2020 is here, and with the new year, Sony has announced the first month of free PS4 games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. They become available on January 6, so be sure to snag Titanfall 2 and Monster Energy Supercross before then.
Starting January 6, PS Plus users can claim Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Goat Simulator. They're free until February 3, and you'll have access to both of them for as long as you're subscribed to PlayStation Plus. Once they become available, you can claim them through the links below.
"Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was a fine game in 2007, but its wrinkles are deeper now, its age more apparent," critic Mike Mahardy wrote. "With Uncharted 2 and 3, though, Naughty Dog transcended Drake's own small beginnings. The Nathan Drake Collection is a firsthand account of Naughty Dog's growth as a storyteller, and this collection is the best way to relive that history, and witness its transformation up close."
Goat Simulator, on the other hand, is a hilarious romp through multiple open worlds that each offer ample opportunity for goat shenanigans. There's no denying it's a weird game, but if you're the kind of person who likes to mess around, inadvertently cause explosions, and stick your goat tongue to things to see what happens, then Goat Simulator is absolutely worth trying when it goes free with PlayStation Plus.
The holidays may be over, but that doesn't mean the sales have to be. The Epic Games Store agrees and has kicked off an encore sale, featuring a selection of the PC games that were on sale during its holiday specials, including Red Dead Redemption 2, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Control--the latter is one of GameSpot's best games of 2019.
The best part about the encore sale is that if you still have a $10 holiday coupon, you can use it on any game that is $14.99 or more. Every Epic Games Store user should still have one, as the holiday sale would grant you another every time you used it on an eligible game. However, unlike the holiday sale, you won't earn any additional coupons--it's one and done in the encore sale. That means you can still get Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order for $39.79 or Red Dead Redemption 2 for $38. This brings a lot of these games to their best price yet.
The encore sale lasts from now until January 7 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. If you have Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Xbox Game Pass for PC subscription, then you don't need to pay anything extra to be able to play a select few of these games. Game Pass's PC library currently includes The Outer Worlds, Metro Exodus, and Metro: Last Light Redux. And right now, you can subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $1 for your first three months.
The Epic Games Store is ringing in 2020 by giving away three free PC games until January 9 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. The freebies represent the end of Epic's 12 Days of Free Games promotion that actually ended up lasting a full two weeks. To claim the free games, you just need to have a free Epic account.
If you like what you play, you can move onto 2018's Darksiders 3 and the recently-released Darksiders Genesis, which introduces more role-playing mechanics and a new top-down perspective.
Quite a departure from Darksiders, Steep is a 2016 extreme sports sim from Ubisoft. Though focused on snowboarding and skiing, Steep also has paragliding, sledding, base jumping, and wingsuit flying. Steep earned a 7/10 in GameSpot's review. Critic Leif Johnson praised the open world mountain and the game's overall variety while lamenting the lack of objective rewards beyond cosmetics.
The holidays may be over, but that doesn't mean the sales have to be. The Epic Games Store agrees and has kicked off an encore sale, featuring a selection of the PC games that were on sale during its holiday specials, including Red Dead Redemption 2, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Control--the latter is one of GameSpot's best games of 2019.
The best part about the encore sale is that if you still have a $10 holiday coupon, you can use it on any game that is $14.99 or more. Every Epic Games Store user should still have one, as the holiday sale would grant you another every time you used it on an eligible game. However, unlike the holiday sale, you won't earn any additional coupons--it's one and done in the encore sale. That means you can still get Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order for $39.79 or Red Dead Redemption 2 for $38. This brings a lot of these games to their best price yet.
The encore sale lasts from now until January 7 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. If you have Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Xbox Game Pass for PC subscription, then you don't need to pay anything extra to be able to play a select few of these games. Game Pass's PC library currently includes The Outer Worlds, Metro Exodus, and Metro: Last Light Redux. And right now, you can subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $1 for your first three months.
The Epic Games Store is ringing in 2020 by giving away three free PC games until January 9 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. The freebies represent the end of Epic's 12 Days of Free Games promotion that actually ended up lasting a full two weeks. To claim the free games, you just need to have a free Epic account.
If you like what you play, you can move onto 2018's Darksiders 3 and the recently-released Darksiders Genesis, which introduces more role-playing mechanics and a new top-down perspective.
Quite a departure from Darksiders, Steep is a 2016 extreme sports sim from Ubisoft. Though focused on snowboarding and skiing, Steep also has paragliding, sledding, base jumping, and wingsuit flying. Steep earned a 7/10 in GameSpot's review. Critic Leif Johnson praised the open world mountain and the game's overall variety while lamenting the lack of objective rewards beyond cosmetics.
Travel the globe in pursuit of unimaginable treasures and *checks notes* cause untold amounts of property damage as a goat? Didn’t see that one coming!
Find out more about Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Goat Simulator*, your new games available for free until 3rd February below.
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
From the groundbreaking storytellers at Naughty Dog, comes the genre-defining epic that revolutionised adventure storytelling, rebuilt by Bluepoint Games with the power of the PS4 system.
Follow the perilous journey of Nathan Drake across the globe, from humble beginnings to extraordinary discoveries. Meet an unforgettable cast of characters as Drake puts life and friendship on the line in a race against ruthless enemies to uncover unimaginable treasure.
Uncharted The Nathan Drake Collection includes the single-player campaigns only for Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.
Goat Simulator*
The title says it all, really. Hurl an immaculately rendered goat with blisteringly accurate physics at all manner of objects. It’s the definitive goat simulating experience.
Oh – actually, it’s a totally bonkers fling-em-up that has you launching a goat at things. A lot of things. Experiment and see what happens!
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Goat Simulator* will be available from 7th January to 3rd February.
With January’s games fast approaching, this means you only have a few days left to grab Titanfall 2 and Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Game. They’re available until 6th January, so act fast!
For more information about PS Plus, visit our webpage.
*Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qata, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and UAE will receive Frantics in lieu of Goat Simulator. Arcade style fun and madcap mini-games are all the rage in Frantics, where you and up to three friends have to face off in a variety of challenges.
This year has been a pretty long year for myself. After looking back, I found myself selecting the games from last year, as these two years seem to have blended themselves into my head.
After a long year with a huge number of personal issues, I tried to think of the games that I played in my free time. There are only a few that come to mind, but I picked out the two I played the most to share as games of the year.
I feel like in 2019, I was looking for something happy. Something that took my mind off of everything else going on. I was playing more mobile games so that they could be played in bed or laying down, as it seems I have spent most of this year off of my desktop PC.
Potion Punch 2 was a surprising favorite of the year. I have not played the sequel, but I have spent a lot of time playing through this second game. It’s a mobile title where you play a character who is making potions (and other food-esque items) for a bunch of mythical creatures. You are able to get epic heroes to work in your shops, too (just don’t tell their keepers that they are not on epic missions to match their own personalities).
In the first shop you own in Potion Punch 2, you are able to mix different-colored potions, soon upgrading them to have two different colors unmixed, adding corks and bows, and generally making more money. You also have a few dragons that heat up fish alongside this. It’s like a little pub but in a mystical world.
Upgrades are easy to purchase if you do well during your daily service. Each day has a different goal; sometimes regarding the money you earn, other times regarding the number of orders you fulfill. Often, they have a thing that causes the game to end; a theft happening or you throwing away an ingredient. You can even throw parties to upgrade your customers or purchase upgrades for your home.
It’s been fun watching my shop and customers grow. I’ve made it to the send shop, which has you dying scrolls and carving rocks. This added a lot of variety to the game and almost seemed like an entirely new area, but with the same basic concepts. At this time, I haven’t used any of the in-app purchases, but I have been taking advantage of reward ads to double my income on particularly good runs.
On the Apple Arcade, I have been playing a lot of Sneaky Sasquatch. I kept telling myself I would write up a review of the game, but I ended up just playing more and more of it. It’s a pretty simple and cute concept; you are a Sasquatch who lives in this massive park. During the day, you are hungry, and want to go out to steal food from various campers. The park ranger, of course, doesn’t want you stealing food, so you will need to be sneaky.
You can sell the food you don’t want to eat to the bear, who gives you coins to spend at the racoon’s shop. These upgrades come in the form of needed items like fishing rods, fishing poles, or human clothing, which can be used in various areas around the park. You can also go beyond the park and take your driving test, explore the highway, and find various bits of buried treasure.
Eventually, you’ll start seeing a mischievous fox hanging about who gives you difficult challenges to take on, mostly to do with annoying other humans or the ranger. If you are successful, he can end up giving you money or map pieces. Map pieces are pretty important as they follow the story of the game; which has something to do with the park being built on or something, I don’t quite remember, as I have been spending my days just being a sneak and getting everything I can from every grill around.
These are the two games I have played most this year. I am looking forward to 2020 in hopes of it being a better year for myself and the people around me. Hopefully I can get back to playing loads and loads of little games.
