PlayStation Plus Essential and Games with Gold announced for May 2023
For Games with Gold, Star Wars Episode I: Racer will be available from May 1 to May 31, while Hoa will occupy the mid-month slot from May 16 to June 15. This means that last month's games, Out of Space: Couch Edition and Peaky Blinders: Mastermind, will go down on the April 30 and May 15, respectively.
On Sony's side, GRID Legends, Chivalry 2 and Descenders will be free starting on May 2. This means that your last chance to get April's games - Meet Your Maker, Sackboy: A Big Adventure and Tails of Iron - is May 1.
Source (Games with Gold)
Source (PlayStation Plus Essential)
Star Wars Episode I Racer
Climb on and strap in for some old-school “Star Wars Episode I” podracing action. Play as young Anakin Skywalker or any of the over twenty-one podracers. Fire up your two massive jet engines and rev up to 600 MPH as you race by and over flaming methane lakes, through meteor showers, past Tusken Raiders, and more. May the Force be with you!
Hoa
Travel through the beautiful, mythologically inspired world of Hoa. Play as the titular fairy returning to her homeland to reinvigorate the terrain and its inhabitants. This is a soothing, meditative puzzle-platformer which will utterly charm you with hand-painted art and a beautiful score. Lose yourself in the little wonders.
GRID Legends | PS4, PS5
Welcome to GRID Legends: a high-stakes driving experience that combines thrilling and unpredictable motorsport, incredible race variety and an immersive narrative that puts you at the heart of the action. Take the spotlight in an engrossing racing story, brought to life by a world-class cast including Ncuti Gatwa in a ground-breaking extended reality production. Face fierce personalities, paddock politics, on-track drama and the infamous Ravenwest Motorsport, as a fly-on-the-wall documentary captures every moment.
Chivalry 2 | PS4, PS5
Return to the ultimate medieval battlefield in this multiplayer first person slasher inspired by epic medieval movie battles. Players are thrust into the action of every iconic moment of the era – experience large-scale conflicts in sprawling medieval environments ranging from Tournament grounds to full-scale castle sieges. Pick your playstyle with 4 classes and 12 subclasses, each with their own unique weapons and abilities and much more then charge headfirst into stunning 64-player cinematic battles. The PS5 version runs in 4K at 60fps.
Descenders | PS4
Descenders is a fast-paced extreme downhill biking game that’s easy to pick up, but difficult to master, featuring an in-depth physics system that lets you control every subtle movement of your rider. Take on different jumps, slopes and hillbombs every time you play with procedurally generated levels. Earn special mutators each time you play, and work out which abilities work best for your riding style and earn new bikes and threads as you build your online Rep system.