PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup for August: Yakuza 0, Trials of Mana, Dead by Daylight, Bugsnax

From PS Blog: "Today we’re happy to reveal August’s Game Catalog lineup for PlayStation Plus, which will be available to play for Extra and Premium members on August 16. It’s headlined by three Yakuza games (which will soon be followed by other entries in the series later this year). But rubbing shoulders with the crime series will be multiplayer horror Dead by Daylight, open world shooter Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands and whimsical adventure Bugsnax. "

[Puty]

What about Premium? Sony is having a laugh.

[darthv72]

since the allure of Premium is the older back catalog, they havent announced what is being added to that tier specifically. But since premium also includes extra then you can at least look forward to these.

[sparky77]

It's weird, kind of reminds me of how Game Pass PC was at the start with lack of games but normal Game Pass got everything.

They should really make Premium cheaper or in Beta mode until they have content to add.

[crazyCoconuts]

It's $1.66 extra a month when you pay annually. Pretty cheap already

[Silly gameAr]

@sparky77
You should try premium. If you're a fan of older console games, like most gamepass members are, they would love premium. Plus it's cheaper than gamepass and has a wider selection of games.

[masterfox]

GP who?, Plus is killing it!

[porkChop]

These games are already on GP with the exception of Trials of Mana. Good for PS though, it's a good month.

[sparky77]

Shhh don't ruin the moment for him :)

[Silly gameAr]

If MS wouldn't have finally opened their eyes to how good the Yakuza series is, it wouldn't have been on xbox. It's a good thing they decided to give sega all of that money to make Like a Dragon a timed exclusive, and put most of the games on gamepass.

The biggest thing that happened to them this year was getting the Persona series on xbox finally. It's a great series , like yakuza. When xbox gets games that Playstation has had for years on their console, it always a pretty big deal.

[DVAcme]

Yakuza 0, 1 and 2 alone make this a fucking amazing month. Those three are easily over 20 or 30 hours of gameplay each.

[Ready4nxtgen]

It's alot more than 20 hours. Around maybe 50 to 70 hrs for some of them

[darthv72]

...if you are into that sort of game.

[porkChop]

They're great games. I used to have no interest in them but after playing Like a Dragon I started playing Yakuza Kiwami. Even if you're not sure you'd like them you should give them a try, they might surprise you.

[TheColbertinator]

Certainly among the best offerings on Game Pass for me

[FallenAngel1984]

Trials of Mana is a nice addition

They should also start adding the Kingdom Hearts and Dragon Quest series to the service at some point

[Deathdeliverer]

As someone that has been playing the Yakuza series since PS2 and has played and beat every game except Like a dragon (working on that now) and the one in feudal Japan, this is an amazing month. I won’t benefit from it personally as I own all of them, but man I hope people give these awesome games a try. Yakuza zero alone is amazing. Running the cabaret is more fun than anyone would have guessed. Racing the cars had me glued. I’ve played DBD for a few years now and it’s a great game full of toxic try hard survivors. Feels amazing to get those clutch killer wins on them. Both sides are super fun though. Already have Bugsnax. Ghost recon should be fun. I’ll be giving that a try.
I personally won’t benefit much from this month, but mannnn is it a hell of a month from those that will.

[VersusDMC]

The yakuza game in feudal japan is Yakuza Ishin and never got localized for the west. We got the zombie one (dead souls) because i guess westerners like zombies and not samurai...

They should localize it now as a remaster since Ghost of Tsushima showed a samurai game can sell well.

[ShwaaMan]

Been wanting to try Metro:Exodus for a while, never played a Metro game before. Anyone have thoughts on the series? I really don’t want to go back to the first two to play the third one. The graphics look good but is it fun? Can you upgrade your stuff/lite rpg elements? What’s the gameplay loop like?

[Aloymetal]

Good month for those interested.

[MrBaskerville]

Still nothing on the ps1/2 front? Seems weird that they seem to ignore the expensive tier, the trial section also remains without updates.

[Ready4nxtgen]

Yeah I'm getting a little irritated with no PS1/PS2 games. I'm waiting for Parasite Eve, Legacy Of kain, and a few other classics

[gold_drake]

thats very very good.

[whitbyfox]

About time PS got the Gamepass games.

PS Premium is still a joke where is Dino Crisis.

[darren_poolies]

Dino Crisis, Resistence: Retribution, Parasite Eve etc. Can't believe they aren't adding a single new game to the classics this month.

[whitbyfox]

If Parasite Eve got trophies that’d be worth the subscription alone.

[mastershredder]

The only thing good about these Monthly PSPlus spoilers are the snarky comments made about them. Snark away snarksters!

[Bahamut-Shin]

I keep hearing good things about Yakuza and I wanted to play Trials of Mana as well, so far the new playstation plus has been great for me.

[Elda]

Meh.

[monkey602]

Yeah I'm looking at it the same way myself.
The games are good I wont argue that and if someone gets to play them for the 1st time then great! But I have these games. I've played all of them.
I didnt subscribe to PSNow because it was all old titles and I don't need that. Looks like Extra is just more of the same. So far the only game to get added to Extra for me to be excited about was Stray.

I dont even want big AAA blockbuster titles. I just want fresh experiences.
Two Point Campus, Inscryption, Midnight Fight Express, Cursed to golf, Thymesia, Cult of the Lamb, Destroy all Humans 2! All those games are coming out this month and any one of them would have made a good addition to the service!

I cant believe Rollerdrome isn't launching on the service this month after all the push Playstation have been giving it.

The titles listed above are the kind of games that would give Extra value to me, not sticking in years old titles that have been on sale for 15 quid or less for years now.

[Elda]

I get it. After my subscription runs out in a few months I'm just going back to the "Essentials" tier for the online features. Basically most of the games that land on the service are old & I've played already or I have no interest to play.