The PlayStation Plus subscription service starts 2022 strong as the free games offered for January 2022 are Deep Rock Galactic, Persona 5: Strikers, and Dirt 5. All of these games will be available for download starting on January 4 for both PS5 and PS4 owners.

One last post for 2021. It was a great year for video games despite the current state of the world and we can’t wait what 2022 is in store for all of us.

Ranida Games announced that mobile fighting game Vita Fighters from developer AngryDevs released a major update that includes 6 new characters and 5 new stages to duke it out. The 2D fighter is now also slated for a Steam release in 2022.

Developer Turtle Rock has launched the December update for survival shooter Back 4 Blood which adds the highly requested offline progression mode, changes to difficulty, new cards, and more.

Ubisoft announced that the studio that developed Far Cry 6, Ubisoft Toronto, is now working on a remake of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. They will be using Snowdrop, the company’s in-house game engine.

Behaviour Interactive just announced that their asymmetric survival horror Dead by Daylight will have a The Ring Chapter, a crossover between the iconic horror series that originated in Japan. The new Chapter is set to launch in March 2022.

Developer Remedy Entertainment announced at the Game Awards 2021 that Alan Wake 2 is in development and that they are aiming for a 2023 release.

Gravity Game Hub (GGH), a subsidiary of Gravity, announced that they are launching the PC version of MMORPG Ragnarok Online to select Southeast Asia again in the first quarter of 2022.

PlayStation announced that the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection will be available on the PS5 and PC on January 28, 2022. This collection contains Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, and if you own the PS4 copies of the game and want to get all the benefits from the PS5 version, it will cost you $10.

Ubisoft is exploring blockchain technology by announcing the introduction of NFTs to Ghost Recon Breakpoint through a new platform called Ubisoft Quartz. These NFTs are called Digits and will come in the form of in-game items such as vehicles, weapons, and equipment.

Final Fantasy XIV Online’s latest expansion titled Endwalker has gone live for those with early access and has experienced long queue times over the weekend. As compensation for players unable to play MMORPG’s latest content right away, Square Enix promised to give an extra seven days of game time for the inconvenience.

PlayStation has officially announced the free games lineup for PlayStation Plus this December 2021 and it’s a pretty solid lineup for those subscribed. It’s just unusual for PS5 players as what they get this month is only the endgame portion of Godfall, a game released last year.