PlayStation Store: August 2026’s top downloads

PlayStation Store: August 2026’s top downloads https://ift.tt/jsZ9r0E

It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped last month’s download charts. In August, EA Sports Madden NFL 27 and MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls led the PS5 charts in the US. In the EU, Call of Duty: Black Ops II continues to hold the top spot.

Check out the full listings below. What titles are you playing this month?

PS5 Games

US/Canada	EU
EA Sports Madden NFL 27	Call of Duty: Black Ops II
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls	Minecraft
Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
No More Room in Hell 2	The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Legacy Edition
Hell Let Loose: Vietnam	Mafia: Definitive Edition for PS5
EA Sports College Football 27	Grand Theft Auto V
Minecraft	Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
Halo: Campaign Evolved	Call of Duty: Black Ops
Palworld	Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops	Palworld
Star Wars Zero Company	Star Wars Zero Company
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2	Mortal Shell II
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Legacy Edition	No More Room in Hell 2
Grand Theft Auto V	Forza Horizon 5
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced	007 First Light
Mortal Shell II	Halo: Campaign Evolved
Mistfall Hunter	Waterpark Simulator
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.2	Escape the Backrooms
007 First Light	UFC 6
Mafia: Definitive Edition for PS5	Beast of Reincarnation

*Naming of products may differ between regions
*Upgrades not included

PS4 Games

US/Canada	EU
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Red Dead Redemption 2	Red Dead Redemption 2
Gang Beasts	Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
Batman: Arkham Knight	Batman: Arkham Knight
Dying Light	Gang Beasts
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	The Forest
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint	Dying Light
The Forest	Minecraft
Minecraft	Call of Duty: WWII
Call of Duty: WWII	A Way Out
Mortal Kombat X	Mortal Kombat X
Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Call of Duty: Black Ops II
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes	Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4	LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
theHunter: Call of the Wild	Need for Speed Heat
Need for Speed Heat	Assassin’s Creed Origins
Call of Duty: Ghosts	Unravel Two
Star Wars Battlefront II	Watch Dogs 2
Bully	Overcooked 2

*Naming of products may differ between regions

PS VR2 Games*

US/Canada	EU
Synapse	I Am Cat
I Am Cat	Beat Saber
Bootstrap Island	Bootstrap Island
Beat Saber	Job Simulator
Job Simulator	Pavlov
Among Us 3D: VR	Among Us 3D: VR
Pavlov	Synapse
Arizona Sunshine VR 2	Arizona Sunshine VR 2
Moss VR	Grand Rush VR Highway Car Traffic Racing Simulator
Moss VR	Swordsman VR

*PlayStation Store purchases only. Game upgrades or games bundled with hardware not included

Free to Play (PS5 + PS4)

US/Canada	EU
Fortnite	Fortnite
Roblox	Roblox
Once Human (F2P)	Once Human (F2P)
Marvel Rivals	Rocket League
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Free Access	eFootball
Rocket League	Marvel Rivals
Call of Duty: Warzone	Fall Guys
Apex Legends	Call of Duty: Warzone
Fall Guys	Asphalt Legends
eFootball	Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Free Access

(For Southeast Asia) Jin Sakai returns in Ghost of Yōtei: Most Wanted

(For Southeast Asia) Jin Sakai returns in Ghost of Yōtei: Most Wanted https://ift.tt/iD73Q6v

Just revealed in State of Play, Jin Sakai will be one of our playable characters in Ghost of Yōtei: Most Wanted! We are so excited to have the hero of Ghost of Tsushima back for this new mode, complete with all four of his signature stances.

In case you missed our announcement last month, Ghost of Yōtei: Most Wanted is a brand new single-player combat survival mode that’s included in Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition. 

Most Wanted is our spin on a roguelike. You’ll choose from four playable characters and accept bounties with escalating difficulty. As you complete runs, you’ll earn perks and upgrades to build out your character, becoming more powerful as you go.

It was important to us to make Most Wanted feel like an extension of Ghost of Yōtei’s core combat systems. We want playing through runs to take the familiar weapons and systems you’re used to and turn them into a fresh experience that lets you experiment with characters and builds to find the loadout that works best for you. 

So how does it work? To start a run, you’ll select a bounty from the bounty board. Each one features a different member of the Yōtei Six, but to get to them you’ll have to take on waves of enemies and minibosses. As you finish each wave, you’ll unlock perks that help you create a powerful build to eventually take on the final boss of the bounty you’ve selected. Bounties can be replayed at increasing difficulty levels, all culminating in the hardest bounty against Lord Saito himself. 

You’ll also earn Mon as you play, which you can spend outside of runs to unlock new techniques, weapon upgrades, charms, and character unlocks. Plus, any cosmetics you earn through playing Most Wanted will also be unlocked in the main game, so you can wear them during Atsu’s original quest for vengeance, or as you take on the new story expansion in Ghost of Yōtei: Echoes of Sekigahara. 

Once you’ve unlocked all four characters, you can select between them. Each character will start with a katana, as well as their own additional unique weapons, abilities, Ultimates, and Kill Streaks. We encourage you to try them all as each one brings their own different approach to taking down the enemies standing in your way.

Your default starting character will be Atsu, who uses dual katana as well as two Ghost Tools: Metsubushi (Blinding Powder) and a Blind Bomb. Atsu’s Ultimate is “Call of the Pack,” which allows her to summon two wolves to take down nearby enemies, and her Kill Streak is Onryō’s Howl, which will terrify all nearby enemies and force one to flee. 

You’ll also be able to play as Oyuki, who fights with the kusarigama, kunai, and the tanegashima (rifle). Oyuki’s Ultimate is “Shadow Killer,” which unleashes smoke to allow her to quickly assassinate two nearby enemies. Her Kill Streak is Shadow Shinobi, which summons a Nine Tails ally to fight alongside her (and execute their own assassinations) for a limited time. 

The next playable character is Nagato, who uses the yari (spear), tanzutsu (pistol), yumi (long bow), and hankyu (short bow). His Ultimate is “Gambler’s Mark,” which targets two enemies and fires a guaranteed headshot, and his Kill Streak is Blast Arrow, which refills his Concentration and grants an explosive arrow.

Finally, Jin Sakai is our fourth playable character. For Jin, our animation and character art teams worked hard to take his Ghost of Tsushima model and keep it faithful while also applying upgrades for Ghost of Yōtei. Jin can use his katana with all four of the original stances from Ghost of Tsushima, helping to exploit enemy weaknesses. He also starts with a Sticky Bomb and hankyu. Jin’s Ultimate is the “Dance of Wrath” skill from Ghost of Tsushima, which targets multiple enemies and disarms them, and his Kill Streak is, of course, Ghost Stance, which allows him to terrify the enemies around him and kill a limited amount of them in a single hit. 

Beyond selecting the character you want to play as, the real way to create your unique build in Ghost of Yōtei: Most Wanted is by selecting perks. As you progress through a run, you’ll frequently select between new perks including weapon mastery, gear loadouts, summons, parries, survivability, and more. These are the cornerstone of crafting the perfect build and lead to some of the most exciting surprises as you find the challenge or unexpected value that comes from mixing and matching perks.

In addition to our Ghost of Yōtei: Most Wanted trailer and Jin Sakai reveal, we also released a new look at Ghost of Yōtei: Echoes of Sekigahara in State of Play Japan today. 

Echoes of Sekigahara is split between two periods of Atsu’s life: her time on the mainland in the massive Battle of Sekigahara, and the present day. In Sekigahara, you’ll learn about Atsu’s history with Nagato, a key figure from her past who fought alongside her. 

In the present, Nagato has arrived in Ezo and is wanted by the Vipers, outlaws loyal to the Snake left leaderless after his death. The Vipers are a group of vicious poachers who have taken over Ashoro Foothills, a previously unseen area of Ezo that was once teeming with wildlife and has now been left devastated.  

Atsu must reluctantly team up with Nagato to find a close ally who’s been taken from her by the Vipers. In Ashoro Foothills, she’ll find new enemy types, new heavy weapons to wield, new mythic tales and abilities, new armor sets and cosmetics, and much more. 

If you already own Ghost of Yōtei, you can pre-order the Complete Edition Upgrade for SGD 20.27 / MYR 60.11 / IDR 220,890 / THB 524, which will grant you access to Ghost of Yōtei: Most Wanted and Ghost of Yōtei: Echoes of Sekigahara on October 1 (in Bangkok and Jakarta) / October 2 (in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur), and instant access to all of the in-game content previously included in the Ghost of Yōtei Digital Deluxe Edition, as well as the Charm of Hokkyokusei.¹ If you pre-order by September 30, you’ll also receive an early unlock of the Sakai Armor for Atsu to wear on October 1/October 2 without having to unlock it by playing Most Wanted first.¹ 

If you haven’t played Ghost of Yōtei yet, you can purchase Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition digitally now for SGD 97.90 / MYR 299 / IDR 1,142,000 / THB 2,290 for instant access to the original Ghost of Yōtei game, plus our online co-op mode Ghost of Yōtei Legends, all of the content in the Ghost of Yōtei Digital Deluxe Edition and the Charm of Hokkyokusei, and access to Ghost of Yōtei: Most Wanted and Ghost of Yōtei: Echoes of Sekigahara when they launch on October 1/October 2. 

Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition also includes new photo mode stamps, additional cosmetics for New Game Plus, and new Trophies for both Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted. If you purchase digitally by September 30, you’ll also get an early unlock of the Sakai Armor on October 1. The physical edition of Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition will launch October 1/October 2. 

In case you missed our announcement last month, we’ll also have some updates coming in a free patch for Ghost of Yōtei on October 1, even if you don’t purchase the Complete Edition upgrade.¹ All Ghost of Yōtei owners will unlock the free Beauty of Yōtei mode, which allows you to browse the beautiful environments of Ezo and explore them in Photo Mode. All Ghost of Yōtei owners will also receive new tracks for Watanabe Mode that can be experienced anywhere in the game where the mode is enabled, as well as a new option to keep an armor set’s appearance while using a different set’s stats, and a new high contrast accessibility option.

With less than a month to go now, we are so excited to celebrate Ghost of Yōtei’s one-year anniversary with the launch of Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition, and can’t wait for you all to play through Ghost of Yōtei: Most Wanted and Ghost of Yōtei: Echoes of Sekigahara. Make sure to tag us in all of your Photo Mode creations and your best Most Wanted builds! 

¹Available via patch v.2.0 on October 1, 2026 globally and October 2, 2026 in some territories including Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Internet connection and account for PlayStation required. 

(For Southeast Asia) First look at the Grand Theft Auto VI Limited-Edition DualSense Wireless Controllers

(For Southeast Asia) First look at the Grand Theft Auto VI Limited-Edition DualSense Wireless Controllers https://ift.tt/HkGAeVp

Vice City has a style all its own. From its sun-soaked streets to its bright neon lights, the city will be Leonida’s ultimate destination when players jump into Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19. 

At today’s State of Play, we shared a first look at two new limited edition DualSense wireless controllers inspired by Grand Theft Auto VI which capture that unmistakable Vice City energy: DualSense Wireless Controller – Grand Theft Auto VI Black Limited Edition and DualSense Wireless Controller – Grand Theft Auto VI White Limited Edition.

The black and white limited-edition DualSense wireless controllers each capture the essence of Vice City, from bright days along the coast to vibrant city nights. Both editions feature a shimmering, color-shifting finish that brings together the hues of a Vice City sunset and the glow of neon lights. They both also feature custom palm tree details molded directly into the controller, adding a unique tactile element alongside official Grand Theft Auto VI branding.  

The DualSense Wireless Controller – Grand Theft Auto VI White Limited Edition embodies Vice City at daybreak, from its white sands and pastel skies to all its laid-back glamour. The DualSense Wireless Controller – Grand Theft Auto VI Black Limited Edition captures the energy of Vice City’s iconic nightlife.

In Southeast Asia, DualSense Wireless Controller – Grand Theft Auto VI White Limited Edition and DualSense Wireless Controller – Grand Theft Auto VI Black Limited Edition will be available in limited quantities through participating retailers.

In Grand Theft Auto VI, the DualSense wireless controller’s haptic feedback and adaptive triggers instantly respond to the action and provide dynamic resistance, bringing the sights, sounds and sensations of Jason and Lucia’s story to life in your hands. Find out more on how Grand Theft Auto VI plays best on PS5 when it launches on November 19 and check out Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look here.

Both limited-edition DualSense wireless controllers will launch starting on November 19 for a recommended retail price of SGD 115 / MYR 419 / IDR 1,549,000 / THB 2,890 / PHP 5,411 / VND 2,399,000.* Pre-orders start September 10 at 10:00am Local time.

*The exact launch date and availability for controllers may vary by country/region