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The PlayStation Plus June Essential games are now available to download. There is the usual offering of three Essential giveaways, and at least one of them is a fantastic platformer starring an icon of everyone’s childhood. While the Essential offerings are now available to grab, the reveal date for the PS Plus June 2024 Extra and Premium games is only a week away. But, before the curtain is fully pulled aside, some terrific additions are already confirmed with 15 games known to be leaving.
June is a really exciting month for the PlayStation community. Following on from PlayStation’s State of Play that revealed Concord and announced the release date for Silent Hill 2, we have Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest weekend. There are many exciting leaks and rumors for Summer Game Fest, and we also have Ubisoft Forward to anticipate, too.
While we cannot wait to see all of the game reveals and trailers during Summer Game Fest weekend, we’re equally excited for the PS Plus June 2024 Extra and Premium games. Sony is providing subscribers with the chance to return to arguably the best Tomb Raider game of all time, and this will be accompanied by other PS2 classics.
PS Plus Extra and Premium June 2024 games reveal date
The reveal date for the full line-up of PS Plus Extra and Premium June 2024 games is June 12th. Sony usually reveals the Extra and Premium games on a Wednesday one week after the release of the Essentials. The June 2024 Essentials were given away on June 4th, hence the expectation that Sony will pull the curtain aside next Wednesday.
After the games have been announced, they will come out to play on June 18th. In regard to the July 2024 Essentials, they are expected to be identified on June 26th.
To avoid missing out, make sure to claim the current monthly games before they expire. SpongeBob Cosmic Shake is actually an excellent platformer that you shouldn’t miss out on, meanwhile, AEW Fight Forever is fun for a couple of hour, and Streets of Rage 4 is a classic.
Confirmed PS Plus June 2024 Extra and Premium games
Below is a list of games already confirmed to be joining PS Plus Extra and Premium in June 2024:
- Cricket 24 – June 5th (Extra and Premium)
- Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord – June 6th (Premium)
- Walkabout Mini Golf – June 6th (Premium)
- Synth Riders – June 6th (Premium)
- Before Your Eyes – June 6th (Premium)
- The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapters 1 & 2 – June 6th (Premium)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition – June 7th (Extra and Premium)
- Tomb Raider Legend – June 11th (Premium)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – June 11th (Premium)
- Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus – June 11th (Premium)
This is all that has been confirmed so far over on the PlayStation Days of Play blog post. More additions should be announced on June 12th.
Looking at the above list, Tomb Raider Legend is fantastic for Premium. It’s arguably the best Tomb Raider game of all time, and here’s hoping it will be purchasable from the PSN store so it’s not dependant on a subscription to Premium.
15 games leaving
Below are 15 games known to be leaving on June 18th:
- EA Sports FC 24 (Essential)
- Slime Rancher
- Telling Lies
- GTA V
- MotoGP 23
- SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated
- Monster Jam Steel Titans
- Unturned
- Brothers A Tale of Two Sons
- DC League of Super Pets
- Dodgeball Academia
- The Talos Principle
- Indivisible
- The Wild At Heart
- Baja Edge of Control
The above list of games leaving comes courtesy of truetrophies. Unfortunately, it’s a long list with some great games included. GTA V is the obvious big one, but Slime Rancher is fantastic, as is the remake of the beloved childhood classic, SpongeBob Battle For Bikini Bottom. Dodgeball Academia is another fun game with an RPG component.
For more PlayStation news, Epic Mickey Rebrushed is coming to PS5 and there’s a new rumor of Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox.
