3 new PS Plus games you should play this weekend (August 9-11)

It’s the first full week of the month, so three new games have just been made available to PlayStation Plus subscribers across all three tiers: Essential, Extra, and Premium. These games aren’t being tossed into the Extra and Premium game catalog indefinitely. Instead, PS Plus subscribers can redeem these games between now and September 2, and they will remain in your game library as long as you have an active PS Plus subscription. It’s a solid batch of games too, so if you’re looking for something to play this weekend, I’d definitely recommend checking out any of these three games.

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is the most ambitious Lego game TT Games ever made. It’s simultaneously a vast Star Wars sandbox that players can play around in and a cartoonish retelling of all nine films in The Skywalker Saga. While I feel that these two halves of the game clash at times, there’s no denying how giddy I felt exploring intricately recreated planets like Coruscant and Ahch-To, even if it was as a Lego version of Jar Jar Binks. It’s kid-friendly, supports co-op, and features more engaging combat gameplay than any other Lego title. The PS4 and PS5 versions of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga are available via PS Plus throughout August. It’s also available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S through Game Pass, as well as Nintendo Switch.

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

If you’re in the mood for something more eerie and atmospheric than Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, then I’d recommend Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. It’s an entertaining Metroidvania with RPG systems that follows an amnesiac priestess named Lily as she fights people and other creatures corrupted by the Blight. Lily doesn’t actually do the fighting herself, and instead uses the spirits of purified knights to fight on her behalf. This gives a memorable visual aesthetic to an otherwise straightforward and enjoyable 2D action game. The PS4 version of Ender