As we look forward to the New Year, we’re excited to share our January 2016 PlayStation Plus lineup with everyone. This month our PS4 games pay homage to a couple classic, fan-favorite titles, while updating the gameplay and graphics to PS4!
Hardware: Rivals makes its exclusive debut on PlayStation Plus. Get behind the wheel of a powerful tank or mobile attack jeep in this arcade-style, vehicle combat game. Inspired by the PS2 classic Hardware: Online Arena, Hardware: Rivals lets you challenge your friends or enter the online multiplayer arena on your own and experience epic vehicular mayhem with multiple maps, game modes, and special events.
If you need a breather from all the vehicle-on-vehicle combat, you can always turn to the twisted Mexican folklore of Grim Fandango Remastered. As Manny Calavera, travel agent for the Department of Death, you’ll guide poor souls to their eternal rest. Crime. Skeletons. Romance. You’ll experience it all in this update to the beloved adventure game.
These PS4 games are free for PlayStation Plus members starting on the first Tuesday of January, and you can find the full list of PlayStation Plus games below.
Full Lineup:
- Dragon Age: Origins, PS3
- Grim Fandango Remastered, PS4, PS Vita
- Hardware: Rivals, PS4
- Legends of War Patton, PS Vita
- Medal of Honor Warfighter, PS3
- Nihilumbra, PS Vita
Before you go, we want your feedback! Please leave us a comment below and tell us what you think of the lineup. Thank you for stopping by.
Until next time! Enjoy.
Best thing on there is DA:O
Underwhelming this month to be sure.
Gotta agree, even though I’m ignorant of a few other titles, besides Grim Fandango. Bad new is I’ve played both games to death haha.
This is bs….why does ps3 get all the good titles..IM GETTING AN XBOX ONE..GO TO HELL PS!!!!
Please Playstation, stop insulting PS4 gamers by passing all the 2nd rate freebies. It’s crappy free games month after month which isn’t worth the effort of downloading it, wtf!!!!!
Well I appreciate Grim Fandango, Dragon Age. Grim I always wanted to play back in the day. Dragon Age I’ve actually never played either. Heard it was awesome.
I ABSOLUTELY love this month especially considering i own all 3 systems. Awesome month!
Grim is 1 of the best games all-time.
Hardware Rivals is like Twisted Metal and super fun, certainly not a “2D indie”.
Dragon Age Origins is phenomenal and it allows those who played Inquisition to go back to the roots of the series.
Medal of Honor Warfighter is a AAA from DICE that i never got a chance to play, similar to Battlefield 3.
Nihilumbra is a beautifully artistic game that i almost bought many times.
Really strong list of games, and considering i just got The Fall PS4 for $3.99 on PSN i can’t complain. For roughly $3 per month for PS Plus i feel like i’m getting away with something, Ty Sony.
Wtf… This is not what I expected from Sony. Not what I expected at all. Xbox did a lot better this month.
Well, This will be one more month that I don’t download anything from PS+. I think the last game I downloaded and liked was Rocket League. Congrats Rocket League
GARBAGE
People you need to post how you genuinely feel. Dont just read the comments, but actually voice your opinion. If you too are dissatisfied, then please say so. Say it on here, go on social media, Facebook, twitter, youtube. This company needs to realize that it is in their best interest to please the consumer and not the other way around. We will not march blindly into 2016 with the same Status Quo garbage that they have been spoon feeding us.
Quite looking forward to it, actually. It gets me playing stuff I would never even consider going for, and more times than not, this ends well. Grim Fandango I’m happy about because I didn’t fancy splashing the cash for it just yet, and then the rest are a total mystery to me as of now. But yeah, can’t complain, would like some PS2 games interspersed every now and then though! ;)
It’s pretty obvious why the PS+ freebies haven’t been as good for the last couple years. PlayStation is dominating. Back when Xbox 360 was in the lead, Sony pulled out the big guns. Unnecessarily now.
Another month of nothing
My 9 year old son own a PS3, PS4, and a PS Vita. Looking at the line up of games from PS Plus, I can tell we will be owning an Xbox for the first time in 9 years. Thanks for the disappointment
It’s good. But go back to the old format and show all the games!
Terrible as always lately.
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Yay Grim Fandango!
Great line up this time guys, way to go. Keep it up.
I’m surprised people are complaining about getting Grim. It’s one of the best games ever made.
Yet more crappy titles, glad I stopped autorenew on my account as this collection of rubbish does not warrant £40. The quality of PS4 titles has been garbage to say the least, uninspired remasters, bad 8 bit indie titles, episodic trash. Seriously thinking of selling all my Sony consoles and games and switching to XBox as the crap that is being passed off to Sony gamers is beyond a joke now.
Some of you guys are pretty rude for ripping on these indie games. Its sad that you wont give them the time of day because all you care about is AAA titles. If you have a problem with the ps plus lineup, then stop buying the subscription.
Nooice! Great haul for next month!
Every month like this and Plus is just losing value. You people need to do something about this…
Could be a whole lot better…
Really ffs crap games for free again on ps4 really thinking of shaping to xbox 1 least they give decent games and new games twice a month instead of once a month bull****. Also why can’t ps4 use external harddrive and every other console let’s you use it. SONY you have one last shot for Feb or else I going back to xbox and will only be selling xbox ones in my store since I dont want to sell my customers bad items
First let me start of with tho I wish Sony would put older games made from launch. Then the indie ones or other games. I need to stress that saying your switching to Xbox because of some freebies you don’t like is a baby’s cry for help. The’ye free. So what if your butt hurt Sony really doesn’t give to craps your going to Xbox 3 ppl I read said it that’s less then 1% of the ps community. I made my. To ps because Xbox is a joke. They put out what they need to make ppl buy their ****box. How many commercials of you seen that shows ps4 besides a holiday or Sony itself. Xbox pays advertiser’s to put them in it. Also Sony is this is what you get take it. If not then please do us all a favor and go whine to xbox.
People are so unappreciated for what they get or have it’s pathedic.
Sony the line up is kinda bare. Like to ps4 get a little more of a choice then just 2. I’ve downloaded a few of the free games over the year or so. Rocket league was my favorite.
Garbage!!!! Im still waiting on knack, Assassins creed 4, Tomb raider.. Come on sony give us AAA games
Use to look forward to this… Now it’s just a disappointment
Why are people complaining about gree games lol some havnt been the best but there free.
I have to say another month and im disappointed. I luv playstation but damn please give us something good. Besides grim i dnt care about the other games and i bought grim once it first came out on the psn store.
It’s a shame Sony don’t know by now how we feel about there so called free games. I mean they do this every month and it has generally been negative reviews. Xbox One does better then this. Planning on buying one next month.
GARBAGE.
It’s true that DA:O is the best thing there. IMHO, it’s one of the best games of last-gen. Definitely in my top 3. But that’s a great thing, even if we have already played it. It’s great for those who haven’t. I also think MOH: Warfighter is a great choice. The first MOH (PS3) had a far better story (again, IMO), but Warfighter had the better online experience. And this month’s IGC will bring it back to life.
Happy New Year, everybody!
Dear Playstation, truly not the lineup I expected. With the announcement delay and the awesome release from Xbox. I really expected more. Although these games sound fun. I was hoping to start the new year on a high with a AAA release. Disappointed but hopeful for Feb. It’s my birthday, give us something decent like Blackflag or Watchdogs. Or surprise us with something awesome.
garbage again for the ps4 players..
Bad games month after month congratulations PS plus keep the good work the Xbox is extremely happy…
I agree with the opinion of another poor collection of free games. The games that are selected should entice you to buy further games these offerings are underwhelming. I also have all systems and another month with none to interest.
The offer to PS4 players is disgraceful, I can get better COMPLETELY free games on my android ffs. The PS3 and PS vita offers are OK, but only OK. Sony need to work on improving this service.
this is some garbage games month agter month the only justification for paying for ps plus instead of xbox live is free games on xbox you get to keep them FOREVER and the games are always better than this trash sony keeps feeding us for our 2 free games wich by the way are REALLY JUST RENTALS –KEEP FEEDING US THIS TRASH AND YOU WILL BE TAKIN OUT TO THE GARBAGE SONY –DO NOT BE LOYAL TO THESE CORPORATIONS IF SONY DOES NOT HOLD UP THEIR END OF THE DEAL GO TO XBOX IF XBOX FAILS GOTO STEAM — ANYONE CAN EASILLY RE COOP THERE MONEY ON THESE TRASH CONSOLES AND COME BACK WHEN THEY GET THERE ACT TOGETHER
–keep up the trash free games that are not worth downloading and ill get 50 bucks more than i paid for my 2 ps4s on craigslist or ebay easilly
Every Month the games get more & more disappointing.
KNACK KNACK KNACK
And… I have to wait again for another month. So dissappointing. When will i ever get a free satisfying game?
This months free games are crap once again. Always second rate games that are practically free anyways. Even the ps3 games are awful. Dragon Age Origins costs about 5-10 bucks used at gamestop. Iamtyler must work for don’t bc he is way too excited for this crap . I probably won’t download one game this month
I thought 2016 would have started out WAY BETTER than this. Very disappointed this month for ps4 owners like myself
Is it just me or does everyone else also feel that, the ps plus free games are incredibly underwhelming? Meanwhile players on Xbox one are get much better titles
So many “entitled” children here. No one owes you anything, you don’t like these games, don’t download them. You think a 50 dollar a year subscription entitles you to triple A games of you exact liking every month? Grow up. I’ve been a member for 2 years now, only spending 150 bucks total for 3 years, and I look at my ps3, ps4 and vita library of games, and it’s overwhelming hire many free titles I have now. What a freaking steal this subscription is. If you don’t like it, you know where the door is. Crybaby entitled brats. Thanks again don’t for another month of amazing free titles.
I’d have to go with Grim. One of the best games ever made and the game that made Tim Scheffer into a legend.
So anyone saying they are happy with the list your full of crap how the hell you going to give ps4 games we already got for free. Since you are not giving a crap about the people who own a ps4 in the free games you should credit us for the danm ps plus
well ps4 is lacking big time but ps3 got 2 awesome games for free. If you never play dragon age origin here is your chance. Was planning on getting the complete edition from gamestop not know more lol
Ps+ games have been a huge pile of crap i have only downloaded 3 in in 2+ years and sony dont care because they already have there money we spent on console n ps+ so why would they give ps4 anything good if you go through all the post since ps4 come out there have been so many people with bad reviews on ps+ and sony just dont care thats why i stopped ps plus and got xbox one better games and better free games
Not too sure about all of the complaints. Kings Quest was great, my daughter made me buy chapter 2, she enjoyed it so much. I don’t think you will ever get the so called “A” games here, but rather something that you never thought about playing and perhaps enjoying it.
Meh, out of the 72 games a year I get free with my yearly $40 online subscription, I only expect a few “gems” a year. The real gems are the unknowns anyway!
I don’t think I’m going to renew my membership…
DRIVECLUB PS+ EDITION is a 0/5 for me, because it’s basically just a demo. Plus this edition came out 6 months late with the promise of the full game. Alot of people got PS+ solely for the full game.
Infamous: First Light is good, but it’s basically an expansion for the first game, Second Son, with only one set of powers and a shorter game.
Rocket League is well built and I like crossplay, but it isn’t a substantial game content-wise, compared to a more costly game.
Indie games that come out with Playstation Plus, are more costly to purchase on the Store than a mobile device for whatever reason and are better played on a mobile device anyways. There isn’t much replay value.
Disappointingly, the PS4 titles each month show a great lack of effort, due to the fact that you now have to have it for multiplayer and that’s why most people get it. I wouldn’t be surprised if Playstation were to remove free monthly games at this point. It would be just as disappointing.
PLEASE SONY MAKE ROCKET LEAGUE NEXT MONTHS FREE GAME! I BEG YOU!!
I think, as usual, this is a balanced offering of games (especially if you happen to own and use 2 or more of the systems). Sony is far from perfect, but I feel the negativity toward PS Plus is often misplaced. People are complaining about not getting “AAA” titles but there are 2 reasons that is an unfair expectation. 1- software is where the profits come from. If Sony gives away all the best selling titles, it’s not generous, it’s bad business and unsustainable. 2- I’m sure people would love to get a “free” game like Fallout 4 from PS plus– except that a billion people already purchased Fallout 4 which would render it pointless for them. Personally, I appreciate the typically high quality indie games most because they allow for gaming experiences I would not likely have apart from them being PS + freebies.
Side note: Dragon Age origins has a 9.0 rating from IGN and costs $23 on Amazon atm… There are valid Sony issues to complain about- But after subscribing for over two years, I really don’t think PS + is one of them.
i see alot of us agree..JANUARY, MUCH LIKE DEC IS GARBAGE
The last game even worth downloading from the + lineup was Rocket League! First it was crappy side scrolling shooters plaguing the lineup now its crappy adventure games. The only games that I play online are DCUO and Planetside, so I’m starting to regret dropping 40 on the plus subscription. I mean, can we get something that I might actually play in February please?
Are they back on???
I’m not entirely certain as to what all the complaining is over. These are free games. FREE. I see at least 2 games this month that I am interested in trying. They aren’t the high grossing, low quality games like CoD, and that’s why I’m interested in them. And just to make sure I knew what the comparison was, I took a look at all the “better games” on Xbox One, they aren’t any better or worse than what you see here. The folks whining like little children about the FREE games they are given are going to do the same thing with the Xbox One titles, including the childish threats to switch to the “other” console. (That’s if they don’t already do that). Put your big boy pants on and either try something new or stop paying for PSN.
Worst games ever i guess psn will never give a aa game for free all they can give is crappy ges nobody will buy without being free
People should remember they are paying $3 per-month for PS+. Not $30.
So when we got ps plus before it was required we got hooked up with awesome games, now we get mediocre games, and have to deal with it cause if we cancel ps plus we cant play multiplayer games…..nice hustle sony….going pc this year!!
What a horrible way to start the year Sony. PS4 owners keep on getting games that are a joke and upset the vast majority of owners. Keep this up and owner will be jumping ship to XBOX. We are not asking for AAA games every month, but we are asking for a AAA from time to time.
Sony gives us a whole bunch of bad games every month. Why don’t you guys give us a good game for once a game that has something better than the computer game is this all remakes of computer game maybe I should turn the Xbox one and maybe they’ll give me something better
Sony is trash we’re not kids u guyz need to do better .we gamer spend 65 a pop for game .n for once u cant give us sumthing dats worth while
So sick of bull games for the ps4 while everything else is getting great ones. When I signed up I was happy with the free games and then it’s like they just stopped caring.
Hhhmm you need to step it up Sony, I’m getting an Xbox one this weekend and if you don’t do better I won’t be renewing my subscription including my son’s.
Is it just me or what on dragon age on the store in the more information it says please note this game can only be played on the ps4 yet it’s a ps3 game
Lame month ..again
To all the people complaining: if you don’t like the titles, don’t play it. PlayStation just offered you many times the $5/month you pay for PS+, and these games are honestly just a bonus for most people, who purchase PS+ to play online.
Everyone comments on sirs first comment just so they can have there’s shown on front page haha.
“Before you go, we want your feedback! Please leave us a comment below and tell us what you think of the lineup.”
Here’s my feedback….for over a year, the igc has been mostly garbage along with most of the sales and the discounts, you digital downloads are almost always more expensive than physical retail copies.
I’m dissatisfied and i’m hoping you take our comments seriously and attempt to do better moving forward into 2016
OK I have to say if ur the dumbazz payin by the month and complaining cause Sony ain’t giving u what u want the save up ur money and spend it on a single game instead of PS+ DUH!!!! I’m pretty sure Sony ain’t gonna get their feelins hurt cause the lost ur money on PS+ so what if u don’t like the free games hell the discounts on games and movies make up for the lack of awesome free stuff. Hell I have gotten multiple games and all the DLC bundled for under $5 Dollars, and that list includes resident evil 6, Mortal Kombat 9, and the dead Island series just to name a few. So grow the Hell up Ppl this is the real world not some fantasy where everything u want is free. #realitycheck
Noo I finally found the website ok so i juss bought gta on the system then i shut down so when the servers got back up and running i dont have my gta on my playstation downloaded what do i do !
I have the PS4 and I want AAA titles I don’t want indie games, PS3 is the console receiving good games and PS4 only garbage.
You want us to share our opinion then so be it ! No one actually said that indie games are something bad but considering the fact we recieve nothing else but indie for the past couple of months ( pay attention – December (Christmas) and January (New Year)) is just not right! How is it possible for Xbox to release AAA titles through 2015 and PS only in the beginning of the year ( and you remember why)? Just saying PS can do much better if for once listened to what the customers had been replying every time and make something about it!
Yup, done paying for ps+, probably done playing ps4 in general unless its a playstation only game i realy want(mostly rpgs) Sony needs to respect customers and fans, Not give them pure ****, especially when ps3 gets amazing games.
It’ll sure be nice when the catalogue grows enough that the free PS4 games don’t suck ass. These, however, do so with alacrity.
Not gonna lie
I honestly think this lineup is a bit better than the past couple months only because of DA:O and MOH warfighter
Could do without hardware rivals but since I haven’t played any of the other things it’s better than previous months
Come on Sony your just throwing any kind of games on there give us at least 1 good game a month I’m not complaining cause what can I say there free but there not worth wasting space on my ps.
I know I’m a little late to the party but damn Sony really? I feel like month after month ps4 players are getting the shaft. Ever since PlayStation Plus has become mandatory for online play , quality of the free games have gone in the trash. Not sure who’s in charge of marketing but it seems like you guys are more focused with keeping the last gen console alive as opposed to building up your current gen console.
PlayStation get a grip please, when PS+ first started you gave us tomb raider, payday 2 And other great titles what is the deal with these lame second rate titles how about give people a choice out of 3 top games at the moment and try previous “game of the year” titles the amount of people that don’t pay for PlayStation plus+ because of this is unreal you are charging £14.99 for 3 months for us to play against/people when it is still free for PS3 users. Can we please get this sorted thank you for your time – happy gaming fellow geeks
I own a ps4, and my p+ has just ended, I’m so happy that I won’t be disappointed again in the beginning of February like I have been every month where I have paid for p+
All the games we keep getting on ps4 is a joke how can they keep geving us crap month after month ..so ps when are u going to gev something that’s actually woth downloading and not keep ripping us off bye making us pay for ps plus now and u think it’s ok cos u gev us some 10-20 year old crap games if ia wonted them I wold get my atari out but I don’t I won’t to play ps4 titles ..so let’s see how long and how meny more un happy people it take b4 they do anything about it and gev at least 1 good new ps4 game …we’ll see ….
Once again a really weak line up. Interesting games on ps3 and mini games on Ps4. I have an xbox one and ps4 and have to say in relation to quality of monthly bonus games xbox and leaving ps4 in the dust
I dont think people realize that since ps plus is required now to play online, there is no incentive to have it. Not to mention the ps4 is still pretty new. The ps3 took awhile to start having AAA titles frequently. Plus, its free games. Only in america are people going to be mad about getting stuff for free.
Can we please just have Rocket League back for Febuary? I’m asking because people who got the PS4 for Christmas, like me, never got a chance to play/buy the game and I’m really curious. Before you say, yes I have played Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars and I loved so I would be very great full if you made it come back.