PlayStation Plus’ June 2024 lineup gives us Sega’s best beat-’em-up
PlayStation Plus subscribers’ free Essential games for the month of June are SpongeBob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake, AEW Fight Forever, and Streets of Rage 4, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Tuesday. Players can download the trio of games beginning Tuesday, June 4.
Sony revealed June 2024’s monthly free PS Plus games as part of a larger Days of Play announcement, in which the company promised deals on PlayStation hardware and games, as well as bonus titles for the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. Days of Play 2024 runs from May 29 through June 12.
June’s free monthly games for PS Plus Essential kick off with SpongeBob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake, the platformer adventure game in which SpongeBob and Patrick get wish-granting — and reality-shredding — Mermaid’s Tears. The duo don a variety of themed costumes to conquer medieval, Western, and prehistoric worlds.
AEW Fight Forever is the wrestling arcade-style game that lets players mix it up as All Elite Wrestling superstars or play as their own customized wrestler. It’s the only place to get your Exploding Barbed Wire Death match fix on PlayStation this summer.
Streets of Rage 4 is the must-play side-scrolling belt-action beat-’em-up from Sega and developers LizardCube, Guard Crush, and DotEmu. Streets of Rage 4 revitalized the Genesis-era franchise with the return of fan-favorite characters, great music, and combo-focused gameplay. As Polygon editor in chief Chris Plante said in his review of the 2020 game, “Streets of Rage 4 is everything I could have wanted from a true Streets of Rage sequel. I’m satiated.”
PlayStation Plus subscribers can still pick up May’s PlayStation Plus Essential games — EA Sports FC 24, Ghostrunner 2, Tunic, and Destiny 2: Lightfall — through June 3. (Actually, soccer fans can grab EA’s FIFA replacement through June 18.)
SIE is also filling up the PS Plus Game Catalog, accessible to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers, with a bunch of new games. On the PlayStation VR 2
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