The PS Plus games for June 2022 have been officially announced, and guess what? The leaks were accurate — again. When are they not, these days? To be clear, this is technically the line up for PS Plus Essential, as it's now called. It's the final monthly update before the new PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium tiers enter the equation later this month, across loads of regions including both North America and Europe.
Without further ado, here are the three games for June:
- God of War (2018) (PS4)
- Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker (PS4)
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (PS5, PS4)
All three games will be available to download from next Tuesday — that's the 7th June.
The inclusion of God of War has been heavily debated over the last few days, because the game has already been made available across multiple services, including the PS Plus Collection and PS Now. It's a great game — arguably one of the PS4's absolute best — but those with an interest in Kratos' reboot will have probably played it by now.
Elsewhere, Naruto and Nickelodeon are bound to divide opinion. Both are solid games, but they're multiplayer-focused — and PS Plus has got into a habit of offering multiplayer titles that are either ageing or struggling to remain relevant — or both.
In terms of our reviews, though, we've been pretty positive about these titles. In our God of War PS4 review, we dished out a legendary 10/10: "God of War is a special game. This reimagining of the famous PlayStation franchise elevates the series in unexpected ways, without forgetting the core tenets that made Kratos a fan-favourite to begin with. This is a sprawling single player epic with an abundance of secrets and a storyline that keeps you hooked from start-to-finish. While it borrows liberally from other action adventure greats, its unique combat and outstanding artistic direction separate it from its immediate peers. A truly impressive achievement."
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl didn't perform quite as well, but still got our recommendation with a 7/10 score: "This is the best Super Smash Bros clone we have ever played. Developer Ludosity has turned in a top party fighter with Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, and that’s an achievement that shouldn’t be sniffed at."
And it was another 7/10 in our Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker PS4 review: "A fast and frenetic adventure, Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker is greater than the sum of its parts. Despite some voice work that feels rather flat and a handful of other minor issues, the game feels genuine in its attempt to recreate the action of Naruto, and forging your own custom character's legacy is bound to be enough to entice fans."
What do you think of the PS Plus games for June 2022? As always, voice your opinion in the comments section below, and be sure to check out our full list of All PS Plus Games.
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Nickelodeon All Star Brawl is goated, you guys are just mean
Meh.
Oh no!
Anyway, I might try Nicktoons, never played a platform fighter.
Something everyone already owns, and 2 niche unappealing games. Not great!
I'll play the Nickelodeon game for the trophies. So not terrible. And God of War is ***** awesome, I understand it's been on everything under the Sony sun, but not for regular old PS4 players. Enjoy old guard.
Glad I didn't renew my sub.
If just one person gets to enjoy GOW for the first time, because of this release, then I don't mind.
Though I will probably not be downloading any of these myself.
Le me who owns both physical & digital copies for God of War: This is useless.
I'll try Shinobi Striker, but I already own GoW and not interested in Nickelodeon All Star Brawl. Kinda disappointed this month, but oh well ¯(ツ)/¯
Every ps owner on the planet will already own gow and who cares about the other 2. Another abysmal month. This is where it starts. Ms did the exact same, games for gold was reduced to crap to force players onto game pass. Sony are doing the same here to force them onto premium
Paid for it when I had Now, paid for it when I got PS5 via the Collection, now paying for it again via plus. Played it for maybe 90 minutes and got bored.
I have GOW in both digital and physical forms but if I you somehow didn't you can find it for less the $10 everywhere. As for the rest Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 > Naruto to Baruto, Multiversus > Nickelodeon All-star 🙂
While I understand for most of us enthusiasts here God of War is a disappointing addition - surely we've all just about played it in one way or another. I still think it makes a lot of business sense and is a win for many of the 50 million PS+ subscribers and for many of the other 60+ million PS4 owners who don't regularly subscribe to PS+ to try and pull them in for a month or two... maybe they'll try a higher tier.
Ultimately it will lead to more Ragnarok sales, and perhaps more PS+ subs too, good business at the end of the day .
Will probably play God of War for the first time. I don't have a suscription right now, so I'm not sure if I'll pay just for that one, but can't complain.
I'm actually quite looking forward to All-Star Brawl.
This is the problem with ps/ms giving away free games, monthly. Eventually you're gonna run out of good games to give, then you have to dip into the B tier(more so with GwG), sometimes lower. And when they're not up to snuff, the negative press comes. And if they want to stop this program, negativity will arise again. It's a lose-lose situation of their own creation.
With that said, I hope both gaming giants do away with the paid bottom tier and the free games and just make the service free, without the free games.
@Resi32 so dramatic lol take a deep breath and chillllll
At this point they should have given His Of War Deluxe Edition.
Severe lost opportunity on not getting Jurassic World Evolution (either) on Plus for the month where the JW Dominion movie launches.
God of war has sold 19 million copies on ps4, so theres still 50+ million people who haven't played it yet so I don't see the fuss
The other two games I haven't played so good month for me
Nice, I'll try the Naruto fighting game. Was a big fan of the anime back in the day, but I never had the courage to burn cash on this kind of games.
Was hoping for something a bit more significant given we are entering the month of the PS+ rebrand, but alas… nothing for me here. GoW makes a lot of sense with Ragnarok on its way. All bases are now well and truly covered.
@PhhhCough seriously don't think a lack of good games is the problem unless one only considers tripple A blockbusters to be "good".
If they would continue to get new smaller games that would normally fall under the radar and offer those studios an enticing deal and exposure then everyone wins.
Then there are always the indie naysayers that wine about anything that lacks name recognition, so Sony picks three games from the bargain bin with one that's so fantastic that everyone already has it and two so niche that those interested most likely have it or could grab it for under 15€£$
@get2sammyb Just reread your excellent review. It really makes me want to replay GoW right now. Will definitely do so before Ragnarok releases. It was PS game of the generation and only just behind BOTW as game of the generation. Amazing game, BOY!
Sony mystifies me with a lot of their PS+ picks, especially in the last 2-3 years.
I bought GOW about a year ago for $8 and haven't got around to it yet (I know...what the hell is wrong with me, right?). I'm not bummed that I own it and it was "given away" as a monthly PS+ game, I'm disappointed they chose a four year old game to include this month (regardless of how great it is) and one that has been readily available on PlayStation's other services. I would much prefer newer games. Leave the older games for Games With Gold (which is utterly laughable month after month). The other two games this month look as terrible as lot of the PS+ choices have been in recent memory.
@Resi32 GoW sold 20M vs. 115M+ PS4, so yea everyone who owns a PS owns GoW.
I don't have Naruto or Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl so it's an excellent month for me.
As for God of War, @themightyant sums up my thoughts on this nicely.
@NEStalgia You ever feel like you don't exist? 🤷♂️
GOW also just got FSR 2.0 upscaling patch on PC.
Nothing there for me. But PS+ is so I can play new games online. This stuff is just side extras.
I really wish I hadn't renewed my PS + subscription one more year.
I for one am happy to collect Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, and although i already have God of War i am still yet to play it.
@get2sammyb @ShogunRok Did you guys both: Set the link of this article to this old "Rumour article", see "Related Articles" on the side.
Rumour: PS Plus Games for June 2022 Leaked Early
Update: Dealabs corroborates
and then after setting them to the same website address DELETE all of the old comments?
Just wondering which of those 2 things were on purpose and which were by accident. I do realize you have updated articles in the past - always funny seeing 3 year old comments on the front page - but I've never seen the comments gone before. 🤷♂️
I don't have any of those games including God of War so a good month for me.
very poor old games
@rjejr Every darned day....
NL really ought to fix the whole "comments reset" when they update an article thing. It's pretty jarring when all the replies just vanish.
@FinneasGH "Something everyone already owns, and 2 niche unappealing games. Not great!"
not everyone. I don't own nickelodeon all-star brawl yet!
I can‘t even remember the last time I said „wow great month“.
I want to boycot service just so they would stop giving out online games that have zero player base and or become free to play 5 months after.
@NEStalgia @rjejr Nah, that article just redirects to this one now because it's outdated.
Only GoW has any odds of being actually installed (the other two are on Switch IIRC), and probably not until I ever get around to play through the original series (I even have GoW3 from the service's way back when). But FWIW it does appear to be the kind of game you could comfortably play on Vita, which only cements it as this month's highlight.
@ShogunRok Sure, but all comment links get broken. You click one and boom, you end up here with the whole conversation missing. We had tons of great GoW (2018) jokes going and you went and ruined it!
PS Plus has become a retirement home for fading online games. If you listen carefully you can hear Ark: Survival Evolved arguing with PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds over the bingo pens
@ShogunRok OK I get the link on this page points to this article - which as I'm typing this I realize that makes no sense, why even have the link there is it just points here - but shouldn't emails with a reply button link to the old article so we can see what it is we're replying too?
You probably never have to do this but there is a picture on the top right of my avatar, when I click on it all of the replies are underneath - my pic has a number 447, guess that's how many I'm behind 😂 - so if I click on replies to that article it comes here, not where the comments are. Kind of strange and useless.
Sorry, I know it's an Ant question, not you guys, was just wondering if you were aware of what was going on. I mean you have to admit it's weird to have a link on the page for a "Related article" if it's just coming back to this page. Why bother having the link if we can't get there? 🤷♂️
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Ok.already got the greatest games of all time in god of war. 🐐 👑 .the other 2 i might add them.word up son
I'd had my eye on Nickelodeon, so that'll be a fun one to try for sure! Haven't played a Naruto game in probably a decade so that could be interesting to check out as well. God of War is obviously an irrelevant inclusion for most, but will be nice for the three people who don't already have it yet I guess.
I actually don't have nor played GOW so I'm in luck hahaha
Though yeah, could've been better.
Lame. Really lame. GoW is great but I played it years ago.
God of war? Seriously? Everyone with a 5 gets it free already. Its on ps now. Its been free before and everyone who wants to already played it. What a waste.
Boo give the people what they want knack 2.
I’m pretty pumped to get Nickelodeon All Star Brawl but the God of War inclusion is mind baffling. I’m sure they could have found a different single player PS4 game to hand out. Kinda lazy IMO
People still complaining about free games? Y'all are ungrateful bitches!
A bit of variety would be nice. If you’re giving away three games, maybe make sure two of them aren’t multi-player fighting games. GoW I already own, but haven’t yet played it … I guess I should give it a crack now
Yay, crap!
And a reminder to all the people that say we're complaining about "free games", it's a subscription service. They're by no means free and if you stop paying you lose access to these games.
A meh month since I already have God of War and MultiVersus is just a better ASB. No interest in Naruto to Boruto either.
Just want more indies. Use PS+ to support and promote those who need it most. More Bugsnax, Maquette, Concrete Genie.
I'll give the 2 fighters a quick try then play some SWBF2 while I wait for premium to hit. Then many to choose from for me.
x1Already played and platinumed
x2 No interest whatsoever.
x3 Typical
@koffing Rocket League is the best game I ever got from PS+. I as well miss the days from getting higher quality soon to be released indie titles.
I’m really happy with Nickelodeon Brawl though. I planned on buying it once it got its voiceover patch.
Removed - flaming/arguing
@OmegaStriver Wait? My post was about my opinion, not yours??? I thought I spoke for the entire world!
Thanks for the clarification, Sherlock.
If they insist on charging us to play online atleast drop the 'free' games & cut the cost
@streetzman if people were complaining about the games given away on epic games store that are actually free I'd agree but these games are included in the price of the subscription you pay for ...
I said this comment after the last article about the lineup, but this might be the first time ever where I've passed on claiming a single one two months in a row. Absolutely no interest in any of these since I don't play multiplayer anymore and obviously I already own God of War like 95% of the world does.
@Resi32 PS4 is at 120million. PS+ subscriptions are at 50million & GOW has sold around 20million.
Think there will be plenty of people that will be happy- especially before the sequel.
poor poor, very poor month.. thanks for nothing PS
@Fight_Teza_Fight if 95% of the world owns it then it would have sold 100 million copies?
As i was expecting the moaning has started i guess the game sites are the kind of people that always complain about everything.
I bought Nickelodeon All Stars on sale recently (yet to play it), but I think this is great, I'll definitely have other players online to battle with now!
Set aside that most people interested in playing GOW have done it already, (and why not? It’s one of the best games on PS4) it’s already in the PS plus collection for PS5 owners, and it’s already coming to all 3 tiers of the new service. Could they really not find anything else as a front runner? I love PS but it really feels like they’re phoning it in for both the current PS plus and for the new “revamped” stuff… especially since seeing the Digital Foundry analysis of the PS1 collection (which has come out in Asia) :/
Hot pile of turds
@redd214 same here, i already have GOW and not very much into anime style games , but Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl looks like a good game to play with kids so that is okay by me.
@WizzNL some people share the ps4 in a household btw
Cool-always wanted to try GoW. And it’s nice to have Nickelodeon All Star Brawl too! Good month!
One year sub without adding a single title to my library.
Going to upgrade from essential to non existent.
Something WRONG about the subscription giving you a game they already gave you. GOW is in the ps plus collection on ps5. It’s in the ps now library that’s moving over to the new tier system. I’ve bought the game once and now with this ps has ‘given’ it to me via subscription 3 times. Fantastic game but a trash move
I'm still getting value out of FIFA22, so I'm not too bothered about this month's ropey selection
Pfft I'm cancelling ps plus when my subscription runs out
@shamirqushairi not useless, you can now own the game in five different ways. Physical, Digital, PS+ collection, PS+game of the month, PS+extra tier
Absolute garbage.
@dimi Can I trade all five copies for Ragnarok? 😂
I already own God of War (2018), but will happily claim both Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.
@twitchtvpat What are you even arguing? PS4 is at 120million. The world population is 8Billion+.
There’s at least 20million PS+ subscribers that have never played GOW.
This ain’t GTAV that’s sold more than PS4 has.
The porpers get a bone with God of War. The rest is meh. But the value proposition for plus is high this month - carried by god of war.
Also, remind yourself it could be worse…look at what gold are getting. Not only has super meat boy been on every sub under the sun…it’s also been on gold before.
I do wonder what the quality of plus will be like going forward now their tiers. If it will go the way of gold… personally, sadly, I think that’s inevitable.
@Toypop no one made you buy anything , thats all on you.
I love your guy's thumbnail for the video.
Never before have I been disagreeing so hard at this comment section.
#justiceforNickelodeonAllStarBrawl
When my Plus expires and I don’t renew, there won’t be a difference.
Nick all star brawl and boruto is the only reason i'm even Happy for this month.
Doesn't help that SS goes on sale like every other week for about 8$.
Such and amazing start for your new service model sony!
@HotGoomba I didn't know you used this site, whats up buddy!
@Qwerty1234 I've been waiting to play GOW for a long time. 😁
There're a lot of very snotty assumptions here that "everyone" already has GOW lol. It's one of those games that's been on my "yeah I keep meaning to get round to that" list for years but it's never been a priority because there were other things that kept keeping it off the top, be it other games with story or mechanics more to my taste, or just irl things I had to throw money at. I cannot be the the only person who's pretty pleased with this one.
@Bleachedsmiles *paupers.
@Toypop huh? i'm sorry but thats one of the dumbest things i've ever read on here. and i feel dumber for reading it.
@Toypop I just have no interest in wasting my time giving you attention
Why isn't anyone exited about the Naruto to Boruto Shinobi Striker included this month? Takes 1 game out of my wish list. I was kind of disappointed about GOW cause almost everyone must have bought it and if not it's already in the PS Plus Collection so adding it this month was pointless.
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