PS Plus: Gaming madness in August 2022 - three PlayStation crackers for free

Created: 07/28/2022, 15:58

By: Joost Rademacher

Sony has announced the new free games for PS Plus in August 2022.

The fans can hardly contain their excitement about the new selection.

San Mateo, California – Sometimes it's nice to look a gift horse in the mouth, at least when the horse's name is PS Plus.

Every month, fans with a subscription to Sony's online service hope for new top-class free games.

In recent months they have often been rather disappointed on the front line, but in August 2022 the mood is about to take a complete turn.

Sony has unveiled the upcoming free games and is now showering them with love for the selection, as reported by IPPEN.MEDIA ingame.de.

PS Plus: Free Games in August 2022 - New selection gets practically unanimous praise

What games are coming?

On July 27th, 2022 it was time again for the announcement of next month's free games on PS Plus Essential.

A bit of tension was taken away in advance, however, since Dealabs had again leaked the games for PS Plus in August 2022.

So far, the French source has been right about every leak and that should be the case this time too.

Dealabs revealed these games and Sony confirmed them a little later:

• Yakuza: Like A Dragon

  (PS4/PS5)

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2

  (PS4/PS5)

• Little Nightmares

  (PS4)

What are the fans saying?

The reaction of the fans to the new PS Plus free games was not long in coming after the announcement.

No wonder, the line-up for August 2022 is the best in months purely in terms of average metascores.

The PS Plus subscribers are now also happy about the new line-up for the coming month.

On Twitter and especially in the megathread announcing the games on Reddit, the fans are overdoing themselves with praise:

• "

  My jaw is on the floor.

  All three are bangers!

  Can't wait to play them all

  " - u/CodeMonkey789

• “

  This might be the first month ever where I like all the games.

  Absolutely unbelievable!

  “ – u/Reddy_McRedditface

• "

  If the weakest monthly game you get is Little Nightmares, that's a strong month indeed!"

  I'm really happy and with all the Yakuza games coming next month in addition to the existing Extra catalogue, I'm unlikely to buy another game in 2022

  ” – u/Mantasreddit

• "

  I've got all three games already, but I'm still glad they're all going to have a fantastic month

  " - u/Therenegadegamer

In fact, there is practically no criticism of the games to read in the entire thread.

There are probably a few simple reasons for this.

On the one hand, fans have been demanding for months to get more single-player games in the monthly PS Plus offer.

Recently, another multiplayer game was added to the selection practically every month, but they rarely met the fans' taste.

On top of that, the titles, with the exception of Little Nightmares, are real AAA breakers.

Yakuza: Like A Dragon alone has more than 50 hours of gameplay for subscribers, while Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 bundles the two PS1 classics into one hassle-free skate package and also brings back the park editor.

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PS Plus: Free games in August 2022 - Activation coming soon

When will the free games be unlocked?

Fans won't have to wait much longer before they can claim their new free games on PS Plus.

After the announcement of the games, the activation always follows on the following Tuesday, in the next month that would be August 2nd.

From around 2:00 p.m. German time, the new monthly free games will then be available to all subscribers.

If, surprisingly, none of the games appeals to you this month, you might find what you are looking for among the thousands of current offers at the summer sale in the PS Store.