PlayStation Plus subscribers have until July 7 to download and claim one of the Essential tier's best games in a hot while. The Essential tier of PS Plus games is sometimes called the free games tier, simply because it does not have access to the catalogs of PS Plus Extra and Premium, and because the tier is "essential" for playing online multiplayer games on PS Plus.
As of this writing, the next list of PS Plus free games (for July through August) has not yet been revealed, but PlayStation is expected to do so on July 1. PS Plus follows a monthly pattern, though, so fans know that the new free games should be added on Tuesday, July 7, when the other games rotate out. And to prevent one of those classic "don't forget to claim it before it rotates out" moments for Essential users, it's worth highlighting that time is dwindling before the current PS Plus free games for June can be claimed.
A day-one PlayStation Plus Extra game slated for later this year gets a massive DLC expansion that subscribers may want to know about ahead of time.
On July 7, the new, as-of-yet unannounced PS Plus...
