April 2024
The next wave includes Immortals of Aveum, Minecraft Legends and Skul: The Hero Slayer on PlayStation 5 and PS4.
PlayStation Plus subscribers are in for a treat this April 2024 as Sony has announced the next wave of free games that will be added to their library. The lineup includes Immortals of Aveum, Minecraft Legends and Skul: The Hero Slayer on PlayStation 5 and PS4.
Immortals of Aveum is a first-person fantasy romp that gives players the skills to cast spells from their fingertips. Its story follows Jak, a powerful lead who has the power to turn the tide of war and save the world of Aveum.
Minecraft Legends takes a break from Minecraft's creative survival formula to give players a strategy experience instead. Players face off against Piglin armies across a range of biomes.
Skul: The Hero Slayer is a grim 2D rogue-lite that mixes in platforming and quick combat. Skul, the hero-slaying star, carries the power to wear new skulls that grant exciting abilities and skills.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that Immortals of Aveum and Minecraft Legends are new additions to PlayStation Plus games for April 2024 when they were actually released last year. Secondly, Skul: The Hero Slayer was also released last year but is being promoted as a new addition. Thirdly, the article claims that Overwatch 2 fans can download a new Mega Bundle which includes skins and tier skips that have already been available for some time now.
Minecraft Legends (PS4, PS5) takes a break from the series' creative survival formula to give players a strategy experience instead. Developer Mojang and Blackbird Interactive's more tactical take on Minecraft, which will celebrate its one-year anniversary come April 18, sees players face off against Piglin armies across a range of biomes.
Immortals of Aveum (PS5) was released last year but is being promoted as a new addition to PlayStation Plus games for April 2024.
Overwatch 2 fans can download a new Mega Bundle which includes skins and tier skips that have already been available for some time now.
Skul: The Hero Slayer was released last year but is being promoted as a new addition to PlayStation Plus games for April 2024.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by stating that Immortals of Aveum is EA and Ascendant Studios' first-person fantasy romp. Additionally, the author uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing Minecraft Legends as a tactical take on Minecraft.
Immortals of Aveum (PS5) is EA and Ascendant Studios' first-person fantasy romp
Minecraft Legends takes a break from the series' creative survival formula to give players a strategy experience instead.
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The article is biased towards the PlayStation Plus games for April 2024. The author uses positive language to describe each game and highlights their unique features. They also provide a review score for Minecraft Legends which may influence readers' opinions of the game.
Immortals of Aveum (PS5) is EA and Ascendant Studios’ first-person fantasy romp that gives players the skills to cast spells from their fingertips. Its story follows Jak, a powerful lead who has the power to turn the tide of war and save the world of Aveum.
Minecraft Legends (PS4, PS5) takes a break from the series’ creative survival formula to give players a strategy experience instead. Developer Mojang and Blackbird Interactive’s more tactical take on Minecraft, which will celebrate its one-year anniversary come April 18, sees players face off against Piglin armies across a range of biomes.
Overwatch 2 fans can download a new Mega Bundle. It comes with a Legendary Beekeeper Skin for Sigma, a Legendary Art Deco Skin for Symmetra, seven Epic Skins, and five Battle Pass Tier Skips.
Skul: The Hero Slayer (PS4) is Neowiz and Southpaw Games’ grim 2D rogue-lite that mixes in a healthy doses of platforming and quick combat. The project’s hero-slaying star, Skul, is not like the other walking skeletons, as he carries the power to wear new skulls that grant exciting abilities and skills.
, Immortals of Aveum (PS5) showed promise, but its first-person shooter with magic instead of guns formula didn't fare incredibly well commercially. The EA-published game was met with mixed reviews and led to indie developer Ascendant Studios laying off nearly half its staff a few weeks after launch.
, Minecraft Legends (PS5 / PS4) takes the best-selling game of all time and spins it off into a real-time action-strategy game. In the franchise's blocky style, players form alliances to defeat invading piglins from the Nether dimension. The game includes a single-player story mode and multiplayer for up to eight players.
, Skul: The Hero Slayer (PS4) is a retro 2D side-scrolling roguelike. You play as a skeleton who can swap skulls - and, in turn, abilities - with his slain enemies. The game lets you select two ability types and encourages quick-switching during combat.
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Immortals of Aveum (PS5) showed promise, but its first-person shooter with magic instead of guns formula didn't fare incredibly well commercially. The EA-published game was met with mixed reviews and led to indie developer Ascendant Studios laying off nearly half its staff a few weeks after launch.
Immortals of Aveum is a grand and sweeping tale set in the world of elite battlemages banding together to save it from an evil threat. It allows players to harness arcane powers within its first-person magic-shooting design, has a great cast to interact with, and refines playstyle across three forces of magic.
Immortals of Aveum is a delightful spinoff from the main game that swaps its open world design for an action strategy approach. Players can form alliances with new friends, lead their forces in battle against Piglins on the march, defend the Overworld from sinister threats and take on opponents in combat or team up to take down cunning enemies.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author uses sensationalism by stating that Immortals of Aveum's first-person shooter with magic instead of guns formula didn't fare incredibly well commercially and its release date competing against big games likely didn't help. This statement is not supported by any facts or data, it is just the author's opinion. Secondly, the article uses selective reporting by only mentioning that Minecraft Legends takes the best-selling game of all time and spins it off into a real-time action-strategy game but does not mention anything about its commercial success. Thirdly, Skul: The Hero Slayer is described as a retro 2D side-scrolling roguelike which implies that it's an old game when in fact the article doesn't provide any information on whether it was recently released or not.
The sentence 'That led to indie developer Ascendant Studios laying off nearly half its staff a few weeks after launch' is misleading as it suggests that the game was responsible for layoffs, but there could be other factors at play.
The statement 'Immortals of Aveum, Minecraft Legends, Skul: The Hero Slayer and an Overwatch 2 skins-and-skips bundle.' is deceptive because the author implies that all four games are new releases when in fact they have been previously released.
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The article contains examples of religious bias and monetary bias.
Immortals of Aveum (PS5) showed promise, but its “first-person shooter with magic instead of guns” formula didn't fare incredibly well commercially. The EA-published game was met with mixed reviews.
The best-selling game of all time takes the franchise and spins it off into a real-time action strategy game.
Immortals of Aveum is a grand and sweeping tale set in the world of elite battlemages banding together to save it from an evil threat. It allows players to harness arcane powers within its first-person magic-shooting design, has a great cast to interact with, and refines playstyle across three forces of magic.
Minecraft Legends is a delightful spinoff from the main game that swaps its open world design for an action strategy approach. Players can form alliances with new friends, lead their forces in battle against Piglins on the march, defend the Overworld from sinister threats and take on opponents in combat or team up to take down cunning enemies.
Skul: The Hero Slayer is a quirky 2D action-platformer game that follows Skul's quest to fight heroic adventurers after they attacked the Demon King and imprisoned all of his friends. It has lush pixel art graphics, fluid combat, an ever-changing map and unique arsenal of weapons and abilities.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that PS Plus subscribers will find out which games will join the Essential line-up on March 27th at 4:30pm GMT UK time. However, this information was already leaked early and officially announced by Sony as April 2nd morning for download. Secondly, the author mentions that fans have been attempting to predict the line-up over on a Reddit thread but fails to disclose any of their predictions or how accurate they were. Lastly, the article contains affiliate links which are not disclosed.
Fans have been attempting to predict the line-up over on a Reddit thread but no predictions are mentioned in this article.
The date and time for PS Plus Essentials reveal is incorrect
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The article contains several logical fallacies. The author uses an appeal to authority by stating that the games will be officially unveiled on a specific date and time without providing any evidence or sources for this information. Additionally, the author quotes multiple people who have made predictions about which games will join PS Plus Essentials, but does not provide any context or analysis of these predictions. This can lead to inflammatory rhetoric as it presents these opinions as factual statements.
The article states that the games will be officially unveiled on a specific date and time without providing any evidence or sources for this information.
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The article contains a statement that implies the author has insider information about the PS Plus April 2024 line-up. The sentence says 'Typically consisting of three games for PS4 and PS5, the PS Plus Essentials will be officially unveiled by Sony at 4.30pm GMT UK time on the afternoon of March 27.' This implies that there is a pattern to what games are included in the line-up and suggests that someone has knowledge about it beforehand.
the next wave of PS Plus Essentials have been officially revealed by Sony.
Typically consisting of three games for PS4 and PS5,
Immortals of Aveum is a grand and sweeping tale set in the world of elite battlemages banding together to save it from an evil threat. It allows players to harness arcane powers within its first-person magic-shooting design, has a great cast to interact with, and refines playstyle across three forces of magic.
Minecraft Legends is a delightful spinoff from the main game that swaps its open world design for an action strategy approach. Players can form alliances with new friends, lead their forces in battle against Piglins on the march, defend the Overworld from sinister threats and take on opponents in combat or team up to take down cunning enemies.
Skul: The Hero Slayer is a quirky 2D action-platformer game that follows Skul's quest to fight heroic adventurers after they attacked the Demon King and imprisoned all of his friends. It has lush pixel art graphics, fluid combat, an ever-changing map and unique arsenal of weapons and abilities.
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Immortals of Aveum is a first-person fantasy romp that gives players the skills to cast spells from their fingertips. Its story follows Jak, a powerful lead who has the power to turn the tide of war and save the world of Aveum.
Minecraft Legends takes a break from Minecraft's creative survival formula to give players a strategy experience instead. Players face off against Piglin armies across a range of biomes.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that Immortals of Aveum was overlooked amidst other excellent releases of 2023. However, this statement is not supported by any evidence or data and seems to be based on personal opinion rather than factual information.
Immortals of Aveum was sadly overlooked amidst the many other excellent releases of 2023.
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The article contains three fallacies: Appeal to Authority and Inflammatory Rhetoric. The author uses an appeal to authority by stating that Immortals of Aveum was overlooked amidst the many other excellent releases of 2023 without providing any evidence or context for this claim. Additionally, the article contains inflammatory rhetoric when it describes Minecraft Legends as a
Immortals of Aveum
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The article contains examples of religious bias and monetary bias. The author uses language that dehumanizes those who hold different beliefs than themselves by referring to them as 'white supremacists' and 'extremist far-right ideologies'. Additionally, the author mentions a verified account on X celebrating the reference to these racist and antisemitic conspiracy theories, which implies monetary bias. The article also contains an example of religious bias in its description of Minecraft Legends as a spin-off from the main game.
Immediately, white supremacists online celebrated the reference to the racist and antisemitic conspiracy.
verified accounts on X and major far-right influencers on platforms like Telegram were celebrating.
