PlayStation Network Summer Sale Starts Next Week, Brings Big Discounts

Seeing as how the summer season is in full effect, Sony has decided to implement a special batch of discounts on its PlayStation Store, under the Summer Sale banner.

Plenty of digital distribution services are hosting massive summer sales this month, with PC ones like Valve's Steam or GameFly's Direct2Drive slashing the prices on all sorts of games, while Microsoft is getting ready to debut a new edition of the Summer of Arcade promotion.

Sony isn't taking a break, and has just presented the Summer Sale that will be kicked off next week on its Playstation Store.

During the sale, 11 special games will see their prices slashed by 30%, if you're a regular Playstation Network owner, or by 50%, if you have an existing PlayStation Plus subscription.

The list of titles includes hit ones like Chime Super Deluxe, Risk: Factions, Scott Pilgrim versus the World, or Shank, so check it all out below, as highlighted by Sony.

Back to the Future: The Game – Full Series (Sale price $13.99; Plus price $9.79; Regular price $19.99)
Chime Super Deluxe (Sale price $6.99; Plus price $4.89; Regular price $9.99)
Dead Space Extraction (Sale price $10.49; Plus price $7.34; Regular price $14.99)
Hard Corps: Uprising (Sale price $10.49; Plus price $7.34; Regular price $14.99)
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (Sale price $6.99; Plus price $4.89; Regular price $9.99)
PixelJunk Shooter 2 (Sale price $6.99; Plus price $4.89; Regular price $9.99)
Risk: Factions (Sale price $6.99; Plus price $4.89; Regular price $9.99)
Shank (Sale price $6.99; Plus price $4.89; Regular price $9.99)
Scott Pilgrim (Sale price $6.99; Plus price $4.89; Regular price $9.99)
Swarm (Sale price $6.99; Plus price $4.89; Regular price $9.99)
Tales from Space: About a Blob (Sale price $10.49; Plus price $7.34; Regular price $14.99)

The Summer Sale starts on the PlayStation Network next week, on July 12, and lasts until July 19, so gamers should make their picks and get ready to spend some money until then.