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22 games will be pulled from the PlayStation Plus library next month, including Grand Theft Auto 5 , Payday 2 : Crimewave Edition, and the last playable versions of first-party titles Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 . As noted by Push Square , the removal of 22 games on May 20 includes two high-profile first-party Sony PS3 games, both set to exit the PS Plus Premium library. That's because both Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 are no longer purchasable on the the PS Store, making the PS Plus Premium streaming service the last place to play them unless you happen to have both games and a working PS3 still at home.
Both titles are being removed less than a year after they were added to the library at the end of 2024. Resistance is a series of alternate history first-person shooters Insomniac developed following its work on the Ratchet and Clank games. Three Resistance games were released for the PS3 before Insomniac moved on to other projects like Marvel’s Spider-Man and new Ratchet and Clank games.
While it's unusual for Sony to remove first-party games from this service, it's not unheard of, as demonstrated by the shock removal of both Horizon games — Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon: Forbidden West — in August 2024. But at least you could still buy both of those games when they were removed; Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 will now completely disappear for modern consoles. Interestingly, Resistance 3 and Resistance: Retribution will remain on the service.
It's also worth noting that more recent first-party PS4 game InFamous: Second Son is also leaving PS Plus. Insomniac's Resistance series has been dormant for some time now. In February, Insomniac founder and outgoing president Ted Price revealed that there was a real push to get Resistance 4 made , but unfortunately the game never received the green light.
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