PlayStation Plus removes 9 games in August, adds new titles

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-07-21 18:37

PlayStation Plus will remove nine games from its Extra and Premium tiers on August 18th. This includes titles like Dead Island 2, Harold Halibut, and Unicorn Overlord, with five of these games having their stay extended from July. The service is also adding several new games to its catalog on July 21st, including Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Rise of the Ronin. AI

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Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Jessica Conditt) · 2026-07-21 18:37

Playstation Plus is saying goodbye to these games in August 2026

Dead Island 2, Harold Halibut and seven others will be gone soon.