All available to play starting Tuesday, August 3.
August’s PlayStation Plus lineup challenges you to test your mettle against dangerous demons, the combative undead, aggressive fauna and racket-wielding pros. Enjoy the fantasy warfare of Hunter’s Arena: Legends, teamwork hijinks in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and hit the court in Tennis World Tour 2 on Tuesday, August 3 when the titles join PlayStation Plus.
Let’s take a closer look at all three.
Hunter’s Arena: Legends | PS4, PS5
As announced during State of Play earlier this month, Hunter’s Arena is coming to PlayStation Plus for both PS4 and PS5. The 30 player PvP & PvE combat-based battle royale* is set in an ancient age in which humanity battles each other as well as a growing legion of demons that have been unleashed upon the world. In this vicious frontier, you’ll face threats on two fronts. Head into high-risk, high-reward dungeons to encounter demonic foes. Dangerous but necessary for your continued survival: you’ll earn powerful items and experience points. Powering yourself up will give you a much-needed edge on the battlefield when you face off against your Hunter brethren.
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville | PS4
EA’s off-the-wall team shooter returns. Ready your peashooters for the next over-the-top instalment in the Plants vs. Zombies franchise as the tension expands beyond Neighborville into new social and free-roam regions on the outer reaches of gaming’s most contested township. Choose one of 20 fully-customizable character classes, and perfect your play-style as you earn new rewards for each victory on the battlefield. Team up with friends, either on couch co-op or online*, and take on a cavalcade of new challenges, tackling enemy hordes in PvE, going up against others online, or braving all-out mayhem in the new Battle Arena.
Tennis World Tour 2 | PS4
Play as the world’s top players or create your own pro and try to dominate the world rankings. Play for fun or take on Ranked mode to sharpen your skills. In Career mode, manage your season, your staff, your equipment and your sponsors. Alternatively take on friends locally or online* in singles or doubles games. Whatever mode you choose, you’ll experience dynamic, realistic and precise gameplay that puts you in the heart of legendary rallies.
All three games will be available for PlayStation Plus members to add to their library until Monday, September 6.
Last chance to download July’s PlayStation Plus games
July’s games lineup is making way for August’s new arrivals, so you’ve until Monday, August 2 to add Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, A Plague Tale: Innocence** and Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown to your game library.
*Online multiplayer requires PS Plus subscription; fees recur until cancelled. Age restrictions apply. Full terms: play.st/PSPlusTerms.
**PS5 version only. Benefit not applicable for A Plague Tale: Innocence on PS4 consoles.
A pretty meh month honestly. That Hunters game barely even has a player base on PC.
More junk again. Sony should just go back to f2p days like PS3 and give actual good game like then too.
1. You can’t expect much in terms of “free games”. They’re free. Beggars can’t be choosers is a legitimate thing.
2. The folks saying “go back to f2p” clearly don’t recall the poor connection quality the servers had back when it was free, otherwise they wouldn’t spout off regarding that.
3. To reiterate, these are “free” games that people do not have to play nor are they required to download. If you’re paying the subscription fee to get good quality games, you’re poorly advised on the matter.
@TTV_Bigdaddysole Don’t think that I agree with you. This month is meh but we’ve had plenty of really good months and get more than what we pay a year for.
No part of a paid for service can be “free”. The two things are not compatible. None of these games are “free”.
The “servers” on PS3 were exactly the same as they were on PS4, as long as you didn’t have crap internet and use the wireless. Games on both consoles are basically all peer to peer, so connection quality isn’t anything to do with PSN, neither does Sony incur fees for it.
These aren’t “free” games and are never advised as such. The only people saying “free” are the misinformed. Just like the people who think PS+ wasn’t a games only service to begin with with the “free” online added later.
You would be paying for the online service regardless of if they released the monthly games and discounts there princess.
If you’re that hard up for cash that you can’t buy games you want, I would highly recommend trying to get a job.
It’s people who live off credit cards and/or don’t work to earn it that don’t question the value of things. So if you actually get a paying job and don’t use your daddy’s credit card, you’ll see the issue too.
You’re paying the ISP for the internet. No need to pay twice. The minimal, minimal Sony part is paid for the same way PC games have it paid for, with sales.
That’s like saying I pay for internet so Netflix shouldn’t be able to charge me for access to their services.
Which fine, if you’re that cheap, go ahead and pick that route…but do it with some dignity.
@Death8u4u They are not free because you are paying for PS+.
Nemicon, precisely how much does the PSN+ cost go up each time a game is added to the roster?
Trust me I get where you’re coming from that you have to pay the service fee to get access to them, but the games are for all intents and purposes “free” with your membership. Even says it in the user agreement that they aren’t required to give you any games, you’re paying purely for access to their network.
Remember, coming from PS3, we had free online, the best scenario. Coming from Xbox, they had to pay 60 for online only, we never had it that bad. As such, we might be reluctant, different expectations and all. I never appreciated the influence Microsoft has on the industry and Sony in particular.
Mindlessly bending over? You’re talking about $5 a month. A few you and I both already know I pay for “online access”, regardless of your opinion on the matter. The free games and discounts more than makes up for the cost throughout the year.
Hardly defending them might I add. Simply pointing out flaws in your financial decisions. My “defense” of them has literally been comprised of “They’re going to do what they’re going to do” and nothing beyond that.
Death8 is a waste. The kid does the typical insult argument and is completely one-sided in it’s thinking.
Ps Plus games are not free – the only way to get them is to subscribe to a paid service. Facts are facts – taste ’em.
@Death8u4u It is egotistic in the extreme to assume the reason YOU subscribe to Plus is the reason EVERYONE subscribes to Plus.
I subscribe for the free games. The online storage is a very nice plus, the rare discount on buying a game is okay, but I don’t play much online games, so I don’t really care about that part at all. I’m here for the games. And at $60/year (less if you get it on sale), it’s not a bad deal, if the games are games I want to play.
But to argue that we shouldn’t have input on the reason some of us are paying money in the first place – that’s just wrong. If Sony doesn’t think that the free games are an important part of Plus, they could just stop releasing free games as part of Plus. They don’t do that – because they don’t agree with you.
And that right there ladies and gents, is the perfect example of a hypocrite.
PS Plus games offered for “free” are constantly added to the roster and never effectively removed. So, care to do the math in regards to how much each one costs if you wish to negate literally everything else your $5 goes towards?
“I subscribe for the free games.”
To what point and purpose would you ineffectively “buy” games you cannot keep? Just for purely scientific purposes mind you.
I get you guys. You pay for a service and want something in return. But can I ask, what games do you want from this service? The big gun triple a titles that are a few years old? Most of those have already been put on plus or have such massive discounts it’s more on you if you haven’t picked one up yet. More same day release title? Rocket league, fall guys, resogun. Indie games that maybe wouldn’t get any attention if not for plus?
I mean this month has three games I don’t currently own. I never played a tennis game and now I will have a chance to.
Also, why are you still paying 60 a year for plus? Every few years I’m reminded to renew plus. I go online take 2 minutes to find plus on sale for 30-35 a year. I’m spending about $100 for around 108 games. Some of which I already own but still. It’s an incredible deal.
MiseryPrincess
hate to break it to you but you pay for mp/online services. so yes the games are free as a BONUS.
Don’t want free stuff you can jog right on.
Anyone who thinks PS+ games are free needs to sit down and be quiet. That idiotic attitude is why people are so complacent to pay for peer to peer online multiplayer in the first place.
I guess it’s not that simple.
Somebody is paying the license for peer-to-peer software. There are games where one console in a group must act as a server – that server-side code is costly. Some games even have data centers which produce servers based on demand. Somebody also has to publish the game on PS+.
We don’t know half of it, so I trust them when they say that games are offered at no additional cost.
@Death
Dude, nothing is free neither “free”.
The same second you don’t renew your sub, those games become unavailable for you to play. I would call it rent with permanent option if you pay regularly ps+ subscription.
Also, some month are better then others and this one is really bad so people aren’t satisfied with offerings.
@Death8 your comments are poorly advised and have no place in reality. Nothing from a company is free. Absolutely nothing. These games aren’t free and they are not even given to us, they are loaned whilst we pay a fee.
“Meh” is being generous. This is a trash tier month…