Next month, PlayStation Plus subscribers will see the departure of 22 games from the service's library, including high-profile titles like Grand Theft Auto 5, Payday 2: Crimewave Edition, and the last playable versions of Sony's first-party titles Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2. These games will be removed on May 20, 2025.
PlayStation Plus is a comprehensive online gaming service for PlayStation consoles that offers a range of benefits to its members, including free monthly games, limited-time trials, online multiplayer access, and exclusive member discounts. For Extra and Premium members, the service provides access to a catalog of hundreds of current and classic games.
As reported by Push Square, the upcoming removal of 22 games from the PlayStation Plus library includes two notable first-party Sony PS3 titles, Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2, which will no longer be available through the PS Plus Premium streaming service.
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The removal of Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 is particularly significant because these games are no longer available for purchase on the PS Store. This makes the PS Plus Premium streaming service the final platform to experience these titles, unless players own both games and a functional PS3. The decision to remove these games comes less than a year after their addition to the library at the end of 2024.
The Resistance series, developed by Insomniac Games, consists of alternate history first-person shooters that followed the studio's successful Ratchet and Clank series. Insomniac released three Resistance games for the PS3 before shifting focus to other projects such as Marvel’s Spider-Man and new Ratchet and Clank titles.
While it is unusual for Sony to remove first-party titles from PlayStation Plus, precedents exist, such as the unexpected removal of both Horizon games — Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon: Forbidden West — in August 2024. Unlike the Horizon games, which remained available for purchase after their removal, Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 will become entirely inaccessible on modern consoles.
Notably, Resistance 3 and Resistance: Retribution will continue to be available on the service, while the more recent first-party PS4 title InFamous: Second Son is also set to leave PS Plus.
Insomniac's Resistance series has been on hiatus for some time. In February, Insomniac's founder and outgoing president Ted Price disclosed efforts to develop Resistance 4, but the project did not move forward. Like Guerrilla's Killzone series, Resistance has been sidelined.
Games leaving PS Plus on May 20, 2025
Grand Theft Auto 5 MotoGP 24 The Sims 4: Island LivingResistance: Fall of Man Resistance 2 Walkabout Mini GolfSynth RidersGhostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord Before Your Eyes The Walking Dead: Saints & SinnersThe Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 Stranded: Alien Dawn The Lego Movie 2 Videogame GhostrunnerPayday 2: Crimewave Edition Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Journey to the Savage Planet Portal Knights Enter the Gungeon Batman: Arkham Knight InFamous: Second Son
