The Coronavirus outbreak has forced a lot of people to stay at home, in order to prevent the pandemic from spreading even further. Some video game companies have been giving away some of their critically acclaimed titles completely free of charge; encouraging players to stay at home, and have a good time while they're at it.
Today President and CEO of Sony Entertainment Interactive, Jim Ryan, has announced the Play At Home initiative — which, as mentioned above, is also seeking to help players cope with the confinement; revealing that they will be giving away free games in order to help contain the spread of the deadly virus.
"People all over the world are doing the right thing by staying home to help contain the spread of COVID–19. We are deeply grateful to everyone practicing physical distancing and take our responsibility as a home entertainment platform seriously, so we are asking our community to continue supporting the safe choice and the need to Play At Home," Ryan explains in the latest entry on the official PlayStation Blog.
"As a thank you to all who are doing their part to lessen the impact of this pandemic, Sony Interactive Entertainment is pleased to announce the Play At Home initiative," he continues.
"Play At Home has two components: first, providing free games to help keep the PlayStation community entertained at home; and finally, establishing a fund to help smaller independent game studios who may be experiencing financial difficulties continue building great experiences for all gamers."
The best news is yet to come, as Jim Ryan has also announced that Naughty Dog's very own Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Thagamecompany's critically acclaimed Journey will be the first game to be given away — again, completely free of charge — starting tomorrow.
As per the announcement, both Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Journey will be available from tomorrow the 15th of April at 8:00PM PDT through the 5th of May at 8:00 PM PDT. These games are available for everyone who owns a PlayStation 4, and the games will be theirs to keep once they have been redeemed. It is worth mentioning that German and Chinese players will get Knack 2 and Journey.