Sony has announced the PS Plus Essential June 2023 lineup and it includes Basketball, samurai, and Jeff Goldblum, the three pillars of any good lineup.
The PS Plus Essential June 2023 lineup has been officially announced before the lineup is set to arrive next Tuesday, June 6 and is headlined by the dino themed park builder Jurassic World Evolution 2. The game is developed by Frontier Developments, the studio best known for its work on the phenomenal Rollercoaster Tycoon series and more recently Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo (and Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo, which isn't a park management game, but it's a banger), so clearly it's in good hands.
Jurassic World Evolution 2 brings in some familiar faces from the eponymous film series to help with your Jurassic Park management; namely, Jeff Goldblum and Bryce Dallas Howard who reprise their roles as Dr Ian Malcom and Claire Dearing respectively.
You know what pairs well with dinosaurs though? Basketball of course (just check out that Godzilla vs Charles Barkley comic). NBA 2K23 also arrives on PS Plus this month. NBA 2K23 brings that classic 2K gameplay, with this year's entry bringing back the classic Jordan Challenge mode that hasn't been seen since NBA 2K11. This mode transports you back to the early 80s to retell the rise of Basketball legend and Tune Squad alumni Michael Jordan.
Finally there's Flying Wild Hog's samurai title Trek to Yomi, which is a hard as nails sidescroller which pays homage to legendary director Akira Kurosawa with its unique visual aesthetic.
PS Plus Essential June 2023 lineup
The following titles are part of the PS Plus Essential June 2023 lineup:
- Jurassic World Evolution 2 (PS5, PS4)
- NBA 2K23 (PS5, PS4)
- Trek to Yomi (PS5, PS4)
These three titles will be available for download on Tuesday, June 6 and remain available until Tuesday, July 4.
Games leaving PS Plus June 2023
Sony has also confirmed the list of titles that will be leaving PS Plus in June 2023. The following titles will leave on Tuesday, June 6:
- Descenders
- Chivalry 2
- GRID Legends
Meanwhile, these titles will be leaving the Extra and Premium PS Plus tiers later on in the month. However, these have yet to be given a confirmed leaving date:
- 9 Monkeys of Shaolin
- Agents of Mayhem
- Ash of Gods: Redemption
- Black Mirror
- Defense Grid 2
- Descenders
- Gods Will Fall
- Joe Dever's Lone Wolf
- John Wick Hex
- KeyWe
- No Straight Roads
- Party Hard
- Red Faction
- Red Faction 2
- Redeemer: Enhanced Edition
- Wytchwood
Of course, players can still check out the rest of the full PS Plus May 2023 lineup, which includes titles like The Evil Within 2 and the entire Tomb Raider reboot trilogy to keep you busy.
