With
February
peeking
around
the
corner
like
a
mischievous
child
waiting
to
steal
some
cake,
Sony
has
announced
what
“free”
games
you
can
expect
to
get
as
part
of
your
PS
Plus
Essential
subscription.
This
month’s
offerings
will
go
live
on
February
4,
and
as
always
you
should
go
ahead
and
add
them
to
your
library
even
if
you
don’t
intend
on
playing
them.
After
all,
free
stuff
is
free
stuff.

February’s
selection
is
quite
weak,
I’d
say.
According
to
Sonys
blog
post,

Payday
3
(PS5
only)
seems
to
be
the
headliner.
I
haven’t
touched
it
since
it
launched,
and
at
that
time
I
wrote

a
somewhat
scathing
article
based
on
my
singleplayer
experience
because
the
servers
were
buggered.

Since
then
Payday
3
does
seem
to
have
improved
a
little,
but
it’s
still
getting
mixed
ratings
on
Steam.
Hilariously,
Payday
3
is

getting
around
1,600
players
per
day
on
Steam
right
now,

while
Payday
2
is
still
bringing
in
upwards
of
30,000
consistently.

“Revel
in
the
thrill
of
a
perfectly
planned
and
executed
heist
in
this
high-octane,
co-op
FPS
experience
for
up
to
four
players
online.”

says
the
blog
post.
“Step
out
of
retirement
back
into
the
life
of
crime
in
the
shoes
of
the
Payday
Gang,
the
envy
of
their
peers
and
the
nightmare
of
law-enforcement
wherever
they
go.
Several
years
after
the
crew’s
reign
of
terror
over
Washington
DC
has
ended,
they
assemble
once
again
to
deal
with
the
threat
that
roused
them
out
of
early
retirement.”

Joining
Payday
3
is

High
on
Life
(PS4
and
PS5),
the
comedy
shooter
that
did
very
well
on
Game
Pass.

“Fresh
out
of
high
school
with
no
job
and
no
ambition,
you’ve
really
got
nothing
going
for
you
until
an
alien
cartel
that
wants
to
get
high
off
humanity
invades
Earth.
Now,
you
and
a
team
of
charismatic
talking
guns
must
answer
the
hero’s
call
and
become
the
deadliest
intergalactic
bounty
hunter
the
cosmos
has
ever
seen.
Travel
to
a
variety
of
biomes
and
locations
across
the
cosmos,
go
up
against
the
nefarious
Garmantuous
and
his
gang
of
goons,
collect
loot,
meet
unique
characters,
and
more,
in
the
latest
comedy
adventure
from
Squanch
Games. “

And
finally
you
can
snag

Pac-Man
World
Re-Pac
on
PS4
and
PS5

“In
this
2004
remake
of
the
original
PlayStation
platformer,
with
improved
UI,
fine-tuned
mechanics
and
updated
visuals,
Pac-Man
arrives
home
on
his
birthday
to
find
the
Ghosts
have
kidnapped
Pac-Man’s
family
&
friends
and
ruined
his
party.
Off
to
the
rescue,
Pac-Man
sets
out
to
Ghost
Island.
Dodge
Ghosts,
solve
environmental
puzzles,
rescue
the
Pac-Fam,
and
more
in
this
platforming
adventure.
Play
a
collection
of
3D
mazes
in
Maze
mode,
clear
Quest
mode
to
unlock
the
original
Pac-Man
game
in
Original
mode. “

Don’t
forget
to
go
ahead
and
claim
January’s
offering
if
you
haven’t
already
done
so.
You
can
get
yourself
Need
for
Speed:
Hot
Pursuit
Remastered,
The
Stanley
Parable:
Deluxe
Edition
and
Suicide
Squad:
Kill
the
Justice
League.