Sony has revealed that the PlayStation Plus games for July 2021 include the new PS5 version of A Plague Tale: Innocence and PS4’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and WWE 2K Battlegrounds.
Announced on PlayStation.Blog, all three of these games will be available from July 6, 2021 through August 2, 2021. Sony also has reminded subscribers that Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, which is part of June 2021’s PlayStation Plus games, will stay on the service until August 5.
The PS5 version of A Plague Tale: Innocence features targeted 60 FPS, “highly improved visuals,” and faster loading. Unfortunately for PS4 owners, only the PS5 version is part of this month’s selections. Even still, this will help PS5 owners get ready for the game’s sequel – A Plague Tale: Requiem – that was announced at E3 2021 with a 2022 release date.
In our review of A Plague Tale: Innocence on PS4, we said that “it has a great story, but the gameplay has a level of convenience that undercuts the perilous world.”
2018’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will also be available for PlayStation Plus subscribers, and brings with it an extensive multiplayer suite. However, those looking for a traditional Call of Duty campaign will be disappointed as this was the first title in the franchise without a single-player story mode.
In our review of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, we said that it “has a few rough edges, but any of its three modes make for an enjoyable shooter experience that feel distinct and personalized.”
WWE 2K Battlegrounds was released in a time when 2K decided to not release a traditional WWE 2K games following heavy criticism on its previous games. This new arcade-style brawler was meant to give wrestling fans something to look forward while the team worked on what the future of its flagship title would look like.
In our review of WWE 2K Battlegrounds, we said that it “works as a shallow party game you play for an hour, then move on to something else, and that’s it.”
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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.
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