Sony has announced the new PlayStation Plus additions for June 2024, revealing the list of new games for Extra and Premium subscribers to enjoy starting next week.As promised in a PlayStation.Blog post, the titles, which include highlights like Monster Hunter Rise, Crusader Kings 3, and a selection of Lego games, will be available on June 18. It’s a group of offerings that range from new releases to older PlayStation classics, totaling in 14 new games for the PlayStation Plus catalog.Options for subscribers also include sports titles like Football Manager 2024 as well as PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions of 2006’s PSP spinoff, Daxter. You can see the full list of titles below:PlayStation Plus Games Catalog Additions for June 2024Monster Hunter Rise | PS4, PS5Football Manager 2024 | PS5Crusader Kings 3 | PS5Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 6 | PS4, PS5After Us | PS5Anno 1800 | PS5Police Simulator: Patrol Officers | PS4, PS5Far Cry 4 | PS4LEGO The Hobbit | PS4LEGO The Incredibles | PS4PlayStation Plus PS VR2 Games Catalog Additions for June 2024Kayak VR: Mirage | PS VR 2PlayStation Plus Classic Games Catalog Additions for June 2024LEGO Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy | PS4, PS5Ghosthunter | PS4, PS5Daxter | PS4, PS5Monster Hunter Rise is Capcom’s most recent entry in its massively popular action RPG franchise. It originally launched for Nintendo Switch in 2021 but eventually came to PlayStation and Xbox consoles in 2023. With Monster Hunter Wilds on the horizon, now is the perfect time to jump into the series. We gave it an 8/10 in our review.Football Manager 2024 is Sega’s 2023 installment in its sports management series. For more, you can watch its announcement trailer here.In our 10/10 review of Crusader Kings 3, we said, “Crusader King 3 takes the throne as the new king of historical strategy by expanding on and deepening the best parts of what made its predecessor memorable and unique.”Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 6 is Milestone’s 2023 take on the adrenaline-pumping motocross series. We listed it as one of the biggest video game releases in March of last year. For more you can watch its announcement trailer here.We called After Us “mediocre,” giving it a 5/10 in our review. At the time, we said, “After Us has a wordless story that doesn’t effectively communicate its environmentalist themes and platforming that frustrates with unreliable controls, but it does look fantastic.”Anno 1800 is Ubisoft’s 2019 city-building strategy sim set during the Industrial Revolution. We gave it an 8.1/10 in our review, saying, “Anno 1800 returns to the roots of the real-time colony-builder series and delivers intimidatingly complex gameplay that’s as marvelous as it is beautiful.”Police Simulator: Patrol Officers launched in 2022 and comes from developer Aesir Interactive and publisher Astragon Entertainment. For more you can watch its reveal trailer here.Far Cry 4 followed up Ubisoft’s trend-setting Far Cry 3 with an action-adventure story set in the snowy open world of Kyrat. It had a lot to live up to, but we still managed to give it an 8.5/10 in our review back in 2014. At the time, we said, “Far Cry 4 has weak characters, but its campaign, co-op, and competitive multiplayer feature incredibly fun freedom.”LEGO The Hobbit is TT Games’ 2014 fantasy brick-building spinoff and takes players into a more family friendly version of Bilbo Baggins’ journey through Middle-earth. We called it a “fun and charming extension” of The Hobbit films in our 7.4/10 review.Like its Hobbit-centered counterpart, LEGO The Incredibles follows Disney and Pixar’s family-focused superhero film. The TT Games release launched in 2018, and you can learn more about how it brought the film into the world of LEGO video games by watching its launch trailer here.Kayak VR: Mirage gives PS VR 2 owners unique outdoor environments to race and explore through. Its free roam mode also gives players the option to soak in all of the locations it has to offer at their own pace.Lego Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy. Image Courtesy of TT Games.LEGO Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy follows up TT Games’ original LEGO Star Wars game with stories set during LucasFilm’s original sci-fi trilogy. It’s even more of the tongue-in-cheek LEGO comedy the series is known for, which is why we gave it a 7.8/10 in our review. Its addition to the catalog brings up-rendering, a rewind feature, quick saves, and custom video filter support.Ghosthunter. Image courtesy of Sony.Ghosthunter originally released for the PlayStation 2 and follows the Detroit Police Department’s Officer Lazarus Jones after he’s called to investigate an abandoned school. This supernatural third-person shooter adventure now comes with up-rendering, rewind, quick-saves, and custom video filters.Daxter stars the same ottsel fans know and love from the Jak and Daxter series. We gave it a 9/10 in our original review, but you can revisit the PSP classic with new enhancements like up-rendering, rewind, quick saves, and custom video filters.Late last month, Sony unveiled its list of PlayStation Plus Essential titles for June 2024. Those games – SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, AEW Fight Forever, and Streets of Rage 4 – are available until the end of the month.For more information on some of the other titles available on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium, you can check out the games added in May here, and the games added in April here.Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He started writing in the industry in 2017 and is best known for his work at outlets such as The Pitch, The Escapist, OnlySP, and Gameranx.Be sure to give him a follow on Twitter @MikeCripe.
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