July’s PS Plus Essential games are ready to be claimed

PS
Plus
Essential
subscribers
can
now
go
ahead
and
claim
July’s
batch
of
PS4
and
PS5
titles
at
no
extra
cost.
Remember,
to
claim
them
all
you
have
to
do
is
click
on
the
game
and
add
it
to
your
library.
After
that,
you
can
download
and
play
them
at
any
time
provided
you
still
have
an
active
subscription.

This
month’s
selection
of
games
is
nothing
spectacular,
but
they
can’t
all
be
amazing.
Headlining
the
group
is

Borderlands
3,
the
looter-shooter
from
2019.
It’s
just
the
standard
version,
so
no
DLC
included,
but
it
is
the
PS5
compatible
version
so
if
you’re
on
Sony’s
latest
hardware
you’ll
get
60fps,
slightly
better
graphics
and
a
few
other
tweaks.

Fun
fact:
every
mainline
entry
in
the

Borderlands
series
has
been
claimable
at
some
point
on
Plus/Plus
Essential
over
the
years,
along
with
a
few
spin-offs
like
the
Borderlands:
The
Pre-Sequel
and
Tales
of
the
Borderlands.

While
Borderlands
3
technically
has
a
value
of
£59.99/$59.99
on
PSN,
the
game
is
almost
always
on
sale
and
can
be
found
for
£10/$10
or
less.

The
next
game
is

NHL
24
which
did
reasonably
well
with
critics,
holding
an
aggregated
score
of
70
on
Opencritic.
The
consensus
is
predictable:
its
a
typical
annual
sports
game.
It’ll
also
be
getting
replaced
fairy
soon
by
NHL
25.

Finally,
we
have
Among
Us,
the
sensation
that
briefly
seemed
to
take
over
the
world.
Considering
this
can
be
bought
for
a
measly
£5/$5
on
PSN,
without
any
form
of
sale,
this
one
isn’t
bringing
much
monetary
value
to
the
table.
It’s
still
worth
grabbing
though,
especially
since
it
will
be
getting
a
fairly
major
update
down
the
line
when
developer
Innersloth
evolves
it
into
what
was
going
to
be
Among
Us
2.