Sony’s revamped PlayStation Plus service is now just a week away from its initial launch, and we now have some idea which games will be included as part of its current and classic game catalogues.
As a reminder, the new PlayStation Plus tiers will arrive here in the UK on 23rd June, as with elsewhere in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. This follows the service’s launch in the Americas on 13th June, Japan on 2nd June, and Asia next week on 24th May.
Included with both the new Extra and Premium tiers, the PS4 and PS5 Game Catalogue will include numerous recent PlayStation exclusives, including Returnal, Death Stranding: Director’s Cut, Demon’s Souls, Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut and Horizon Zero Dawn.
Big names from beyond Sony’s own studios will include Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Control: Ultimate Edition, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (seemingly at the same time it’s available via Xbox Game Pass), and Red Dead Redemption 2. Indies include Celeste, Dead Cells, Hollow Knight and Outer Wilds.
Moving up to the Premium tier’s additional catalogue of classic games, its here you’ll find “improved frame rates and higher-quality resolution”. Some “select” original PlayStation and PSP games will also include the ability to save at any time or rewind.
Finally, if you own the digital version of these games already, you won’t need to buy them again or subscribe to play them. However, only some will be available to purchase individually.
Included in the list of classic games from PlayStation studios are Ape Escape, Hot Shots Golf, Jumping Flash! and Syphon Filter from the original PlayStation, as well as Worms Armageddon and Mr. Driller from third-party studios.
Remastered versions of Ape Escape 2 and Naughty Dog’s Jak series from the PS4 era will also be included, as will BioShock Remastered, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning and the Lego Harry Potter Collection.
Premium owners also get a selection of PS3 games via game streaming, to play on PS4, PS5 and PC. These include Demon’s Souls, Ico, Infamous, MotorStorm Apocalypse, Eurogamer favourite Tokyo Jungle, plus Ratchet & Clank games Quest for Booty, A Crack in Time and Into the Nexus.
Third-party streaming games will include Enslaved, Asura’s Wrath and Red Dead Redemption’s zombie spin-off Undead Nightmare.
Lastly, Premium owners get a selection of two-hour time-limited game trials for recent releases. These will notably include Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection and Horizon Forbidden West, plus Cyberpunk 2077 and Tiny Tina’s Wonderland.
Last week, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan said Sony’s AAA game quality would “deteoriate” if they were included as part of Plus when they launched.
These are just a selection of the games we’re expecting on the service - which you can see below, or on our dedicated PlayStation Plus Premium games list page - which will also be kept refreshed each month. The first Tuesday of each month will see new games join all tiers of the new PlayStation Plus - the same as now - while a mid-month update will bring new games to the catalogues of both Plus Extra and Premium tiers.
Sony notes that availability of all these games will vary over time, and by region. Here’s all the games announced so far:
PS4 and PS5 Game Catalogue
PlayStation Studios
- Alienation - Housemarque, PS4
- Bloodborne - FromSoftware, PS4
- Concrete Genie - Pixelopus, PS4
- Days Gone - Bend Studio, PS4
- Dead Nation Apocalypse Edition - Housemarque, PS4
- Death Stranding and Death Stranding Director’s Cut - Kojima Productions, PS4/PS5
- Demon’s Souls - Bluepoint Games, PS5
- Destruction AllStars - Lucid Games, PS5
- Everybody’s Golf - Japan Studio, PS4
- Ghost Of Tsushima Director’s Cut - Sucker Punch, PS4/ PS5
- God of War - Santa Monica Studio, PS4
- Gravity Rush 2 - Japan Studio, PS4
- Gravity Rush Remastered - Japan Studio, PS4
- Horizon Zero Dawn - Guerrilla Games, PS4
- Infamous First Light - Sucker Punch, PS4
- Infamous Second Son - Sucker Punch, PS4
- Knack - Japan Studio, PS4
- LittleBigPlanet 3 - Sumo Digital, PS4
- LocoRoco Remastered - Japan Studio, PS4
- LocoRoco 2 Remastered - Japan Studio, PS4
- Marvel’s Spider-Man - Insomniac Games, PS4
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Insomniac Games, PS4/PS5
- Matterfall - Housemarque, PS4
- MediEvil - Other Ocean, PS4
- Patapon Remastered - Japan Studio, PS4
- Patapon 2 Remastered - Japan Studio, PS4
- Resogun - Housemarque, PS4
- Returnal - Housemarque, PS5
- Shadow of the Colossus - Japan Studio, PS4
- Tearaway Unfolded - Media Molecule, PS4
- The Last Guardian - Japan Studio, PS4
- The Last of Us Remastered - Naughty Dog, PS4
- The Last of Us: Left Behind - Naughty Dog, PS4
- Until Dawn - Supermassive Games, PS4
- Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection - Naughty Dog, PS4
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End - Naughty Dog, PS4
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - Naughty Dog, PS4
- WipEout Omega Collection - Clever Beans & Creative Vault Studios, PS4
Third Party-Partners
- Ashen - Annapurna Interactive,PS4
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla - Ubisoft, PS4/PS5
- Celeste - Maddy Makes Games, PS4
- Cities: Skylines - Paradox Interactive, PS4
- Control: Ultimate Edition - 505 Games, PS4/PS5
- Dead Cells - Motion Twin, PS4
- Final Fantasy 15 Royal Edition - Square Enix Co. LTD, PS4
- Hollow Knight - Team Cherry, PS4
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy - Square Enix Co. LTD., PS4/PS5
- Mortal Kombat 11 - WB Games, PS4/PS5
- Narutoshippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 - Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., PS4
- NBA 2K22 - 2K Games, PS4/PS5
- Outer Wilds - Annapurna Interactive, PS4
- Red Dead Redemption 2 - Rockstar Games, PS4
- Resident Evil - Capcom Co., Ltd, PS4
- Soulcalibur 6 - Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., PS4
- The Artful Escape - Annapurna Interactive, PS4/PS5
- The Crew 2 - Ubisoft, PS4
Classic Games Catalogue
PlayStation Studios
- Ape Escape - Japan Studio, Original Playstation
- Hot Shots Golf - Japan Studio, Original Playstation
- I.Q. Intelligent Qube - Japan Studio, Original PlayStation
- Jumping Flash! - Japan Studio, Original PlayStation
- Syphon Filter - Bend Studio, Original PlayStation
- Super Stardust Portable - Housemarque, PSP
Third Party Partners
- Mr. Driller - Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., Original PlayStation
- Tekken 2 - Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., Original PlayStation
- Worms World Party - Team 17, Original PlayStation
- Worms Armageddon - Team17, Original PlayStation
Classic Games Catalog - Remasters
Ape Escape 2 - Japan Studio, PS4
Arc The Lad: Twilight of the Spirits - Japan Studio, PS4
Dark Cloud - Japan Studio, PS4
Dark Cloud 2 - Japan Studio, PS4
FantaVision - SIE, PS4
Hot Shots Tennis - Japan Studio, PS4
Jak 2 - Naughty Dog, PS4
Jak 3 - Naughty Dog, PS4
Jak X: Combat Racing - Naughty Dog, PS4
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - Naughty Dog, PS4
Rogue Galaxy - Japan Studio, PS4
Siren - Japan Studio, PS4
Wild Arms 3 - SIE, PS4
Baja: Edge of Control HD - THQ Nordic, PS4
Bioshock Remastered - 2K Games, PS4
Borderlands The Handsome Collection - 2K Games, PS4
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition - Gearbox Publishing, PS4
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning - THQ Nordic, PS4
Lego Harry Potter Collection - WB Games, PS4
Original PS3 Games (via streaming)
Crash Commando - Creative Vault Studios, PS3
Demon’s Souls - From Software, PS3
echochrome - Japan Studio, PS3
Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds - Japan Studio, PS3
Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational - Japan Studio, PS3
Ico - Japan Studio, PS3
Infamous - Sucker Punch, PS3
Infamous 2 - Sucker Punch, PS3
Infamous: Festival of Blood - Sucker Punch, PS3
LocoRoco Cocoreccho! - Japan Studio, PS3
MotorStorm Apocalypse - Evolution Studios, PS3
MotorStorm RC - Evolution Studios, PS3
Puppeteer - Japan Studio, PS3
rain - Japan Studio, PS3
Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty - Insomniac Games, PS3
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time - Insomniac Games, PS3
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus - Insomniac Games, PS3
Resistance 3 - Insomniac Games, PS3
Super Stardust HD - Housemarque, PS3
Tokyo Jungle - Japan Studio, PS3
When Vikings Attack - Clever Beans, PS3
Asura’s Wrath - Capcom Co., Ltd., PS3
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Konami, PS3
Devil May Cry HD Collection - Capcom Co., Ltd., PS3
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West - Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc., PS3
F.E.A.R. - WB Games, PS3
Lost Planet 2 - Capcom Co., Ltd., PS3
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 - Koei Tecmo, PS3
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare - Rockstar Games, PS3
Time-Limited Game Trials
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection - Naughty Dog, PS5
Horizon Forbidden West - Guerrilla Games, PS4/PS5
Cyberpunk 2077 - CD Projekt, PS5
Farming Simulator 22 - Giants Software GmBH, PS4/PS5
Tiny Tina’s Wonderland - 2K Games, PS4/PS5
WWE 2K22 - 2K Games, PS4/PS5
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