While there is usually some general excitement around games added to subscriptions services like the Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus, it can also be a real bummer to see some of those titles leave each month too.
Sony just rolled out the new PS Plus Extra and Premium lineup for February, but also revealed which games are being removed in the next cycle — including a handful of big fighting games.
By looking at the ‘Last chance to play section’ of the PlayStation Store catalog, we can see a total of 10 games are getting KO’d from the service with a third of them being fighters.
The biggest loss for many in that avenue will likely be Mortal Kombat 11 on both PlayStation 4 and 5, which has managed to maintain a decent userbase despite Mortal Kombat 1 releasing almost a year and a half ago.
So those who’ve been grinding out towers and online for “free” will have to cough up funds for MK11 starting after the middle of next month — but at least the complete Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate package goes on sale for like $10 regularly.
Street Fighter 5 has also been part of the PS+ lineup for years now, but it seems Capcom and Sony have decided to fully sunset it from the service, which isn’t as big of a loss as just the base game unless you’ve been grinding out Fight Money to get everyone for free.
But like MK11, SF5 Champion Edition is also on sale fairly often for pretty cheap to get all of the content in one package (besides the final season at least).
And then the most costly removal will be JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R.
Although it’s a remaster from over a decade ago, JoJo’s R is still technically the newest title of the bunch and can be hard to find for less than $30 even on sale.
All-Star Battle’s lack of rollback netcode seemingly prevented its scene from growing too much, but the game is packed with so much fan service to please JJBA fans.
And then there’s more big games leaving including two more from Capcom with Resident Evil 3 and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy along with Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot from Bandai Namco.
Next month’s departures are going to do a good chunk of damage to PS+’s modern fighting game lineup
It seems all you’ll really have left on that front will be Melty Blood: Type Lumina and Power Rangers Battle for the Grid.
All of these games are set to be removed from the service on March 18, and you can find the full list below.
• Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
• Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
• Life is Strange 2
• Life is Strange: True Colors
• Monster Energy Supercross
• Mortal Kombat 11
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
• Resident Evil 3
• Street Fighter 5
Source: Event Hubs
