During Days of Play, there are big discounts on the PlayStation Store, free items for PlayStation gamers, and new games for all levels of PlayStation Plus.
The free PS Plus games for June 2024 came out earlier this week, and PS Plus Extra got new games too. Now it’s time for PS Plus Premium subscribers to get new games, but they’ll need a PlayStation VR2 headset to play them.
The new games available from June 6 are Before Your Eyes, Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Synth Riders, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapters 1 & 2, and Walkabout Mini Golf. These games will be great for anyone with a PlayStation VR2 headset, but those without the headset will miss out.
Games Coming to PS Plus in June 2024
The new PS Plus Premium games for PlayStation VR2 are really good. Before Your Eyes is highly praised and one of the best VR games ever made.
Both chapters of The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners also got great reviews and are perfect for horror fans. It’s nice to see PlayStation VR2 games added to the PS Plus lineup for the first time.
For PS4 and PS5 gamers without a PlayStation VR2 headset, new PS Plus Premium games are coming on June 11. On that day, classic PS2 games like Tomb Raider: Legend, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus will be added. Plus, the usual mid-month PS Plus Premium update is expected on June 18, so there will be plenty of games to enjoy this month.
Before Your Eyes
Before Your Eyes is an adventure game from 2021 made by GoodbyeWorld Games and published by Skybound Games. It first came out for Microsoft Windows on April 8, 2021, then for macOS in September 2021.
Versions for Android and iOS were released in July 2022. The game is special because it uses eye-tracking technology to tell its story, which was also used in the team’s earlier project called Close Your. This earlier project was funded through Kickstarter.
The game is about Benjamin Brynn, who has recently died and is on his way to the afterlife. Players interact with his memories using an eye-tracking webcam.
The game watches the player’s eye movements and blinking to move the story forward. Critics liked the story, but some had issues with how well the eye-tracking worked.
Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord
The game takes place in San Francisco and includes famous spots like the Golden Gate Bridge. It follows a new team of Ghostbusters who try to stop the Ghost Lord and his helpers.
A story trailer from May 2023 showed that the game’s story connects to the 1984 Ghostbusters movie and involves Gustav Hookfaber, who trained with the Ghostbusters at Columbia University.
Synth Riders
Synth Riders is a virtual reality rhythm game made by Kluge Interactive. In the game, players touch spheres (called ‘notes’), trace lines (called ‘rails’), and avoid obstacles coming towards them.
The game first came out in early access in July 2018 and was officially released on May 21, 2019, for Steam VR and Meta Quest.
It works with many VR headsets, including Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Quest 2, Quest 3, Quest Pro, PlayStation VR, PlayStation VR2, HTC Vive, Pico 4, Valve Index, and Apple Vision Pro.
You need a VR headset and at least one motion controller to play, except for Apple Vision Pro, which uses hand tracking. The game has different music tracks you can play at various difficulty levels.
You can also choose different virtual environments called ‘Stages’ to go with any song. There are also ‘Experiences,’ which are visual animations that go with specific songs.
When you pick a song, notes, and rails will appear and move toward you. You need to match the right-colored hand to the object.
There are special sections with bonus points: gold objects need both hands, and green objects must be hit with the same hand throughout the section. You also have to dodge or duck to avoid obstacles that pop up during the game.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is a virtual reality game where you fight to survive in a zombie-filled world.
It’s a first-person shooter and horror game made by Skydance Interactive with Skybound Entertainment. You can play it on Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, and Oculus Rift.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is a virtual reality game where you fight to survive in a scary world. You play from a first-person view and use weapons to defend yourself.
The game works on Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, and Oculus Rift. It was made by Skydance Interactive with Skybound Entertainment and is based on the comic book series The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman.
The game first came out on Steam and Oculus on January 23, 2020. It was released for PlayStation VR in May 2020, for Oculus Quest in October 2020, and for PICO 4 in January 2023.
Walkabout Mini Golf
Walkabout Mini Golf is a golf simulation video game made by Mighty Coconut in 2020. You need a virtual reality headset to play it, and it’s available on Quest, PlayStation 5, and Windows PC.
On July 28, 2022, the game got a new course based on the movie Labyrinth. This virtual course has obstacles and holes inspired by the Labyrinth, the Illusionary Maze, the Bog of Eternal Stench, and Humongous, among others.
Characters from the movie like Hoggle, Sir Didymus and Ambrosius, Ludo, the Wiseman, and the Four Guards appear in the game, and there are also player avatars themed after these characters.