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Guide: These 12+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out Next Week (3rd-9th August)
A quieter PS5 release week still brings several notable games between 3rd and 9th August, led by Arc System Works’ Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls and Game Freak’s Beast of Reincarnation.
– Beast of Reincarnation arrives on 4th August, a post-apocalyptic action RPG starring Emma and her dog, Koo. – Big Walk launches on 4th August and joins PS Plus Essential, focusing on cooperative communication. – Kynseed and chess-inspired puzzle game Mate’Morphosis also release on 4th August. – 6th August brings Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, a four-versus-four Marvel tag-team fighter. – Other 6th August releases include Feudal Baron: King’s Lord, Grizzy and the Lemmings – Crazy Party, Mai: Child of Ages – Storms of Time, Parkasaurus: Dinoluxe Edition, and Yellowcreek Stories – The Cabin Watcher. – Dying Light 2 joins PS Plus Essential for PS5 and PS4 on 4th August.
In short
- Marvel Tokon headlines a quieter PS5 release week.
- Beast of Reincarnation launches on 4th August.
- Dying Light 2 joins PS Plus Essential.
Explained simply
PlayStation 5 games are sold individually, while PlayStation Plus is a subscription that can include games to claim or play as part of a monthly selection. Release weeks can bring games from large publishers as well as smaller studios, and a quieter schedule can still include a mix of genres.
Two of the week’s more prominent releases come from established Japanese developers: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is a team-based fighting game featuring Marvel characters, and Beast of Reincarnation is an action role-playing game from Pokémon developer Game Freak. The latter follows Emma and her dog Koo in a post-apocalyptic world.
Co-operative game Big Walk is also due to join the PlayStation Plus Essential monthly selection, alongside Dying Light 2 for PS5 and PS4. The remaining releases include strategy, puzzle, dinosaur-park management and horror games, giving players a range of options beyond the headline titles.
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