Thefree PS Plus games for July 2021will be available to claim for free throughout the month of July. In early August, they will be replaced by the free PS Plus games for August 2021, which will likely be revealed on Wednesday, July 28, assuming Sony sticks to its usual pattern.
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Here are the free PS Plus games for July 2021 and everything fans need to know about them.
A Plague Tale: Innocence
A Plague Tale: Innocencefirst launched in 2019, combining action-adventure gameplay with survival-horror and stealth elements. Set in 1348, players take on the role of Amicia de Rune as she attempts to protect her sick brother Hugo from deadly hordes of rats.A Plague Tale: Innocenceearned mostly positive reviews from critics and even managed to win a few awards, standing out as one of the most impressive efforts from Asobo Studio to date.
Now PS5 gamers with PlayStation Plus can check outA Plague Tale: Innocencewithout paying for attention beyond their PS Plus subscription.A Plague Tale: Innocenceis the free PS5 gamefor the PS Plus July 2021 lineup. This being the PlayStation 5 version of the game means that it generally performs better than the last-gen version and should be a more definitive way to experience the game.
What’s interesting aboutA Plague Tale: Innocenceis that it was actually leaked for the PS Plus July 2021 games lineup ahead of time, weeks before its announcement. Not only that, but it was leaked alongside its sequel,A Plague Tale: Requiem, which fans can prepare for by checking outA Plague Tale: Innocencethrough their PlayStation Plus subscriptions.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4is the latestCall of Dutygame to hit PS Plus, and it may be one of the better ones as well. WhileCall of Duty: Black Ops 4’s lack of a campaigndidn’t sit well with everyone,Black Ops 4reviews were still mostly positive, as the game offered a ton of content even without a proper single-player mode. This includes a robust multiplayer mode stuffed with content that should keep fans busy for hours, as well as a Zombies mode with numerous maps to check out.
Besides multiplayer and Zombies,Call of Duty: Black Ops 4is also notable for its inclusion of theBlackout battle royale mode. Blackout serves asCall of Duty’s first crack at the popular battle royale genre, taking inspiration from games likePlayerUnknown’s BattlegroundsandFortnite.Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode may not have taken off quite as well asCall of Duty: Warzone, but it still has its fans.
WWE 2K Battlegrounds
In 2019,2K Sports releasedWWE 2K20to scathing reviews, with the game being remembered as easily one of the worst professional wrestling video games ever made. The backlash toWWE 2K20was so severe that the franchise took the entirety of 2020 off, giving the developers at Visual Concepts the chance to regroup and try again for the upcomingWWE 2K22. In the interim, a different kind ofWWEgame was released to help fill the gap in the form ofWWE 2K Battlegrounds.
Whereas the main seriesWWE 2Kgames are simulation titles,WWE 2K Battlegroundsis an arcade brawler.WWE 2K Battlegroundshas an extensive rosterof past and present WWE stars, plenty of absurd situations (like wrestlers being attacked by alligators, for instance), and some of the most over-the-top arenas inWWE 2Khistory.WWE 2K Battlegroundsdidn’t exactly set the world on fire when it first released, but it’s likely fans will be far more receptive to it as a free PS Plus game instead of a full-priced title.
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