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Every weekend, a small group of games are discounted and available to play for free on Steam, and the latest bunch of free weekend offerings are now live. The first game available to play for free this weekend is Conan Exiles, which released last May. Conan Exiles is an open-world survival game set in the savage lands of Conan the Barbarian where you must build up your own kingdom from nothing. The game can be played in single-player, co-op, or persistent online multiplayer modes. Explore the wilds, gather resources, slay monsters, loot treasure, and wage war against other civilizations to become the dominant clan among many. The developers recently rolled out more updates to Conan Exiles, so it’s a good chance to try the game out. Conan Exiles will be free to play until Sunday, March 10, at 1 PM PST / 4 PM EST.

If you play Conan Exiles and love the experience, its standard edition is just $20 this weekend–a full 50% off. The deluxe edition is $42 (40% off) and comes with five DLC packs.

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Also free to play on Steam this weekend: Warhammer: Vermintide 2, a first-person co-op adventure set in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. Think Left 4 Dead, but instead of fighting your way through swarms of infected humans, you’ll fight alongside three companions against combined hordes of Skaven and Chaos. You also have five different characters and 15 diverse classes to choose from. You can play Vermintide 2 for free until Sunday, March 10 at 1 PM PST / 4 PM EST.

Vermintide 2’s standard edition is just $12 (60% off) and the collector’s edition is only $18 (also 60% off) until Monday, March 11 at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST.

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Hover is another free-to-play offering on Steam this weekend–check it out at no cost until Sunday. The game is only $6.79 (66% off) until Tuesday, March 12 at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST. Available to play alone or online with friends, Hover is a fast-paced parkour game set in a futuristic open-world city where you lead a young team of rebels against an anti-leisure dictatorship using high-tech gear that allows you to pull off crazy tricks and combos.

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March 8 is International Women’s Day, a celebration of the many influential and inspiring women around the world. To mark the occasion, Sony has released a free International Women’s Day PS4 theme featuring some of the iconic female leads from PlayStation games new and old.

The characters featured include Horizon Zero Dawn‘s Aloy, The Last of Us‘ Ellie, Freya from God of War, the Hunter from Bloodborne, and leading duo Chloe and Nadine from Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. The theme is available to download now on the European and Australian PlayStation Stores; it’s not yet listed on the US PS Store, but given it’s International Women’s Day, we expect it shouldn’t be too much longer before it appears. [Update: PSN in the US has now added its theme; it features a different design but many of the same characters.]

In other PlayStation news, PS4 users can now play their games using their iPhones and iPads via Remote Play, thanks to a recent PS4 system software update. Once your console is updated, you’ll also need to download the PS4 Remote Play app from the Apple App Store. The app itself is compatible with the vast majority of PS4 games, with virtual buttons and sticks appearing on the iOS device screen, though you may find a bluetooth gamepad allows greater control.

Finally, PS4 players can pick up March’s PS Plus games now. This month the free titles are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered and The Witness.

Octopath Traveler is getting a prequel for iOS and Android devices called Octopath Traveler: Conquerors of the Continent, Square Enix has announced. The first trailer, which you can watch above, shows that the mobile game will retain the striking “HD-2D” visual style that served as one of the main draws for the Nintendo Switch version.

Although details on Octopath Traveler: Conquerors of the Continent are scant, it has been confirmed that the game will take place before the events of the Switch title, with three characters that have unique stories. This format mirrors the distinct campaigns that were tied to Octopath Traveler’s cast of heroes.

Octopath Traveler: Conquerors of the Continent is expected to launch for iOS and Android in Japan in 2019 and is free-to-play. Square Enix has not yet confirmed how it will monetize the game.

The visual style of Octopath was a big point of discussion, and praise, when it was released. The aesthetic was unique enough for Square Enix to trademark the term “HD-2D,” indicating it would be utilized in the future.

In his Octopath Traveler review, Peter Brown said the game “thrives on its character progression and the temptations of high-level challenges and rewards. The promise of new jobs, exciting boss fights, and powerful gear will inspire you to poke around every corner, and there are no shortage of discoveries to strive for.

“And all the while, you’re treated to one of the most interesting and effective re-imaginings of a retro aesthetic around. Octopath will likely be a divisive game due to its fractured storytelling, but it’s one worth playing despite its lesser qualities. Its high points are simply too good to ignore.”