Free games for PS Plus and Xbox Live Gold subscribers are about to break into user libraries, which means it's time to find out what interesting companies have prepared in the first month of the upcoming 2022? PlayStation Plus The PlayStation Plus update will traditionally take place on the first Tuesday of the new month – January 4, and games will need to be picked up by January 31 inclusive.

PS Plus and Xbox Live Gold Free Games – January 2022

Free games for PS Plus and Xbox Live Gold subscribers are about to break into user libraries, which means it's time to find out what interesting companies have prepared in the first month of the upcoming 2022?

PlayStation Plus

Update PlayStation Plus will traditionally take place on the first Tuesday of the new month – January 4, and you will need to pick up the games until January 31 inclusive. As always, all games released on PS4 will also work on PS5 for backwards compatibility.

DIRT 5

Metascore – 80 / User Score – 5.6

DIRT 5 accepted ambiguously. Simple physics, little content (story races for six hours), colorful colors, a complete lack of innovation and absolutely no damage system. But behind the seemingly almost complete absence of something new, the best arcade race of 2020 was hiding. Here, peppy, albeit short, off-road races were replaced by tracks, climbs, races on "tractors" and all this on the coolest cars with quite good physics.

Then came the release of a new generation of consoles, and DIRT 5 blossomed. In quality mode PS5 the graphics were pleasing to the eye, and the ever-changing weather effects literally forced you to click on the screenshot button. Gamepad features dualsense fully engaged. Through your hands you will feel on what surface you are driving and what kind of car you are driving, vibration and adaptive sticks convey this as accurately as possible. DIRT 5 recommended for all racing fans and just gamers who are eager to relax at the monitor.

Deep Rock Galactic

Metascore – 85 / User Score – 8.2

In a galaxy far, far away, the dwarves mastered space travel and stumbled upon the planet Hoxes-4. It is rich in valuable resources, but in addition to gold, hordes of monsters are also found, who do not like such an encroachment at all. There is no plot, just a set of tasks. For example, a squad of dwarves must parachute into a cave in order to get certain resources. Destroying enemies is strictly optional, but as a rule, doing without it will not work. The miners have large-caliber guns, chemical weapons, tons of explosives and other useful things in their arsenal. In the presence of humor inherent in dwarves and really interesting locations.

Persona 5 Strikers

Metascore – 83 / User Score – 7.8

Persona 5 Strikers is a complete sequel Persona 5. Several months have passed since the events of the original game. At the very end of the school year, the Joker goes to Tokyo to visit friends. However, as soon as the company begins to enjoy the life of ordinary teenagers, the police again gathered to sew other people's crimes on them.It will be possible to enjoy the game only if you have a good knowledge of the English language: unfortunately, there is no translation into Russian.

Xbox Live Gold

Subscription games Xbox Live Gold traditionally contain projects for three generations of consoles: Xbox Series X / S, One and 360, and access to them, as always, is opened in stages from the beginning to the end of the month, with some exceptions.

NeuroVoider

Metascore – 80 / User Score – No

NeuroVoider is a mixture of roguelike and twin-stick shooter in not the best execution. The gameplay of the game involves dynamic fights and furious action, but only
30% of screen time, the remaining 70 will have to be spent in the bowels of the in-game menus. Boss battles are simple and repetitive, and the controls – the most important part of such games – are not exactly accurate. What you can't fault is the truly endless combination of character options and procedural generation of enemies and levels.

Aground

Metascore – No / User Score – No

background- this is an extremely curious survivor. Yes, here, as in all other similar games, you have to craft a lot, extract resources, build, craft again, build again, eat, fight natives and engage in other activities inherent in the genre. That's just Aground goes a little further. By developing technologies, you will be able to conquer other islands and even planets.

Radiant Silvergun

Metascore – 86 / User Score – 8.3

Radiant Silvergun is a shooter game released in 1998 and improved in 2011 through the Xbox Live Arcade service. Radiant Silvergun represents one of the best classic 2D shooters with a story, diverse locations and good old hardcore, inherent in many games of that era.

Space Invaders Infinity Gene

Metascore – 80 / User Score – 8.5

Space Invaders Infinity Gene is a reimagining of the classic 1978 arcade game. In my native Japan Space Invaders was so popular that, according to stories, it led to a shortage of 100 yen coins, which were consumed by the then machines. The popularity of the game was that it was extremely easy to master, but it was almost impossible to achieve truly outstanding results. Will you succeed?

Which of the collections did you like best and what games would you like to see next month? Write your thoughts in the comments.