PlayStation Plus adds Yakuza, Far Cry with latest games of 2022

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PlayStation has announced which games will be coming to PlayStation Plus in its latest influx of new titles in 2022. Subscribers who pay for Extra or Premium tiers get a number of Ubisoft titles, as well as the newest entries in the Like a Dragon Series. With one exception, all games will launch on the service on December 20.

Three of the games offered on the subscription service are Far Cry games, specifically Far Cry 5, Far Cry Primal, and Far Cry: New Dawn. Ubisoft has added several of its games to PS Plus over the past few months, including several Assassin's Creed games. Monolith's Middle-earth games, Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War, are also joining at the same time.

We also get several games from the Like a Dragon (formerly known as Yakuza) series, including Yakuza 6, Like a Dragon, and spin-off title Judgment. This means Sony has delivered on a promise made earlier this year to bring the entire series to PS Plus. The next game in the series, Like a Dragon: Ishin, will launch on February 21. Curiously, PS Plus also announced one game from the bundle that won't be joining the service until early January: WWE 2K22, which will launch for Extra and Premium members. January 3.

Other games coming to the service include:

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As always, some retro games are only available to first-tier Premium subscribers. The list of these is smaller than it has been in previous months. Subscribers will receive Heavenly Sword, Ridge Racer 2, Pinball Heroes, and Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus.

Sony's PlayStation Plus offerings, while perhaps not as impressive as Xbox Game Pass, are growing in their own right. Sony is still in a row with Microsoft over its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, with the FTC currently investigating the deal. A recent report from Bloomberg suggests that, likely in fairness, Microsoft has offered Sony the right to sell Call of Duty games on PlayStation Plus. Since Sony never releases new games on PlayStation Plus, it may not have liked this compromise.

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