PlayStation Plus Free January Games’ Lineup Includes Persona 5 Strikers, Dirt 5, Deep Rock Galactic

PS Plus subscribers can access the free games starting January 4.

By Sourabh Kulesh | Updated: 30 December 2021 11:13 IST

PlayStation Plus Free January Games’ Lineup Includes Persona 5 Strikers, Dirt 5, Deep Rock Galactic

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PlayStation Plus January games available till February 1

Highlights

Dirt 5 is available for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
Three PS VR games can also be added before January 3
Persona 5 Strikers is available on PlayStation 4

PlayStation Plus free games for January 2021 have been announced. The three new titles which will be coming to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 are Persona 5 Strikers, Dirt 5, and Deep Rock Galactic. Sony says that all these games will be available starting January 4. It also said that users can add Godfall: Challenger Edition, Lego DC Super Villains, and Mortal Shell to their game library as well as three bonus PS VR games: The Persistence, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Standard Edition, and Until You Fall until January 3.

As per an announcement made by Sony, the January 2022 lineup of games will be available to add till February 1.

Persona 5 Strikers, Deep Rock Galactic, and Dirt 5 are available with PlayStation Plus starting January 4.

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Persona 5 Strikers

Available for PlayStation 4, Persona 5 Strikers is an action role-playing game (RPG) which features elements from hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors series as well as other games from the Persona series. The game's protagonist is Joker who wields multiple Personas gained through random drops or by defeating mini bosses in dungeons. The story features the Phantom Thieves as they embark on an epic road trip across Japan where a distorted reality emerges foils their summer vacation.

Dirt 5

Dirt 5 is available for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 users. Dirt 5 is the eighth instalment in the franchise and focuses completely on off-road racing. It comes with a Career mode where the player will take on the role of a budding racer trying to make his mark in off-road rallies. Other modes include Arcade, Time Trial, online Multiplayer, and local co-op split-screen for up to four players. The players race on over 70 routes across 10 global locations including New York's frozen East River and under Norway's Northern Lights. Dirt 5 offers 13 different categories of vehicles.

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Deep Rock Galactic

Deep Rock Galactic is also available for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. It is an up-to-four-player co-op first-person shooter which features destructible environments, procedurally-generated caves, and alien monsters. The game takes place on the Hoxxes IV planet which is full of minerals, biomes, and bugs. The players have to work together as a team to dig, explore, and fight a way through a massive cave system.

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Sony PlayStation 4

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Slimmer than it looks
Mechanical buttons
Better Power indicator
Runs cooler
5Ghz Wi-Fi

Bad
Hard drive panel is fragile

HDD 500GB, 1TB

Processor AMD Jaguar 1.6 GHz 8-core

Graphics AMD GCN Radeon

RAM 8GB

AV HDMI, Optical Out

USB 2 USB 3.1 ports

Weight 2.1kg

Ethernet Yes

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Sony PlayStation 5

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
DualSense is great
Very powerful
Reduced loading times
Friendlier storage expansion
Capable of 8K / 120fps
4K Blu-ray player (finally)

Bad
Expensive
Lack of truly next-gen exclusives
Not a generation leap over PS4 Pro at launch
Game prices now go up to Rs. 5,000
Missing next-gen upgrades for PS4 games
No "Quick Resume", as on Xbox Series X
Limited backward compatibility
No support for Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos
SSD storage amount is restrictive

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HDD 825GB PCie Gen 4 NVMe SSD

Processor Custom 8-core AMD Zen 2 CPU @ 3.5GHz with SMT

Graphics Custom AMD RDNA 2 GPU 36 CUs @ 2.23GHz (variable frequency)

RAM 16GB GDDR6

USB 4

Weight 4.5kg

Ethernet Gigabit

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