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Sony has a sweet deal for Far Cry 4 fans — they can play even if they don't buy the game

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LOS ANGELES — Sony announced a pretty sweet deal for fans of Ubisoft’s Far Cry series. When you buy Far Cry 4, other PlayStation Network players get to play for free, even if they haven’t purchased the game.

Adam Boyes, the vice president of publisher and developer relations at Sony, made the announcement at Sony’s press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) today, the big game tradeshow in Los Angeles. He said the deal is available only on PlayStation. That’s a big ouch for Microsoft’s Xbox fans. Ubisoft showed off the game for the first time today at its own press event.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.