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PlayStation Plus fans face January 2025 games delay but it brings hidden bonus

The PlayStation Plus Essential games for January 2025 are likely to roll in a little later due to the way the dates line up meaning you'll have to wait a whole week more to find out what's new

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PlayStation Plus is bringing more new games to Sony console owners(Image: Sony )

The PS Plus Essential games for December 2024 are fantastic - and it's just as well since we likely won't be getting fresh ones for a little longer.

Games are traditionally revealed towards the end of the month but with the way the dates in December are lining up (plus the added wrinkle of the Christmas festivities) we're expecting January's games to not be revealed until the month has already begun.

In fact, we're expecting the games to be revealed on January 1, 2025, but with it being New Year's Day it could be delayed even further. Still, there are a host of titles including a Star Wars adventure, a PS5 exclusive and Sonic Frontiers included at the Extra and Premium tiers if you wanted to upgrade.

PlayStation Plus January 2025 reveal delayed

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It Takes Two is a Game of the Year winner

The good news for subscribers is that it'll still be only a week before you can redeem the games and play them, whatever they may be.

With that in mind, you'll be able to download the titles around January 7 and if the reveal is delayed further, there will be even less of a gap between the games being shown and you being able to download them.

The other good news is you have a little longer to redeem the games currently available for Essential subscribers.

These are It Takes Two, Aliens: Dark Descent and Temtem. Dark Descent is a challenging strategy title that pits marines against Xenomorphs with the prospect of permadeath, while Temtem is as close as you can get to Pokemon without upsetting Nintendo's lawyers.

The headline inclusion is undoubtedly It Takes Two, which focuses on a separated couple shrunk down and forced to work together through a fantastic and varied co-op adventure with new twists in each level.

It Takes Two currently has a Metacritic score of 88 out of 100, and the extra week to download it might mean you or a loved one can snag it to play on a new PS5 console over the Holidays.

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