
Sony has today announced the lineup of PS5, PS4 games that PS Plus Essential members can look forward to playing in the month of September 2024. Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions was previously revealed as one of the titles, but now we have the complete selection. Available to download next week from Tuesday, 3rd September 2024, the games are as follows:
- Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions (PS5, PS4)
- MLB The Show 24 (PS5, PS4) | Review
- Little Nightmares II (PS5, PS4) | Review
Brand new release and the headline addition Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions will be what catches the eye for most subscribers, allowing them to experience the wizarding sport that Hogwarts Legacy couldn't offer. In it, you'll be able to play alone or with friends and compete for the Golden Snitch. The title will feature a number of new schools not shown in the books, like Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute from Goblet of Fire's Triwizard Tournament.
As for MLB The Show 24, it brings the sport of baseball to PS Plus Essential with the yearly instalment of a series on the up. Calling it a "strong sports sequel" in our MLB The Show 24 PS5 review, we said: "Its success as a compelling package largely stems from its single player additions, with the documentary-like Storylines mode starring Derek Jeter accompanying the second season of the outstanding Negro Leagues. The addition of female athletes to Road to the Show is sure to inspire an entire generation, while foundational favourites like Franchise and Diamond Dynasty remain at the top of their game, despite their underlying familiarity."
We weren't nearly as hot on Little Nightmares II for PS4, with a 6/10 rating awarded in our review. "The title relies far too heavily on trial and error, which frustrates, but many of its encounters will live with you long after the credits roll, and so it’s successful at creating a lasting impression. It’s a stiff and rigid release, but its puzzles are constantly reinventing themselves, and each frame draws you in with its surreal and unsettling imagery."
What do you make of the PS Plus Essential lineup for September 2024? Share your reaction in the comments below.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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In before hatred for MLB The Show 24. Haha, baseball is great!
Looking forward to Quidditch!
This is actually a great selection. Apart from Baseball.
Pretty weak month for me.
Here is hoping the Quidditch game is half decent.
The Quidditch game looks terrible tbh, MLB is MLB and Little Nightmares 2 is fine but dirty cheap nowadays.
Another month I don’t regret for a minute not being subbed anymore.
Might try little nightmares 2, but doubt I'll even bother adding the other 2 to my library. Why would you offer two sports games in same month?
Womp womp nothing for me but I'll be playing astro bot and later this month the plucky.., whatever that title is lol. But the Harry Potter game is probably going to break records for plus downloads.
MLB is a dud, but the rest are a nice selection.
Happy with Little Nightmares 2 as I enjoyed the first a while back. I could be tempted by the Quiddich if reviews are good enough. And as for the Baseball... Well I guess that's for the Baseball (rounders) fans.
Little nightmares 2 it is then.word up son
Nice one , the kids are excited for Quidditch. Might try the baseball thing before probably uninstalling .
Thankfully none of those wishy washy boring JRPGs . Good month.
I don't think I've ever watched a game of baseball in my life, but the MLB games are SO much fun. Great month for me!
Baseball… really?
Will play the other 2, but I would never buy them, which I think is the best sort of game for this service, so not too bad a month.
Nothing for me as I've already completed Little Nightmares 2 and I have no interest in Baseball. But atleast I can focus on Visions of Mana and Astro Bot.
Can’t wait for Quidditch. I’m genuinely excited for that one. Huge win for the service that this game is on there.
Really not bothered that MLB is on there either. It’s a decent enough game. I gave it a play on Gamepass when I was subscribed and enjoyed it for a bit. I don’t play sports games often, but every once in a while I’ll get hooked on one for a day or two. I’m ok having this as an option for PS.
Definitely will try Quidditch and probably play a game or two of MLB before uninstalling. I'm not super hot on horror side-scrollers, but Little Nightmares seems fine enough as a monthly.
I might give the Quidditch game a go. I enjoyed Rocket League at launch at this is giving me similar vibes.
Astro and Space Marine 2 are the highlights of this month though.
@get2sammyb Agreed. MLB was fantastic for me as a newer fan of those games. I've been long time love of baseball as a sport, and honestly the game requires wayyy more skill than one would think. Great opportunity for others to try it out!
I'll probably not play any. Happy to have MBL available if any of the family with youngsters are round and want to play.
They had to make sure it was a mediocre lineup this month so that everybody buys astro bot lol
Quidditch - Meh, maybe I'll download and have a go. Maybe.
MLB - Not interested in the slightest.
Little nightmares 2 - i enjoyed the first game, but then sometime after got fed up with a lot of 2.5 games, and played the demo of LN2 and couldn't be bothered. I suppose I'll give it a chance, so this one is the best of a lame selection for me.
Trash month. My backlog is full thankfully.
Nice one, good selection. Love that they're including the odd sports game the last few years. Not for me, but that audience felt largely ignored from PS Plus in the past.
Only Little Nightmares II for me, quick platinum and then I'm done with the selection.
This reminds me since I'm planning on signing up for PS+ Extra for a $15 month next month to play $30 "The Plucky Squire", and also FF:CCR, I should sign up now to get the August PS+ games which I know are better than this, even if I can't recall what a single one was.
Edit: OK I don't know 2 of these 3 August games but I'm down for Lego Star Wars. 🤷♂️
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Also want to get Castle Crashers while it's on sale for $1.49 rather than $2.99. 🤑
Not bad, not bad at all.
It's rare that we get 3 games at once I'd actually like to try
That is definitely a nice selection. Like @MickOnYourFace, I am not into the sport of baseball, but I enjoy the games when I do play them. I will give this one a whirl. Since my wife and daughter love Harry Potter, maybe they will play Quidditch Champions.
MLB!!! It's Americas equivalent of cricket. Boring as sin and not something many outside of the US and maybe Japan have an interest in. Would have took anything over mlb, even trash like gollem would have been better
my PS+ essential subscription run out a month ago. didn't get any offer during the days of play, so I was wondering: is there any chance/store/way to get the subscription with any kind of discount? anybody knows by any chance?
on topic: i am still kinda new to baseball (been a Red Sox fan for two years), but this is a good month for me (also a Harry Potter fan so looking forward for quidditch).
Pretty atrocious selection. Sport titles like MLB is such a niche genre...
Little nightmares looks a lot like Limbo?
Anyone played it a can offer some clarity, I loved Limbo so this looks good for me
I don't care about baseball or Harry Potter so it's only Little Nightmare II for me.
@get2sammyb Agreed. Baseball has long been a love of mine, and the games I only got into this year. Fantastic fun, and a lot more skilled involved than people would think. I wish more people gave it a shot. Also, an easy platinum!
@Bamila yeah, sports titles are a niche genre that consistently top best-seller lists, is that where you were going with that?
@MrGilly69 Rounders.
None of these strike my fancy but then again, that's usually the case for PS+ Essential. So, par for course next month......
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Really happy about MLB, haven’t played a game in the series since 2020.
Sony aren't even trying anymore, at this point. 🙂
I’ve attended to a baseball game in the US, it looked like more a community event than a real sport competition, with local school kids singing, the local animal rescue foundation letting the dogs running on the field, people grilling bbq on the parking lot, etc… it was fun, but just one time in the life. Will definitely not play that on PS5 😊
I like baseball bats but I can't stand baseball. The other two titles are not for me so it's a poor month but I'm sure there's something there for others. I have plenty to be playing anyway.
@Panic_Attache even if one is an imaginary sport 😂
@rusty82 Baseball?
@get2sammyb when does The Plucky Squire drop?
Funnily enough I was considering buying Little Nightmares II yesterday.
Amazing offering here.
Pass for me. Super Mega Baseball 4 destroys MLB the Show, so much so that I can't even play it anymore.
@DETfaninATL That's golf, not baseball.
I feel really good paying for the Xbox Game pass instead.
Havent played a baseball game in forever, I'll check it out, why not
I'll be checking out mlb the show and quidditch.
I mean the only hate for baseball is because majority of people are British, I think.
Hard pass for me on all of it. And I like Baseball, I just don't want to play it.
Little Nightmares 2 is not bad I bought it when it was 7.99.
I guess they realised no one would buy the Quidditch game, so decided to force it on us. More money to fund the witch going slowly insane from black mould to boot. Aside from that, an alright selection, Little Nightnares 2 will be fun!
Harry Potter 🤮
MLB The Show 23 was on PS Plus last year (October I think) and I am guessing next year we will get MLB The Show 25 around Sept/Oct 2025.
Quidditch and Little Nightmares II seem like they may be interesting.
As the youth of today would say: mid
@VanguardKaiser 17th I think
Harry Potter for me 😁
MLB is top shelf. I already have the platinum, but I am happy for everyone that is interested in the game but did not pull the trigger so far.
@tangyzesty I was talking about MLB itself that no one plays except US
This September is Astro's month, there's no title Sony can add to PS+ that can match it, even if it's "freely" offered.
Not sure if I’ll try any of these, but I do like Harry Potter, so maybe? I enjoyed the first Little Nightmares so I’ll consider that too. I’ve never played an MLB game and I doubt I will start now
What!? 2 Sports titles this month. SMH
None for me this month but her indoors is down for some quidditch. I’m busy with Rebirth anyway 👍👍
@doctommaso LOL - well played
Excited to play MLB. I'm terrible at these games, but still enjoy it. No matter what view I choose for the batting view I still can't read the pitch well enough. I see if I can take my Brewers to the lead in the division like they are now.
Utter, utter, utter crap.
Rounders and the worlds most generic 'fantasy' (Worst Witch rip off)?? Little Nightmares might be worth a look but I have a feeling it won't be on the hard drive for long.
ps minus strikes again
Was gonna take a year off from The Show after getting it the last couple, but I guess for free, sure why not? Little Nightmares II is a nice bonus as well.
LFGGG MLB 8/10 MONTH
Man, this is really not a me month. Not crazy excited over Harry Potter (Witch Hat Atelier is just that but better you should read it), not a sports fan, and Little Nightmares 2 is cool, but I'm not as enthusiastic to play it rn when I haven't played the first yet, so kinda weak for me overall
Quidditch looks like it might be interesting to mess around with. I'm lukewarm about Harry Potter, but I admire J.K. Rowling's spunk.
MLB The Show doesn't appeal to me, and I can't tell at a glance what Little Nightmares 2 is like. It would've been nice if the article had given us more information about it instead of banging on about the other two better-known titles.
My little nightmare is that they still have not added knack 2.
The Show is really good if you’re into baseball.
Otherwise, oofa
Really good month
At least we have a fun sport in the selection: Quidditch.
The baseball game is the only decent option there
Looking forward to Little Nightmares 2, but I'm not even going to bother adding Quidditch to my library.
Little Nightmares 2 is a great game!
No one seems to like Sports games on PS+
@IOI every month the same. ‘I’m glad I don’t subscribe’. Well done I guess 🤷♂️
‘I don’t like it so I don’t want anyone else to enjoy it’ 🙈
@TrickyDicky99 why’s that then?
As bad as it gets in my eyes. An online multi-player game that's destined to be free to play within 6 months if the servers remain for that long and also a sports title that practically nobody outside of the US cares one iota about.
They're the 2 genres of games most people want to avoid getting every month and Sony has nailed us with both this time.
Little nightmares 2 isn't really for me, but it is a very respectable offering at least.
I cannot remember a more disappointing month in recent memory and there's been some stinkers.
@BolkaRover It’s just an opinion, I never said that “anyone shouldn’t enjoy it”, if they had given Hogwarts Legacy I’d be like “damn what a good perk I’m missing”, but we’ve gone months now without that feeling, you get mad over people having opinions?
I already own Little Nightmares 2, and I don't care about wizard football or silly American rounders so this is no from me.
Another month, another crappy selection.
Boring cr"p 😊 again.
More typically dirt cheap games for the increasingly overpriced subscription service. Value for money is nil. They must have run out of Lego games this month.
Whoop whoop Quidditch is finally here. Looks like a remake of the wii game. I was hooked on that one so I'm really excited. The other two are not for me. But I don't care because there's QUIDDITCH!!!! Woohoo:-)
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