Predictions, Rumors, Leaks And Extra

August is nearly upon us, and with it a model new lineup of free PlayStation Plus Essential video games simply in time for back-to-school, which rolls out over the following few weeks relying on the place you reside and the way unfortunate you (or your children) is perhaps. What ought to players anticipate this coming month? July is nearly over and it’s time to make some predictions.

This additionally means you will have a couple of week or so to assert July’s fairly glorious lineup of PS Plus Essential titles. Don’t sleep on these, as they embrace a improbable preventing recreation, probably the greatest fashionable action-RPGs on the market and an excellent distinctive indie title about exploring a mysterious apocalyptic wasteland.

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Last 12 months’s August lineup was fairly fascinating. It included the wonderful Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Five Nights at Freddy’s Security Breach and the 2D action-RPG Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights.

Read on for extra info on subsequent month’s PS Plus lineup.

What Is PlayStation Plus And How Much Does It Cost?

PS Plus is Sony’s month-to-month membership program that grants entry to on-line gaming. You don’t want it for streaming motion pictures or TV exhibits on Netflix and different companies, or for free-to-play video games like Warzone or Fortnite. Any paid on-line video games, nevertheless, require a subscription.

There are three PS Plus tiers—Essential, Extra and Premium—although for the needs of this publish we’re solely discussing the Essential tier’s free month-to-month video games. These tiers value: PS Plus Essential — $79.99/12 months; PS Plus Extra — $134.99/12 months; PS Plus Premium — $159.99/12 months.

When Will Sony Reveal Next Month’s PS Plus Games?

Sony usually reveals the next month’s video games on the final Wednesday of the month, although this isn’t all the time the case. The precise rule of thumb is that the brand new lineup (nearly) all the time releases on the primary Tuesday of the month and the video games are revealed the earlier Wednesday.

This means, we must always get our massive August 2025 reveal on Wednesday, July thirtieth. August’s Essentials lineup will go stay on Tuesday, August fifth. You’ll have till then to obtain July’s free PS Plus video games.

PS Plus August Leaks, Rumors And Predictions

It’s fascinating to look again on earlier August PS Plus releases as we attempt to predict this coming month’s video games. Remarkably, the smash hit Fall Guys launched on Playstation Plus a whopping 5 years in the past in 2020, through the begin of the COVID-19 pandemic. That similar 12 months, we obtained the remastered marketing campaign of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare. A pair years later we obtained the remake of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, which is fascinating since 3+4 simply launched.

We don’t have any massive leaks to assist information us for August 2025. The solely recreation releasing on PlayStation (and different platforms) on August fifth is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — The Hinokami Chronicles 2, an anime-based preventing recreation and sequel to the 2022 recreation of the identical identify. This is a attainable PS Plus launch however I stay uncertain.

Here are some attainable PS Plus predictions for August:

Resident Evil 4 Remake — The remake of the favored action-horror recreation from 2005 was launched in 2023 to broad acclaim. It’s sufficiently old to be a contender for a PS Plus launch and would undoubtedly be a crowd-pleaser.

Elden Ring — FromSoftware’s mega-hit action-RPG can be an enormous win for Sony and PlayStation Plus players. Even Demon’s Souls Remake can be a large win, although I put each of those within the “wishful thinking” column. Still, Elden Ring may make sense given the latest launch of the standalone multiplayer spinoff Nightreign.

Star Wars Outlaws — Ubisoft’s open-world Star Wars recreation wasn’t the hit they wanted, however it’s nonetheless a fairly enjoyable option to head to a galaxy far, distant and rub shoulders with scum and villainy. It would make a extremely excellent PS Plus launch.

Death Stranding — Hideo Kojima’s weirdest recreation was a sufficiently big hit to fee a sequel and that sequel simply got here out. There’s actually no higher time to launch Death Stranding on PS+ than proper now (although possibly a month or two in the past would have been extra splendid).

Topspin 2k25 — The tennis sports activities recreation from 2024 can be in step with many different PS Plus months the place Sony provides a baseball or tennis or {golfing} recreation to the combination. Other attainable sports activities video games for August: NHL 25, FC 25.

Street Fighter 6 — The in style preventing recreation franchise continues to be a crowd-pleaser, and releasing this 2023 recreation on PS Plus can be enjoyable regardless of getting a preventing recreation final month. That makes me uncertain we’ll see this one, however I’d play it if Sony put it on the market.

Cocoon — Indie developer Jeppe Carlsen (Limbo, Inside) launched this progressive and distinctive puzzle recreation again in 2023 to stellar critiques. It’s been on the wishlist of assorted PS Plus guessers for a very long time now and would definitely be the precise type of small title that will make players comfortable in August.

Trine 5 — I used to completely love the Trine video games. I bear in mind taking part in them with my children once they have been little. The attractive art work in these video games plus the sofa co-op simply made them such a delight. Then I forgot about them, and I truly by no means did play the fifth recreation. I’d like to, although. It can be tremendous nostalgic for the entire household. Here’s hoping!

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