Best Games on PS Plus: Far Cry 6, TMNT, Inscryption and Many More Coming in June – CNET [CNET]

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June is a huge month for PlayStation Plus subscribers. A combination of big-name games and indie darlings lead the charge for new games coming to the service. 

Far Cry 6 is the latest game in the first-person shooter franchise, featuring Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito as the dictator of a fictional Caribbean island called Yara. Retro brawler Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, indie card game Inscryption and rogue-like platformer Rogue Legacy 2 are some of the other quality titles heading to PS Plus on June 20.

Sony also confirmed in a blog post Wednesday that it’s testing cloud streaming support for PS5 games, allowing PS Plus subscribers to jump directly into a game instead of having to download it.

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Here are some notable PlayStation Plus inclusions so far: 

• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil 7 
• Dishonored 2
• Watch Dogs: Legion
• Tekken 7
• Stray
• Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX
• Deathloop
• Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and FFVII Intergrade
• Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut
• Untitled Goose Game
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Death Stranding: Director’s Cut
• Returnal
• Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla (and now Black Flag and several others)
• Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• God of War (2018)
• Fallout 76

There are some notable games on that list, but it also lacks the blockbuster Day 1 vibe of Xbox Game Pass, which has big debuts like Halo Infinite and the upcoming Starfield. Extra costs $15 a month, $40 for three months or $100 for a year. (In the UK it’s £11, £32 or £84, respectively, and in Australia it’s AU$19, AU$55 or AU$135.)

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The more expensive Premium tier ($18 or £13.49 a month) also includes download and streaming access to about 500 older games, mostly from pre-PS4 consoles, most of which will run at 60 frames per second. It also includes access to game demos. You can try games like Horizon: Forbidden West, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands and Hot Wheels Unleashed. (Note: In Australia the Premium tier is called Deluxe and costs AU$22 a month.)

One of the better aspects of the new PS Plus is there are plenty of cult and indie favorites in the Extra/Premium tier. 

Here are some older or lesser-known picks so far:

• Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
• XCOM 2
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
• Pathfinder: Kingmaker
• Pillars of Eternity II
• South Park: The Stick of Truth
• Tetris Effect 
• Outer Wilds

I’ll update this list as more games are added, and as my colleagues remind me of top-tier classics I’ve missed. 

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