2026 is upon us, mates, and whereas that’s a scary thought, it additionally means now we have one other month of free PlayStation Plus Important month-to-month video games so as to add to our library. Now, what’s fascinating is PlayStation was imagined to be enacting the promise it made originally of 2025 to cease placing PS4 video games into the month-to-month freebies. But by some means, there’s a PS4 recreation on this month’s choice. So what’s occurring?
Placing that thriller apart, let’s delve into the video games. These three titles shall be out there to obtain and preserve from January 6, and shall be playable as long as you’ve an lively PlayStation Plus subscription.
Main the pack this month is the latest recreation within the Want For Pace franchise, Want For Pace: Unbound for PS5. I reviewed this one again when it launched in 2022 and located it to be a stable recreation. The road racing is enjoyable, the dealing with stable, customisation is respectable and it’s all held collectively by a narrative that makes you need to strangle some individuals. Basic Want For Pace, in different phrases.
Right here’s blurb: “Begin on the backside, race to the highest within the newest entry within the iconic Want for Pace franchise. With separate single and multiplayer campaigns, this newest version within the Want for Pace franchise from Criterion Video games delivers hours of electrical, adrenaline-pumping racing motion. Race in opposition to time, outsmart the cops, and tackle weekly qualifiers to succeed in The Grand, Lakeshore’s final avenue racing problem. Pack your storage with precision-tuned, customized rides and lightweight up the streets together with your model, unique suits, and a vibrant world soundtrack that bumps in each nook of the world.”
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (PS4, PS5) is up subsequent and is my private choose of the month just because I’ve been desirous to play it. As an replace to the 2010 recreation, it reviewed fairly properly, holding a stable 77 on Opencritic and a “Very Constructive” person ranking on Steam. However actually, I simply don’t need to say something dangerous in case Disney kicks down my entrance door and drags me off to certainly one of their secret underground lairs. Am I kidding? Perhaps.
“Play as Mickey Mouse and embark on an epic journey by Wasteland, a realm of forgotten Disney characters. Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed brings the magic of Disney to life in a vibrant 3D platformer. This lovely remake sends Mickey right into a fantastical world the place you utilize paint and thinner to form your journey and the destiny of this alternate world. Each stroke of your magic brush issues! Use paint to revive magnificence and concord or thinner to change your setting and uncover hidden secrets and techniques. Encounter iconic characters like Oswald the Fortunate Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first creation. Gather digital Disney pins and sort out artistic challenges whereas exploring basic platforming ranges impressed by animated movies and shorts.”
Final however actually not least, now we have Core Keeper (PS4, PS5), a recreation I do know virtually nothing about, so right here’s the blurb as a substitute: “Awaken as an explorer in a long-forgotten cavern teeming with untold secrets and techniques. On this award-winning, 1-8 participant mining sandbox journey, your selections form an epic journey. Harvest relics and assets, craft superior instruments, construct your base, and discover a dynamically evolving world ready to be unearthed. Degree up your expertise, defeat legendary Titans, and unveil the facility of the Core. Develop your backyard, fish in mysterious waters, grasp an enormous array of recipes, elevate and take care of animals, encounter the Cavelings, and carve out your individual distinctive world in a fascinating underground journey.”
General, it is a meh month for me, however I’m fairly completely happy to play Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, in order that’s good. Let know what you concentrate on this month’s lineup within the feedback beneath.
