January's PS4 PlayStation Plus Games Revealed

another month of games i don't want

still even if i only download 4 or 5 games all year, i'm still getting my moneys worth

Grim Fandango Remastered Yes that's a game!Thanks Playstation!

I just bought Grim Fandango in a PSN sale! Same thing happened with Walking Dead Season 2. Bought it in sale, less than a week later it's on PS+.

Not bad, I wanted to buy Grim Fandago and as for the Hardware: Rivals, I want to try it before saying anything.

Yes i wanted that game! Car combat reminds me of twisted metal.

@LieutenantFatman Was waiting for the announcement before I picked up Sleeping Dogs on sale. It'll be one of the free games next month, I guarantee it.

Always wanted to play Grim Fandango. Can't complain about this one.

I'm pretty happy with this. Can't wait to play Grim Fandango again, plus Hardware Rivals looks fun, although I didn't play the beta

When will Sony tell us that we don't have to wait anymore for the AAA games like it was in the PS3 time?

Another month, another disappointing PS+ lineup. To be fair, I am not sure what lineup would make me happy (Maybe Tropico 5 or Deception IV, or Nobunaga's Ambition), games that I sorta want to play, but not enough to buy them. So this isn't so much of a complaint as it is an observation.

Yet another month that will pass without me downloading a single game. Disappointed? A little. But as another member mentioned, if I download 5 titles I'll have easily made the subscription fee. So, I'll carry on diving in and out of Fallout, Just cause and the witcher. Should keep me busy

Not bad you never know Rival's might be the next Rocket League.

Very happy with the choices. Loved Rocket League and Hardware Rivals has that same fun feel to it.The beta was a lot of fun. Grim fandango not sure about but had positive reviews. Just waiting for PS3 titles now to be confirmed.

Not for me. I don't play point and click adventures and don't like games like twisted metal or Rocket League (yes I know, I've played it and thought it was boring as hell. No I won't give it another go).
How about Axiom Verge or something?
Ah well at least it's not childish garbage like Hohokum or something.

@Kohaku here's some big news..... They are not gonna give away many AAA games. Get used to it, psplus was good in the past, actually too good. What's the incentive to buy big games when you get 3 retail games a month?

I like this selection and have been Sonys biggest critic - but with a backlog, quick simple games are great!!

Why the stunted announcements these days? Also it's been months since a decent official announcement video. I'm happy bout grim fandango by the way

I will not be deleting games from my HDD for these!

I can't say that the XB1 games with Gold appeal (Killer Instinct and Zheroes) but with BC I will download Dirt Showdown and Deus Ex: HR.

The point about that part though was that in my opinion, the GwG has been better from my perspective with the XB1 getting games like Thief, AC4: Black Flag, Tomb Raider:Definitive etc

I do think that GwG is currently more appealing and offering a better selection and I hope Sony up their IGC offerings to match!

Let the whining begin you can't expect AAA games.. You know those games cost millions to make. And the games with gold will dry up sooner or later. Just like Ps + did. You can't give halo or Gears away for free ( xbox one games)

@Johnnycide yeah! im DYING to play axiom verge i keep ignoring it thinking it will surely show up in ps+

Oh Yeah! I've been putting off buying Grim because I thought it'd hit PS+ one day. The rest of the games this month can be garbage I'm already happy.

What are the ps3 and vita games? And yea, I don't care for either one of those games.

@FullbringIchigo

Ditto

Completed and platinumed grim last year, I enjoyed it but any one else felt the need to turn to a guide to get through the game, some puzzles are obvious, but the majority are difficult.

Any of you guys completed without help through trial and error?

I take my hat off to you.

No Mention of NA Holiday sale week 4? or maybe I missed it. I was waiting for tearaway unfolded to go discount and it did in week 4! Picked it up for only $20. Some other good titles as well. Surprised on the Fallout discount so early, very tempting, but back log is too long and that game would definitely monopolize my time.

@KratosMD Well to be fair, it's more of a reason to stop buying games you have no intention of playing right away. Wait until you're actually going to play something before buying it. It reminds me of that stat that 37% of all games bought on Steam have never been played, not even once.

As for me, I haven't played either of these games. I hadn't even heard of Hardware: Rivals until the Push Square article about PS+ mentioned it yesterday or the day before.

I remember when Grim Fandango came out on PC. I wanted to play it but for some reason never got around to it. I think for anyone disappointed by this month, you have to look at this objectively. Grim Fandango is widely regarded as one of the very best games in its genre, made by one of the most liked developers around. It's okay if you don't like a game that's seen as an absolute classic but that doesn't make it a bad month objectively.

Reading Eurogamer's preview of Rivals, it doesn't sound great. They call it "competent". Still, that's a decent game that's brand new that we're getting.

@Matroska REALLY???

why would anyone buy a game and not play it, especially when you can't get your money back on digital products

Got a Vita for Christmas and haven't been able to put it down. I never had a PSone OR a PSP, so its legacy catalog is really overwhelming

The morale of this story is not to buy full throttle or day of the tentacle because it most likely will be free in a year later 😆

And the blog post is live
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2015/12/30/playstation-plus-in-january-hardware-rivals-grim-fandango-remastered-more/

Hardware: Rivals (PS4)
Grim Fandango Remastered (PS4)
Dragon Age: Origins (PS3)
Medal of Honor: Warfighter (PS3)
Nihilumbra (PS Vita)
Legends of War: Patton (PSP-Vita)

Another month of crap I have let my ps plus lapse now months

I miss the old days of ps plus when was always something I would look forward to seeing information on or at very least want play

This is another rubbish month they are taking there market dominance for granted

Medal of Honor: Warfighter and Dragon Age: Origins for PS3.

I'd play both of those so I'm quite pleased, and yes I know MoH is rubbish. It's also short, so as a freebie I'll clock it in an afternoon. Nice!

Will give Hardware Rivals a go, could be fun if there's a good number of people on the servers. Grim doesnt really interest me however but I'm sure it'll have its takers seems a decent enough line up to me, at least theyre taking a break from the pixelated Indies

Interesting line up this month. Very odd to see people declare they are not interested in a brand new game... Can it really be that awful to try it just once?

Will definitely get Grim Fandango and Nihilumra. Two good games for me. I was contemplating buying Grim Fandango

I remember finishing Medal of Honour Warfighter in one afternoon I guess thats what helped kill the franchise. Dragon Age Origins is a good game I got it a while back. The last couple of months have been good for PS Plus RPG games with Mass Effect 2 in December and now Dragon Age Origins. Plenty of hours of gaming.

You can wait and wait for a game it might come as a free game eventually on PS Plus. Or wait till its on sale as most games are at some point. If I buy a game and enjoy it I have spent my money well. I have supported the developer who made it more so than if I have downloaded it on PS Plus.

Hardware Rivals was good on Beta I think it will be enjoyed by a lot of people its a game you can pick up and play straight away and get the hang of quite quickly.

Grim Fandango's a score and rivals looks kind of fun all depends on balance.

Oh wow, finally a game I want. No lie, I was planning to get Grim Fandango soon since I never played it.

@Gmork___ to be fair though, even if they did (and I reckon they will at some point) people would moan as it's a pixel art game.
Sony are a one legged man in an arse kicking contest these days. No matter what they do on plus it'll be divisive.

Not bad at all...hardware rivals beta was fun and grim fandango is a game ive always wanted to play...just on a quick side note has anyone played shovel knight and n++?...was thinking of buying them in the sale

Hmmmmm. Really don't approve of the bargain bin PSP titles. If you're going to give away PSP games, why not do the good ones? If it were Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker or something I could get with that, but eeesh.

It's not a great month for me. I'd prefer it if similar titles were spread out more. This is the third month we've had a graphic adventure. Warfighter was also universally derided when it was released, and if you want Dragon Age and don't have a PS Plus sub, it will cost you £4 at the moment.

But hey, at least I can buy with impunity in the sale. But I can not longer recommend brand new buyers subscribe unless they are heavy multiplayer gamers on the PS4.

Meh

I'm definitely up for this. I've never played Grim Fandango and I'm up for giving Hardware: Rivals a try. Jolly good show.

Loved Grim Fandango back in the day but doubt I'll re-play it any time soon. The rest is a bit meh for me so it will give me more chance to catch up on my backlog!

So I guess AAA games aren't given to us any more, eh? Well... at least on the PS4 front.

People are crazy if they dont see the value of plus. I get 2-4 (with xbuy) games I can play on my ps4 every month. Almost always they are a mix of new releases and games I would have never bought on my own. I dont want 2-3 year old AAA titles just to boast that plus gives away better things than gwg. I already own killzone and knack. I had already owned mgs v when they gave that away.

Ps plus is damned if they do and damned if they dont. They give away excellent value for the money and they dont even have to as thats not really what you are paying for. Gwg has been giving away games for about a year steady but has collected the money from people for 10.

I do however think they should maybe give away one ps3 and one vita game a month and then eventually no ps3 games as its run its course. Then maybe give away a 3 year old AAA game every other month to please those that want to boast about it.

According to the Sony blog, Vita users will get a cross-buy benefit on Grim Fandango Remastered, bringing us up to three games.

There is a Vita version of the Patton game in the Playstation store, but ... we are getting the PSP version? I'll wait this out patiently. I guess, at worst, I can do a PS3 transfer to my PSP3000 and not use up expensive Vita memory. Or just play something else.

@Sanquine

Sony proves every month, allready for some yaers, that you can give away AAA titles. They do and did that on the PS3. No reason to do that every month on the PS4 but 1 AAA title every 3 months must be possible.

@BAMozzy to be fair Tombraider is like 12 Euro so nothing special Thief is the same. I make better deal with the Plus sales.

@Flaming_Kaiser Its not just about the cost but the actual game-play and duration. Admittedly some Indies can offer more hours worth if they are MP but that's all they are and get boring quickly and those story based ones are often completed in a day - they hardly last the 'month' unlike many AAA games which often have bigger, deeper stories, more diverse game-play and more options too. You can buy a lot of the 'indies' for a couple of euros in sales.

I'll download both and try both, like I always do. I'm quite happy with this selection - a good game I've never played yet and a fun-looking online game.

Yawn.
Wait, Sony are giving away games?

@Splints That statement about GwG isnt even remotely true.
Microsoft have been charging for Live as a service, a service that is still superior as far as its internal network and stability are concerned.
Games with Gold is a separate entity entirely.

huh I'll check out everything besides grim fandango the idea that if I download it I might give that awful schafer money is far too terrifying.

Nice! Hardware Rivals looked like Fun and I almost bought Grimm Fandango a few days ago. Blood Dragon will be great as well but I need to get a new PS3 before I can play it