{"id":555682,"date":"2026-04-28T20:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/555682\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:55:20","slug":"ps-plus-may-2026-free-ps5-games-reveal-date-time-and-predictions-gaming-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/555682\/","title":{"rendered":"PS Plus May 2026 free PS5 games reveal date, time and predictions | Gaming | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

PlayStation Plus<\/a> subscribers are just moments away from finding out which PS5<\/a> games will join the Essentials line-up in May 2026. And the good news is that fans don’t have long to wait<\/a>, because the next batch of PS Plus Essentials will be unveiled at 4.30pm BST UK time on the afternoon of April 29. That’s 8.30am PT \/ 11.30am ET if you live in the US, or 5.30pm CET for European subscribers. The games will actually be available less than a week later, on the morning of May 5.<\/p>\n

Based on recent months, there’s a good chance the game will leak ahead of schedule, so keep checking back for the latest updates.<\/p>\n

Daily Express will also update the article when the games are announced on the afternoon of April 29.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, fans have been attempting to predict the line-up ahead of the big reveal.<\/p>\n

The game with the most picks is Ubisoft’s licensed action game Star Wars Outlaws, which seems like a prime candidate for PlayStation Plus.<\/p>\n

Reddit<\/a> users also believe Atomic Heart will make an appearance on PlayStation Plus. One of the most popular picks, Atomic Heart is a unique first-person shooter set in an alternate history version of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

Despite middling reviews at launch, consistent updates and DLC have seen Atomic Heart gain a Mostly Positive score on Steam.<\/p>\n

With the football season coming to an end, we’re also seeing more picks for EA Sports FC 26. Fingers crossed.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, there are picks for Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, Nine Sols, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Rematch and Hades.<\/p>\n

Other games mentioned in the predictions thread include Exoprimal, Street Fighter 6, Hi-Fi Rush, Slay the Princess, System Shock and Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered.<\/p>\n

Tomb Raider certainly makes sense given that its predecessor is available as part of the current PS Plus line-up.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, subscribers have until next week to nab Lords of the Fallen, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered and Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PlayStation Plus subscribers are just moments away from finding out which PS5 games will join the Essentials line-up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,954,1171,112,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-555682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-playstation","tag-playstation-plus","tag-ps5","tag-sony","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}