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PS Plus lineup in August 2022 adds Yakuza and Bugsnax

PS Plus lineup in August 2022 adds Yakuza and Bugsnax

A gangster in a wide suit smokes a cigarette in Tokyo at Yakuza 0.

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After the June whistle’s relaunch, Sony’s PS Plus membership now comes with access to an on-demand library of games (well, if you’re paying for either of the pricier tiers). like Microsoft Competing Xbox Game PassPS Plus is starting to see the regular addition of several games on a monthly basis – it should keep the wheel of content churning.

Last month saw the addition cat game stray next to ton From Doctrine killer Games, Ubisoft’s long-running series of historical stabbing games. Some of the titles scheduled for August –bognax! yakuza! – Exciting. But the service is still lacking when it comes to one of its big promises: a solid classic game library. Here’s everything coming to Sony’s on-demand gaming service starting August 16:

  • bognax
  • Died in broad daylight
  • Ghost Recon Wildlands
  • subway displacement
  • Monopoly Madness
  • Monopoly Plus
  • Trials of mana
  • yakuza kioyami
  • Yakuza Kiwami 2
  • Yakuza 0
  • UNO

The asymmetrical horror game at Behavior Interactive Died in broad daylight It is a welcome addition, and will give players who have been on the fence a chance to try it out. yakuzaI am contractually obligated to say by virtue of working in KotakuIt is and will forever be worth your time. But some of the other additions are less exciting. PS5 version of bognax It was available for free to PS Plus subscribers when it launched in November 2020. Ghost Recon Wildlands also landed on Xbox Game Pass earlier this month, so it’s clear that Ubisoft wants people to play this game, as it is unabashedly.

The lineup also leaves something to be desired, especially for those paying for the most expensive Premium class, which costs $18 a month or $120 a year. Before the introduction of its PS Plus revamp, Sony had extensively promoted its classic game library — which includes titles from the PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable catalogs — as a major selling point. So far, this section, which includes a total of classic games from all three platforms, comes to 41 titles combined. But hey, at least we’re getting it Relatively decent new version for 2020 From the 1995 Square RPG! Want to guess what platform it was originally on?

SNES.

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