PlayStation Plus adds Star Wars Outlaws

Sony Interactive Entertainment said on May 13 that PlayStation Plus subscribers on the Extra and Premium tiers will get access to a new group of Game Catalog titles led by Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws and Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2. Adam Michel, Sony's director of content acquisition and operations, listed Bramble: The Mountain King and The Thaumaturge among the additions in a post on the official PlayStation Blog. Sony said the full lineup will be available to play on May 19. The May update adds one of Ubisoft's biggest recent releases to Sony's subscription catalog less than two years after the game's August 2024 launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 returns to the service as a "PlayStation Plus re-release," according to Sony's post, and includes access to Red Dead Online. (blog.playstation.com) ### Which PlayStation Plus games are being added this month? Sony's May 13 post named Star Wars Outlaws for PS5, Red Dead Redemption 2 for PS4, Bramble: The Mountain King for PS5 and PS4, and The Thaumaturge as part of the May Game Catalog refresh. The post said more titles are included in the monthly lineup, though the four named games were the headline additions in the announcement. (blog.playstation.com) PlayStation Plus Premium also gets Time Crisis in the same update, Sony said. Michel wrote that the arcade shooter joins the Premium catalog alongside the broader May Game Catalog additions. ### When can subscribers actually download and play them? (blog.playstation.com) May 19 is the availability date Sony gave in its official announcement. The PlayStation Blog post said "the full lineup will be available to play on May 19," which indicates the catalog additions were announced on May 13 but were not yet live that day. (blog.playstation.com) The wording matters because PlayStation also runs a separate Monthly Games program with different timing and eligibility. Sony's post identified these additions as part of the Game Catalog for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium, not the Monthly Games lineup that goes to all PlayStation Plus tiers. ### What is Sony saying about Star Wars Outlaws? Star Wars Outlaws is described by Sony as "the first-ever open world Star Wars game" in the May catalog announcement. (blog.playstation.com) The company said players take the role of Kay Vess, "an emerging scoundrel," and move across "distinct planets across the galaxy, both iconic and new." (blog.playstation.com) Ubisoft launched Star Wars Outlaws on August 30, 2024, and said at the time that Gold Edition or Ultimate Edition owners and Ubisoft+ Premium subscribers could start earlier on August 27. Ubisoft has continued supporting the game with post-launch content, including the "A Pirate's Fortune" story pack that the publisher said is now available. (blog.playstation.com) ### Why is Red Dead Redemption 2 notable in this lineup? Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2 remains one of the largest catalog titles in Sony's May refresh. Sony's post said the package includes Red Dead Online in addition to the base game, giving subscribers both the single-player campaign and the online mode. (news.ubisoft.com) Sony also labeled the game a "PlayStation Plus re-release," signaling that Red Dead Redemption 2 has been on the subscription service before and is now returning. Rockstar describes the title as the story of Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang as lawmen close in at the end of the Wild West era. (blog.playstation.com) ### Where is the official list posted? The official lineup is posted on the PlayStation Blog under Sony's PlayStation Plus category. The May 13 entry is attributed to Adam Michel, director of content acquisition and operations at Sony Interactive Entertainment. May 19 is the next date subscribers need to watch. Sony said that is when the full Game Catalog lineup, including Star Wars Outlaws, Red Dead Redemption 2, Bramble: The Mountain King, The Thaumaturge and Time Crisis for Premium members, becomes available. (blog.playstation.com 1) (blog.playstation.com 2)