With just one day to go until August, Sony has officially revealed the free PlayStation Plus games for August 2019. As always since the PS3 and PS Vita PS Plus games have been phased out, the free PS Plus games for August 2019 consist of two titles for PlayStation 4 owners to download. The free PS Plus games for August 2019 will be available to download beginning August 5.
The free PS Plus games for August 2019 are Wipeout: Omega Collection and Sniper Elite 4. Wipeout: Omega Collection earned strong reviews at the time of its original release in 2017, with the game consisting of remastered versions of Wipeout HD, Wipeout HD Fury, and Wipeout 2048. Sniper Elite 4, meanwhile, wasn't quite as well-received as Wipeout: Omega Collection, but in our own Sniper Elite 4 review, we noted that there were some aspects of the game that are enjoyable, even if it lacks the bells and whistles of other shooter games.
It remains to be seen how the community will react to these free games, but it seems as though the free PS Plus games for August 2019 will avoid the controversy that plagued the free PS Plus games for July 2019. As some may recall, July's lineup of free games was originally set to include Pro Evolution Soccer 2019, only for Sony to swap it out in exchange for Detroit: Become Human for unknown reasons. All we do know about that situation is that Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 publisher Konami didn't make the call to switch the free games.
If there is any controversy about the free PS Plus games for August 2019, then it would likely stem more from fans being disappointed that the games aren't the "leaked" titles that appeared earlier this month. A couple of weeks ago, an error on the PlayStation Store led people to believe that the free games for August 2019 would be EA Sports UFC 3 and Star Wars Battlefront 2, but we now know that's not the case.
Regardless of one's feelings on the free PS Plus games for August 2019, PS4 owners will have a chance to download them beginning August 5. In the meantime, the free PS Plus games for July 2019 should be available to download until then.
