PlayStation Plus May lineup revealed

Sony on May 13 published its PlayStation Plus Game Catalog update for May, led by Star Wars Outlaws, Red Dead Redemption 2, Bramble: The Mountain King and The Thaumaturge. Adam Michel, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s director of content acquisition and operations, said in the company’s PlayStation.Blog post that the lineup will be available to play on May 19. (blog.playstation.com) Sony said the additions are part of the Game Catalog for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium members, while PlayStation Plus Premium also gets Time Crisis this month. The May update matters because Sony splits PlayStation Plus into tiers with different libraries and benefits. Sony’s official PlayStation Plus page says Essential, Extra and Premium are the three plans, and that the Game Catalog is available with Extra or Premium. Sony also says Premium includes added benefits such as cloud streaming, game trials and the Classics Catalog. (blog.playstation.com) ### Which games are in Sony’s May PlayStation Plus drop? Sony named Star Wars Outlaws, Red Dead Redemption 2, Bramble: The Mountain King and The Thaumaturge as headline additions in the May 13 post. The company’s post says Star Wars Outlaws is a PS5 title, Red Dead Redemption 2 is listed for PS4, and Bramble: The Mountain King and The Thaumaturge are available on both PS5 and PS4. (blog.playstation.com) The same post says more titles are included beyond those four, but those were the games Sony put in the headline and top billing. Sony described the May slate as part of its monthly Game Catalog refresh for subscribers on the Extra and Premium tiers. (playstation.com) ### When do subscribers actually get access? May 19 is the access date Sony gave for the full lineup. Michel wrote in the PlayStation.Blog announcement that “the full lineup will be available to play on May 19,” putting the games on the usual mid-month Game Catalog schedule rather than the separate monthly-games cadence. April 29 is the date Sony used for a different May PlayStation Plus announcement covering Monthly Games, not the Game Catalog. (blog.playstation.com) Sony’s PlayStation Plus archive shows a separate post for “Monthly Games for May,” underscoring that the May 13 post concerns the Extra and Premium catalog update instead. ### Which PlayStation Plus tiers get these games? PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium members get the Game Catalog additions, according to Sony’s May 13 post. (blog.playstation.com) Sony’s PlayStation Plus overview page separately says the Game Catalog comes with Extra or Premium, while Essential focuses on core benefits such as online multiplayer, monthly games and discounts. Time Crisis is the exception in this update because Sony placed it under PlayStation Plus Premium. (blog.playstation.com) The May 13 post says Premium “welcomes the iconic arcade shooter Time Crisis,” marking it as the classics-side addition in the same monthly refresh. ### Why is Star Wars Outlaws the most notable addition? (blog.playstation.com) Star Wars Outlaws is the lead game in Sony’s announcement and the first title named in the headline. Sony’s store page describes it as an open-world Star Wars action-adventure game for PS5 centered on scoundrel Kay Vess, and lists the standard edition at $69.99 in the U.S. store. Red Dead Redemption 2 is also a high-profile addition because Sony has carried it in the catalog before. (blog.playstation.com) The May 13 post labels it a “PlayStation Plus re-release,” indicating the Rockstar title is returning to the subscription library rather than joining for the first time. ### Where can players verify the lineup for themselves? Sony’s PlayStation.Blog post dated May 13 is the primary announcement and names the games, tiers and availability date. Sony’s PlayStation Plus pages also explain which membership levels include the Game Catalog and Premium benefits. As of May 15, Sony’s U.S. PlayStation Store also maintains Game Catalog listing pages showing the subscription library, which is where the May additions should appear once they go live on May 19. (blog.playstation.com) May 19 is the next concrete milestone for subscribers, because that is the date Sony gave for the full lineup to become playable. Sony said the additions will land in the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for Extra and Premium members, with Time Crisis reserved for Premium. (blog.playstation.com) (store.playstation.com)