Sony has established a clear pattern when it comes to the freePlayStation Plusgames. Fans have become accustomed to learning about the next month’s free games on the last Wednesday of each month, and so many were expecting to learn of the freePlayStation Plusgames for September 2021 on Wednesday, August 25. However, Wednesday, August 25 came and went with no PS Plus announcement, and it doesn’t appear as though the announcement will be coming today either.
The reason for this is because it seems Sony doesn’t actually reveal the free PS Plus games on the last Wednesday of the month. That just usually goes hand-in-hand with what Sony is really doing, and that’s revealing the free PS Plus games on the Wednesdaybeforethe first Tuesday of the next month. 99% of the time, that day is the last Wednesday of the month, but with September 2021, the first Tuesday of the month isn’t until September 7.
Free PS Plus Games for September 2021 Leaks and Predictions
Some fans believed that Sony was beat to the punch with its free PS Plus games for September 2021 announcement. An image was making the rounds online that claimed to leak the games, pointing to next-gen survival-horror gameThe Mediumas the PS5 offering, with the other two free games being indie gameHavenandTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2. Since most of thefree PS5 PS Plus gameshave been brand new releases andThe Mediumis just now making its PS5 debut in September, the leak made some sense.
Sony’s close relationship with Activision, which has seen Activision titles offered as PS Plus games in the past, also made it easy to believe thatTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2could be part of the free PS Plus games for September 2021 lineup. In fact, there are Activision games readily available through thePS Plus Collection deal on PS5, including the likes ofCall of Duty: Black Ops 3andCrash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.
However,The Mediumdeveloper Bloober Team stepped up todebunk this particular PS Plus leak. According to Bloober Team,The Mediumwill not be a free PS5 PS Plus game come September. And sinceThe Medium’s PS5 release date is September 3, and not September 7 when the free PS Plus games are going to be made available, it’s not surprising at all to learn that this leak was fake.
As for what the free PS5 PS Plus game will be, there are some solid guesses. Some fans believe that the Metroidvania gameFIST: Forged in Shadow Torchwill be the free PS5 PS Plus gamesince it releases on September 7, but there is some evidence pushing back against that possibility, namely the fact that the game is selling pre-orders. There is a precedent for Sony offering refunds for its PS Plus games, like it did withManeaterback in January, but still,FISTbeing the free PS5 PS Plus game may not be as likely as some think.
Some fans have put forward the theory thatChernobylitewill be a free PS Plus game since it launches on November 7, but the problem is the native PS5 version isn’t going to be available on that date. Unless plans have changed,Chernobylite’s PS4 versionwill release on September 7 with the PS5 version coming at some point down the line. Nearly every single PS5 PS Plus game has been a day one release so far, so it doesn’t seem likely that the company will break from that pattern here, but anything can happen.
Until Sony itself decides to announce the free PS Plus games for September 2021, all fans can do is speculate and treat supposed “leaks” with caution. As it stands, the most likely September 2021 free PS Plus games reveal date is Wednesday, September 1, though it’s always possible that Sony will surprise fans and announce them earlier. Whenever Sony does make the big reveal, it will be interesting to see if any of the theories about what the free PS Plus game is turn out to be true, or if the lineup consists of PS4 and PS5 games that are completely unexpected instead.
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