Highlights
- PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers can enjoy 13 new games, including Red Dead Redemption 2, with the latest update.
- Three tiers of PlayStation Plus offer different game options, with Premium providing access to 340 more titles and game streaming.
- May's line-up includes popular titles like Destiny 2: Lightfall and Watch Dogs, but 35 existing games are being removed.
PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers now have 13 new games to play on the service after its latest monthly update. PlayStation Plus gives members access to a large library of titles for a small monthly fee through the PlayStation Network, with new games being added every month. The service comes in three different tiers: Essential, which is the basic option that includes the PS Plus Collection; Extra, which gives users access to 400 additional, downloadable PS4 and PS5 games; and Premium, the top tier which includes 340 more titles alongside the ability to stream games online.
Subscribers have been looking forward to May’s line-up of new PlayStation Plus games, especially since it was confirmed that Rockstar’s open-world western blockbuster Red Dead Redemption 2 would be added to the PS Plus Extra tier’s line-up last week. May’s batch of free PlayStation Plus games for all tiers was released on May 7, and featured EA Sports FC 24, Ghostrunner 2, Tunic, and Destiny 2: Lightfall.
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Now the new PlayStation Plus additions for the higher Extra and Premium tiers have been added, and sure enough Red Dead Redemption 2 is at the top of the list for the latter. Gamers who would prefer an open-world experience set in the modern day can also download Ubisoft’s 2014 hit Watch Dogs, as well as other crime titles like Deceive Inc.and Crime Boss: Rockay City. The rest of the May 2024 PS Plus Extra line-up includes The Sims 4: City Living, The Settlers: New Allies, Stranded: Alien Dawn, Cat Quest, Cat Quest 2, and The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame.
New PS Plus Extra Titles for May 2024
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4)
- Deceive Inc. (PS5)
- The Sims 4: City Living (PS4)
- Crime Boss: Rockay City (PS5)
- The Settlers: New Allies (PS4)
- Stranded: Alien Dawn (PS5, PS4)
- Cat Quest (PS4)
- Cat Quest 2 (PS4)
- The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame (PS4)
- Watch Dogs (PS4)
PS Plus Premium: May 2024
- 2Xtreme (PS1)
- G-Police (PS1)
- Worms Pinball (PS1)
In addition to the games mentioned above, PS Plus Premium subscribers now have access to three titles pulled from the PlayStation 1’s classic library. These are the 1996 racing title 2Xtreme, 1997’s sci-fi combat flight simulator G-Police, and Worms Pinball, a 1998 pinball game developed by Team17, the studio that would go on to publish such indie titles as The Escapists, Yooka-Laylee, and Golf with Your Friends.
The new additions to PlayStation Plus aren’t without their drawbacks, as 35 existing titles are also being removed from PS Extra and PS Premium. This list includes 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn and the entire Darksiders series. Nonetheless, PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers now have 13 new titles to try out as of today, including one of the biggest released in recent memory with Red Dead Redemption 2.