The list of new PS5 and PS4 games for the week beginning July 8, 2024, is made up almost entirely of indie games although there is plenty of choice. The highlight of the week will be truck driving simulator Alaskan Road Truckers: Highway Edition, although there’s also a blast from the past in the form of Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III.

All PS5 and PS4 July 8 to 14, 2024 game release dates

Here are all of the PS5 and PS4 games currently set to be released throughout the week of July 8 to 14, 2024.

PS5 Games

• Cazzarion: Mosquito Hunt (July 8)
• Let’s Journey (July 8)
• Racing Bros: Mafias Revenge (July 8)
• Lifeless Moon (July 9)
• Naheulbeuk’s Dungeon Master (July 9)
• Spin Rhythm XD (July 9)
• No Brakez (July 10)
• True Colours – A Date With Deception (July 10)
• Alaskan Road Truckers: Highway Edition (July 11)
• The Boys Escape (July 11)
• Disaster Band (July 11)
• Hamster Playground (July 11)
• Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III (July 11)
• Prune & Milo (July 11)
• TimeMelters (July 11)
• Astral Escape (July 12)
• Cola Riders (July 12)
• Deathchron (July 12)
• Infinite Inside (July 12)
• Platform Twister (July 12)
• Thief Simulator 2 (July 12)
• True Virus (July 12)
• Cubic Riders (July 13)

PS4 Games

• Rescue Team 911 Simulator – Ambulance, Police, Firefighter (July 9)
• Spin Rhythm XD (July 9)
• No Brakez (July 10)
• True Colours – A Date With Deception (July 10)
• The Boys Escape (July 11)
• Hamster Playground (July 11)
• Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III (July 11)
• Astral Escape (July 12)
• Cola Riders (July 12)
• Deathchron (July 12)
• Platform Twister (July 12)
• Thief Simulator 2 (July 12)
• True Virus (July 12)
• Cubic Riders (July 13)

A total of 23 games are coming to PS5 this week, while PS4 players get a slightly shorter list of 13 titles. Alaskan Road Truckers: Highway Edition does exactly what it says on the tin, challenging players with extreme weather, truck maintenance issues, and risky shortcuts as they try to make money as an Alaskan Trucker. Other simulators offer experiences such as a thief or, on the other end of the scale, members of the emergency services.

Bubble Bobble III makes its way to modern-day consoles more than 30 years after its initial release. With the aid of magical parasols, Bubby and Bobby must save their neighboring planets from an evil menace. Other notable games include the dungeon builder Naheulbeuk’s Dungeon Master and the visual novel True Colours – A Date With Deception.

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Yet another AMD executive has stepped forward to claim that the PS4‘s success saved the component manufacturer from a financial disaster. Yesterday, the LinkedIn profile of a current senior director at AMD made rounds, in which he claimed that the company avoided bankruptcy due to its work with Sony. Now, a 19-year AMD veteran has corroborated the claim.

How PS4’s success averted a financial disaster for AMD

Phil Park, a performance architect at AMD, directly quote tweeted the viral thread that started the discussion yesterday. Park said that the original claim, made by 22-year AMD veteran Renato Fragale, was true to his knowledge.

According to Park, AMD took a hit during the 2008 financial crisis and had to sell “multiple” IPs to raise cash. Park also revealed that “most of us” took pay cuts. It’s unclear if he meant the entire AMD workforce or just senior level executives.

“The 2008 Global Financial Crisis put us in an incredibly bad position, especially after Intel’s recovery with Merom/Conroe/Woodcrest and Nehalem,” Park tweeted. “In 2013, the PS4/Xbox One were released which is what we needed for steady revenue to keep us afloat and invest in future products.”

Although Park mentions both the PS4 and Xbox One, Fragale’s LinkedIn profile specifically credits the PS4’s success.

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PS4‘s success helped AMD avoid bankruptcy, according to a senior director at the component manufacturer. Renato Fragale, who has been at AMD for over 22 years now, made this significant claim in his LinkedIn profile, which is still up at the time of this writing.

PS4 ‘one of the most successful launches in AMD history,’ claims director

The LinkedIn profile in question was first spotted by X user Timur222. Fragale, who has held numerous roles at AMD in a career spanning two decades, was a senior product development engineering manager at AMD when he helped lead the production of PS4’s tech.

According to Fragale, AMD’s work with Sony was “viewed as one of the most successful launches in AMD history, helping AMD to avoid bankruptcy.”

Fragale has since moved up the ladder, and is currently the senior director of OEM consumer and gaming client business.

AMD developed PS4’s semi-custom Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). Speaking to The Inquirer back in 2013, the company said that it was the most powerful APU that it had built back then.

“Everything that Sony has shared in that single chip is AMD, but we have not built an APU quite like that for anyone else in the market,” AMD famously said at the time.

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We enter the second half of the year on a quieter note, although the list of new PS5 and PS4 games for the week beginning July 1, 2024, does have some notable titles. The highlight of the week is likely to be Zenless Zone Zero, the latest game from Genshin Impact developer MiHoYo. There’s also free-to-play shooter The First Descendant and the latest in the The Legend of Heroes: Trails series.

All PS5 and PS4 July 1 to 7, 2024 game release dates

Here are all of the PS5 and PS4 games currently set to be released throughout the week of July 1 to 7, 2024.

PS5 Games

• The First Descendant (July 2)
• Hot Blood (July 2)
• Backrooms Brotherhood (July 3)
• Offroad Mechanic Simulator (July 3)
• Parkitect: Deluxe Edition (July 3)
• Elemental Cube (July 4)
• Fate Seeker II (July 4)
• Scholar’s Mate (July 4)
• Zenless Zone Zero (July 4)
• Bouncy Chicken (July 5)
• Creature Lab (July 5)
• Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero (July 5)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak (July 5)
• Overdrive Blaster (July 5)
• Platform Twister (July 5)
• The Street 10 VR (July 6)

PS4 Games

• Aquatic Life: Fish Simulator RPG (July 2)
• The First Descendant (July 2)
• Hot Blood (July 2)
• Backrooms Brotherhood (July 3)
• Parkitect: Deluxe Edition (July 3)
• Border Police: Contraband Simulator 2024 (July 4)
• Elemental Cube (July 4)
• Fate Seeker II (July 4)
• Scholar’s Mate (July 4)
• Bouncy Chicken (July 5)
• Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero (July 5)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak (July 5)
• Platform Twister (July 5)

A total of 16 games are coming to PS5 this week, while PS4 players get a slightly shorter list of 13 titles. Hoyoverse’s urban fantasy action RPG will be hoping to replicate the success of Genshin Impact. It’s off to a great start as the target of 40 million pre-registrations has been smashed and players can still grab the rewards by signing up before the game’s release date.

Elsewhere, third-person online co-op looter shooter The First Descendent will pit player-controlled Descendents against alien invaders taking over the planet of Ingris. There’s also The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak; the first game in the Trails Through Daybreak story arc finally makes its way west after a release in Japan two years ago.

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The list of new PS5 and PS4 games for the week beginning June 24, 2024, has been livened up by a late entry. The highlight of the week will be Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition, although those wanting a physical copy of the game will have to wait a bit longer.

All PS5 and PS4 June 24 to 30, 2024 game release dates

Here are all of the PS5 and PS4 games currently set to be released throughout the week of June 24 to 30, 2024.

PS5 Games

• Bum Simulator (June 24)
• Cazzarion: Ship Hunting (June 24)
• Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition (June 25)
• Frogun Encore (June 25)
• Graven (June 25)
• Until Then (June 25)
• Go Go Jump!!! (June 26)
• Exo One (June 27)
• Fortress Challenge – Fort Boyard (June 27)
• Frogue (June 27)
• K-ONE (June 27)
• NeoSprint (June 27)
• Party Poppers (June 27)
• A Burger in Space (June 28)
• Bloodhound (June 28)
• Gigantosaurus: Dino Sports (June 28)
• How to Sing to Open Your Heart Remastered (June 28)
• Last Night of Winter (June 28)
• Local News with Cliff Rockslide (June 28)
• SpyxAnya: Operation Memories (June 28)

PS4 Games

• Bum Simulator (June 24)
• Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition (June 25)
• Frogun Encore (June 25)
• Pixel Coloring Paint (June 25)
• Go Go Jump!!! (June 26)
• Exo One (June 27)
• Fortress Challenge – Fort Boyard (June 27)
• Frogue (June 27)
• NeoSprint (June 27)
• A Burger in Space (June 28)
• Bloodhound (June 28)
• Gigantosaurus: Dino Sports (June 28)
• How to Sing to Open Your Heart Remastered (June 28)
• Kingdom’s Dungeon Rage (June 28)
• Last Night of Winter (June 28)
• Local News with Cliff Rockslide (June 28)
• SpyxAnya: Operation Memories (June 28)
• Ultimate Rock Climbing Challenge (June 28)

A total of 20 games are coming to PS5 this week, while PS4 players get a slightly shorter list of 18 titles. Beyond Good & Evil is being brought to the latest generation of consoles this week, and the 20th Anniversary Edition will include various new features like the Treasure Hunt mode that links the game to Beyond Good & Evil 2.

Elsewhere, notable indie games include dark fantasy first-person shooter Graven, a remastered version of visual novel How to Sing to Open Your Heart, and roguelike bullet hell platformer Frogue. Younger gamers will be entertained with Gigantosaurus: Dino Sports, while PSVR 2 players will have to make do with adventure game K-ONE.

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Microsoft brought its open-world multiplayer pirate game Sea of Thieves to PS5 in March, alongside three other previously exclusive games. The game has so far seen significant success on the platform, dominating PS5 sales last month. Xbox Game Studios President Matt Booty commented on the port’s success in a recent interview.

How are Sea of Thieves PS5 sales doing?

Booty recently sat down for an interview with Variety’s Strictly Business podcast. The conversation covered topics ranging from Microsoft’s studio closures to the recent Xbox showcase. Sea of Thieves came up a few times during the interview, with Booty describing the company’s satisfaction with its PS5 release. “We have been really pleased with what we’ve seen on Sea of Thieves,” said Booty. He went on to say, “We saw an uptick in engagement on Xbox and on PC. So again, there’s this thing where you’ve got more people coming into the franchise, which causes more excitement, which actually grows the franchise overall.”

The Microsoft exec also revealed the proportion of PS4 and PS5 users interacting with Xbox and PC players. “Another really interesting encouraging stat is that about half the people that we saw playing on PlayStation were playing with people on other platforms. So, this is about expanding that community.” He attributed this to the work developer Rare put into making Sea of Thieves “best-in-class in terms of cross-platform play.”

“The other thing,” said Booty, “is it brought new players into Sea of Thieves, right… It was really great to see that it was bringing in new players that had never played Sea of Thieves before. I think we consider that a success.”

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The week of June 17, 2024, is quieter than usual as the list of new PS5 and PS4 games only includes indie games despite the recent excitement of Summer Game Fest. The highlight will be Still Wakes The Deep from The Chinese Room, developer of Dear Esther and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture.

All PS5 and PS4 June 17 to 23, 2024 game release dates

Here are all of the PS5 and PS4 games currently set to be released throughout the week of June 17 to 23, 2024.

PS5 Games

• Cazzarion: Flak Battle (June 17)
• Gallery of Things: Reveries (June 17)
• Horror Tales: The Beggar (June 17)
• I Love Finding Cats & Pups (June 17)
• So Much Stuff 3: Odds & Ends (June 17)
• Still Wakes The Deep (June 18)
• Tarzan VR (June 18)
• Glyphs of Gitzan (June 19)
• Poopy Time (June 19)
• Everafter Falls (June 20)
• Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Quest of Memories (June 20)
• Primal Survivors (June 20)
• Rusted Moss (June 20)
• Whacking Hell! (June 20)
• Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship – Remastered (June 20)
• Frog Jumper (June 21)
• Glowface (June 21)
• The Ouroboros King (June 21)
• Stellar Interface (June 21)
• Times & Galaxy (June 21)
• The Boys Escape (June 22)

PS4 Games

• Horror Tales: The Beggar (June 17)
• #BLUD (June 18)
• Space Planet Invader – Cosmic Power (June 18)
• Beneath the earth – Backrooms (June 19)
• Glyphs of Gitzan (June 19)
• Poopy Time (June 19)
• Everafter Falls (June 20)
• Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Quest of Memories (June 20)
• Primal Survivors (June 20)
• Whacking Hell! (June 20)
• Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship – Remastered (June 20)
• Glowface (June 21)
• The Ouroboros King (June 21)
• Stellar Interface (June 21)
• Supermarket Owner Simulator: Business (June 21)
• Urban Skater – Skateboard Delivery City Challenge (June 21)
• The Boys Escape (June 22)

A total of 21 games are coming to PS5 this week, while PS4 players get a slightly shorter list of 17 titles. Still Wakes the Deep is a horror game set on an oil rig in the North Sea where supernatural forces are terrorizing the crew.

The highlight for PS4 players will be #BLUD, a dungeon crawler that combines action RPGs and hyperkinetic 90s cartoons. Elsewhere, there is a new offering for PSVR 2 players but it’s a “take it or leave it” week; Tarzan VR puts players in the titular role as he swings, climbs, and battles his way to become Lord of the Jungle.

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The list of new PS5 and PS4 games for the week of June 10, 2024, features some big titles for both consoles. The highlight on PS5 will be vampire action RPG V Rising while PS4 gets a double dose of Monster Hunter games. There’s also Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance and the return of Rocket Knight on both consoles.

All PS5 and PS4 June 10 to 16, 2024 game release dates

Here are all of the PS5 and PS4 games currently set to be released throughout the week of June 10 to 16, 2024.

PS5 Games

• Cazzarion: Tank Killer (June 10)
• Light Snake (June 10)
• Hood Story: Kaito Yamazaki (June 11)
• Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection (June 11)
• V Rising (June 11)
• Roxy Raccoon’s Pinball Panic (June 12)
• Color Snake (June 13)
• Guess The Flag! (June 13)
• Hidden Cats in Paris (June 13)
• Spot The Differences! Party (June 13)
• Willy’s Wonderland – The Game (June 13)
• Learn to Play Vol. 3 – Mice Love Cheese (June 14)
• Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye (June 14)
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (June 14)
• Spin the Book (June 14)
• MyRummy (June 15)
• Sky Dunk (June 15)

PS4 Games

• Light Snake (June 10)
• Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection (June 11)
• Shinobi: The Warlord (June 11)
• Roxy Raccoon’s Pinball Panic (June 12)
• Color Snake (June 13)
• Dead Station 2 (June 13)
• Guess The Flag! (June 13)
• Spot The Differences! Party (June 13)
• Willy’s Wonderland – The Game (June 13)
• Learn to Play Vol. 3 – Mice Love Cheese (June 14)
• Monster Hunter Stories (June 14)
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (June 14)
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (June 14)
• Warfront Tactics: Battlefield Chronicles Battle Simulator (June 14)
• MyRummy (June 15)
• Sky Dunk (June 15)

A total of 17 games are coming to PS5 this week, while PS4 players get a slightly shorter list of 16 titles. V Rising will finally be making its debut on console alongside the Castlevania DLC that was released earlier this year on PC. Meanwhile, PS4 players get Monster Hunter Stories and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, the latter of which is already available on Nintendo Switch and PC.

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is the definitive edition of Atlus’ RPG, this time featuring a new storyline with new locations, demons, and choices to make. Earlier in the week, Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection will bring Rocket Knight Adventures, SPARKSTER Rocket Knight Adventures 2, and SPARKSTER to modern-day consoles.

Finally, PSVR 2 players get one new game this week in the form of the adventure game Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye.

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The list of new PS5 and PS4 games for the week of June 3, 2024 features a sprinkling of AA games and a fair few indie titles. The highlight of the week is likely to be Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game, but there is also Ubisoft’s Rocksmith+ subscription service and The Smurfs – Village Party to entertain younger gamers.

All PS5 and PS4 June 3 to 9, 2024 game release dates

Here are all of the PS5 and PS4 games currently set to be released throughout the week of June 3 to 9, 2024.

PS5 Games

• Cazzarion: Car Chase (June 3)
• Zombie Legion (June 3)
• Downward Enhanced Edition (June 4)
• Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game (June 4)
• Bad Birds (June 5)
• BroodStar (June 5)
• Dig or Die (June 5)
• Ghost Teen Escape from Limbo (June 5)
• Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021 (June 5)
• Case Files: Behind Closed Doors (June 6)
• DETECTIVE Minerva Case (June 6)
• Rocksmith+ (June 6)
• The Smurfs – Village Party (June 6)
• Tour de France 2024 (June 6)
• Football Striker 2024 (June 7)
• Fridge Escape (June 7)
• POMBERO: The Lord of the Night (June 7)
• Rider’s Spirits (June 7)
• Super Ninja Miner (June 9)

PS4 Games

• Zombie Legion (June 3)
• BroodStar (June 5)
• Democracy 4: Console Edition (June 5)
• Dig or Die (June 5)
• Ghost Teen Escape from Limbo (June 5)
• MFC – Midnight Fight Club (June 5)
• Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021 (June 5)
• Case Files: Behind Closed Doors (June 6)
• Critical Strike Shooter: SWAT Rescue Missions (June 6)
• Rocksmith+ (June 6)
• The Smurfs – Village Party (June 6)
• Tour de France 2024 (June 6)
• Football Striker 2024 (June 7)
• Fridge Escape (June 7)
• POMBERO: The Lord of the Night (June 7)
• Rider’s Spirits (June 7)
• Super Ninja Miner (June 9)

A total of 19 games are coming to PS5 this week, while PS4 players get a slightly shorter list of 17 titles. The highlight for PS5 is the asymmetrical multiplayer horror game Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game, which decided to stick to its original June 4 release date after initially showing up on the PlayStation Store for last week.

Rocksmith+ is a subscription service that helps users learn how to play guitar, bass, and piano. The game was originally aiming for consoles in 2021 before being delayed to 2022 on PC and 2023 on mobile. Meanwhile, The Smurfs – Village Party features more than 50 mini-games as well as an adventure mode with over 100 different characters.

Finally PSVR 2 players will be disappointed this week with no new titles, but at least the first PSVR 2 games will be making their debut on PS Plus Premium later this week.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment has shared PS5 vs PS4 sales and operating income data, revealing that PS5 is its most profitable console generation to date. However, the company has acknowledged PS4’s significant install base, and has said that the last-gen platform is still an “important” part of the PlayStation business.

PS5 vs PS4: How players are engaging with both platforms

In a presentation delivered today by PlayStation’s new joint CEOs Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino, it was revealed that PS5 players are more engaged than PS4 players, and are spending more money than last-gen users. Interestingly, however, PS5 players are buying fewer new games. Current-gen players are spending more money on add-ons, microtransactions, and services like subscriptions.

The phrase “live service” is often frowned upon, but it’s live service games that have kept players engaged for long periods of time. Players are investing more and more into ongoing games, like Fortnite and Call of Duty: Warzone, rather than purchasing new games.

For its part, Sony is also making an active push into live service, and has already seen massive success with Helldivers 2. In today’s presentation, the company also revealed that PlayStation Studio Bungie is raking in “stable revenue” from Destiny.

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