{"id":125261,"date":"2025-09-16T10:58:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T10:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2138096"},"modified":"2025-09-16T10:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T10:58:47","slug":"ratchet-clank-ps4-is-being-given-away-for-free-this-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ratchet-clank-ps4-is-being-given-away-for-free-this-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratchet &amp; Clank PS4 is being given away for free this March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ratchet-clank-ps4-is-being-given-away-for-free-this-march.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ratchet &amp; Clank 2016 is being given away for free on the PlayStation Store this March, as one of the latest free giveaways in Sony&#8217;s Play at Home initiative. Oh, and there&#8217;s a special offer on anime subscription trials, too. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2021\/02\/23\/play-at-home-returns-four-months-of-offers-for-playstation-games-and-entertainment-begin-march-1\/\">blog post<\/a>, Sony said the last 12 months &#8220;hadn&#8217;t been easy,&#8221; but that the company wanted to help by giving something back to the community. &#8220;These days, we could all use something to look forward to and another reason to stay safely socially distanced, so we are happy to be able to offer a free selection of great games and some entertainment offers,&#8221; the post added. <\/p>\n<p>Ratchet &amp; Clank PS4 will be available for free download from 2nd March at 7am GMT, to 1st April at 4am BST. Players will be able to keep their copy of the game for good, so no speedrunning is required. Unless that&#8217;s your thing. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-02-23-ratchet-and-clank-ps4-is-being-given-away-for-free-this-march\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-02-23-ratchet-and-clank-ps4-is-being-given-away-for-free-this-march\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ratchet &amp; Clank 2016 is being given away for free on the PlayStation Store this March, as one of the latest free giveaways in Sony&#8217;s Play at Home initiative. Oh, and there&#8217;s a special offer on anime subscription trials, too. In a blog post, Sony said the last 12 months &#8220;hadn&#8217;t been easy,&#8221; but that the company wanted to help by giving something back to the community. &#8220;These days, we could all use something to look forward to and another reason to stay safely socially distanced, so we are happy to be able to offer a free selection of great games and some entertainment offers,&#8221; the post added. 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