Sony has announced the free PlayStation 4 games that PlayStation Plus users will be able to download in July 2020. Today marks the 10 year anniversary of PlayStation Plus, which launched on PlayStation 3 on June 29th, 2010. WhileJune’s titles includedCall of Duty: World War 2andStar Wars: Battlefront 2, to mark the 10 year anniversary of the service, Sony has announced that July’s monthly games will include three games.
The free monthly games for July 2020 are sports gameNBA 2K20, action-adventure gameRise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, and a bonus title, FMV adventure gameErica. These titles will be available from July 7th until August 3rd. WhileNBA 2K20andRise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebrationhave received positive review scores, sitting at 78 and 88 on Metacritic, respectively,Ericahas seen more of a mixed response, with a Metacritic score of 69.NBA 2K20also features an abysmal user score of 1.1 on Metacritic, which appears to be in response to the game’s microtransactions.
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The response to Sony’s tweet announcing the titles that will be free next month have been generally positive, however many have criticized the inclusion ofNBA 2K20, with many asking Sony to replaceNBA 2K20with another game,as it did for Konami’sPES: Pro Evolution Soccer 2019in July 2019. While there has been no comment from Sony yet, the demand does not appear to be as bad for the game to be changed as there was during July 2019.
The response to this month’s titles also isn’t as negative to the response to May’s titles,Cities: Skylines - PlayStation 4 EditionandFarming Simulator 2019, which was heavily criticized by users as their appeal as simulation games was limited. This was especially bad in comparison to months prior, which included titles such as the 2018 remake ofShadow of the ColossusandUncharted 4: A Thief’s End. Thankfully, June’s titles were well received, as Sony appeared to take more time to consider the titles, releasingCall of Duty: World War 2on the service a week beforeStar Wars: Battlefront 2.
PlayStation Plus users will also be happy to hear that Sony will be releasing an exclusive free PlayStation 4 theme to celebrate the 10 year anniversary as well as hosting a free multiplayer weekend, starting July 4th at 12:01am and ending July 5th at 11:59pm, local time.Call of Duty: World War 2andStar Wars: Battlefront 2are still available to be redeemed before July 7th 2020.
