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PlayStation Plus Free Games For June 2024 Are Live Now

Drop an elbow, take on Mr. X, and do the cosmic shake with June's PS Plus games.

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Sony has launched the latest batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers, and for anyone who likes nostalgic action, pro wrestling, or a sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea, June is a fun month. SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, AEW: Fight Forever, and Streets of Rage 4 are now on subscription service. For Premium and Extra subscribers, there's a whole of new, classic, and VR titles being added to the PS Plus Game Catalog in June as well. [Update: These games are going away soon, but July 2024's PlayStation Plus games will be launching on July 2.]

PS Plus in June.
PS Plus in June.

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is a pretty great game starring the lovable fry cook. The spiritual successor to 2003's Battle for Bikini Bottom, The Cosmic Shake is a lot of fun. And no, we're not talking about fire, uranium (bombs), and no survivors. A combination of classic SpongeBob humor, rock-solid platforming, and colorful visuals makes for a charming adventure across Bikini Bottom.

Next on the list is AEW: Fight Forever, last year's wrasslin' game based on the WWE rival promotion. The first AEW channels the spirit of classic titles like WWF No Mercy, and has a great roster of performers to choose from, as well as an approachable fighting system to learn. It's good--and wonderfully weird--stuff to check out in case you're looking for an alternative to 2K's WWE series of games.

Finally, Streets of Rage 4 is a brilliant throwback to yesteryear. It has the DNA of the classic Sega series, enhances it with beautiful hand-drawn visuals, and throws in new modes that'll push your fighting skills to the limits. The game got even better last year thanks to a major update, as hundreds of improvements across the board polished Streets of Rage 4 into one of the best modern beat-'em-ups.

There's still time to grab one of May's freebies, as EA Sports FC 24 will hang around until June 17.

As part of its Days of Plays celebration, Sony is also adding bonus titles to its PlayStation Games Catalog a few days early, and subscribers can check out several PSVR 2 and Classics titles like Tomb Raider: Legend and Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord in June.

PlayStation Plus free games for June 2024

Available June 4.

  • SpongeBob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake
  • AEW Fight Forever
  • Streets of Rage 4
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why do ppl complain about the games chosen? are you actively buying games at all? or just waiting for the next game drops on the subscription just to let everyone know you won't play them. no one cares. if you don't like the games then don't play them. think the sub is too expensive? then shut up and buy the games you want to play instead of hoping they end up "free". if you're a child I understand why you can't buy games let alone maintain a sub.

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@moody_: Preach!

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I'm 57, therefore of the era of PS1, sega saturn, megadrive, snes, gamecube, you name it. Those were the days - you bought a game whether new or on sale, you stuck it in your machine, & played it. No forced or demanded online profiles, no having to make accounts, no bother. As rightly pointed out on this thread - no games are free unless you pay monthly. Stop paying & see how free they are. I no longer subscribe to these stupid channels. If I want a game, I'll buy it if its affordable. If not, I'll wait for a sale & it's as simple as that.Yes, I have a boomer ass, but back in the day, you really looked forward to that "buzz" from a new game release, getting them demo'd in shops, or trading in some old ones for Tekken 2 or virtua fighter 2, sega rally, etc. The only time gamepass worked for me, was when Forza Horizon 4 came out. I didn't have gamepass, but I bought FH4 on the strength of the demo. It was on sale for £27, therefore affordable. Sorry for long message. Hope you all have a great day! 🎮👍🙂

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Are they going to say their cloud save feature is free as well? LOL

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Ty & play your 10+ years of PS+ "free" games if you let PS+ sub

lapse & see just how free they are.

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They couldn't even get a WWE game. My GOD that's horrendous.

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Streets of Rage 4 is interesting if Yuzo Koshiro worked on its soundtrack.

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Edited By Just1MoHr

Wuuutttt, that's what you get on PS? This is what you get with gamepASS core....NOTHING...these are the games being taken away this month, next month....!!!!! At least you guys get to own them while you subscribe. It used to be so nice going into XB and getting the monthly surprises and owning the XB360 games....now they pulled the incentive from us.

My gut feeling is that by 2026 I might have to shift from green to the blue side if XB does not improve things & oh they BETTER not go all digital if they know what is good for them!

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@just1mohr: Agreed.. Wait, you picked a side?

Im sure you have a good reason.

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@sippio: Yea, I might have to pick Switch 2 the next gen. I picked a side, but we still have 2x PS5's in this household.

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On their cheapest sales, these three games have been a roughly combined total of seventy-one USD. So that's a pretty good selection for value if you play each of these games for even just a few hours. While I understand not everyone likes wrestling, it's hard to argue that the other two are bad. While they can be considered lesser entries in their respective franchises to some, you can still get some level of enjoyment out of them.

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ew

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Streets of Rage 4 is great, but they'd have to pay me to play the other 2 games.

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Streets of Rage 4 ive been wanting to play..

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Well, it's Elden Ring month for me anyway.

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@dmblum1799: it's at the end of June lol

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I'm glad I cancelled it, it was set to renew on the 31st this month. I'd rather pay 12 months of Gamepass on my PC instead. It's like they reached an agreement, one sucks at exclusives and the other at the subscription.

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Bad month 👎🏻

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Wait. April fools already happened.

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Big yikes. They need to do a good one after all these flops 😟

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Always wanted to try AEW Fight Forever and Spongebob Squarepants The Cosmic Shake. Already have Streets of Rage 4.

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@pillarrocks:

Yea I'll try AEW to see why people gave it a hard time despite being a homage to the classics N64 games.

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@pillarrocks: it's been free on ps plus next level they keep doing this such a pity.

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