PlayStation Store Game Awards sale highlights include Kena and Battlefield 2042

These PS4 and PS5 deals are running until December 13 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific

I’m still working my way through my top-of-the-pile Black Friday game backlog, but if for whatever reason you missed any of those deals on newer PS4/PS5 releases, many of them are back in the PlayStation Store 2021 Game Awards sale. And Kena has a deal, too!

My main motivation for even covering the sale is Kena: Bridge of Spirits, which was uneven in spots but ended up being a pretty great throwback to PS2-era 3D platformers. Between that and Psychonauts 2 living up to my expectations, I had a good year.

While I can’t cover Battlefield 2042 without mentioning the fine print — annoying bugs, a less-than-ideal character system, and sometimes too-big-for-their-own-good battles — I think that plenty of people will have fun with the game now that the first few patches are out. The $40 to $50 range is a hell of a lot better than $60 to $70, I’ll say that much.

On the complete other end of the spectrum, there’s Chicory. It’s a real gem.

Highlights plucked from the list of 130 games

• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim ($23.99)
• Alan Wake Remastered ($23.99)
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla ($23.99)
• Back 4 Blood ($41.99)
• Batman: Arkham Knight ($3.99)
• Battlefield 2042 PS4 ($40.19) | Battlefield 2042 PS5 ($48.99)
• Borderlands 3 ($14.99)
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale ($15.99)
• Deathloop ($29.99)
• Demon’s Souls ($39.89)
• F1 2021 ($29.99)
• Far Cry 6 ($35.99)
• Guilty Gear Strive ($38.99)
• Hades ($19.99)
• Hitman 3 ($23.99)
• It Takes Two ($24.79)
• Jett: The Far Shore ($22.49)
• Jurassic World Evolution 2 ($47.99)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits ($27.99)
• Life is Strange: True Colors ($38.99)
• Marvel’s Gardeners of the Galaxy ($38.99)
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition ($29.99)
• No Man’s Sky ($29.99)
• Outriders ($19.79)
• Psychonauts 2 ($38.99)
• Raji: An Ancient Epic ($12.49)
• Resident Evil Village ($29.99)
• Returnal ($49.69)
• Riders Republic ($35.99)
• Streets of Rage 4 ($14.99)
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania ($29.99)
• Tales of Arise Deluxe Edition ($59.49)
• Watch Dogs: Legion ($14.99)
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon Legendary Hero Edition ($44.99)

If you’re not quite ready to act on some of these deals, you’ll almost certainly get another chance with end-of-year holiday sales. The cycle continues, so don’t feel pressure.