The PS Plus January 2026 Essential games have been revealed

It leaked earlier, however it has now been confirmed that Want for Velocity: Unbound on PS5 is a part of the PS Plus January 2026 video games!

Begin on the backside, race to the highest within the newest entry within the iconic Want for Velocity franchise. With separate single and multiplayer campaigns, this newest version within the Want for Velocity franchise from Criterion Video games delivers hours of electrical, adrenaline-pumping racing motion. Race in opposition to time, outsmart the cops, and tackle weekly qualifiers to succeed in The Grand, Lakeshore’s final avenue racing problem. Pack your storage with precision-tuned, customized rides and light-weight up the streets along with your model, unique matches, and a vibrant world soundtrack that bumps in each nook of the world.

Criterion developed the sport and it was revealed in 2022 by EA, and when it was launched we gave it 9/10 in our review, calling it “the most effective arcade racer of 2022”. Since then it has had a number of updates however help for the sport led to in 2024 when Criterion moved on to assist make Battlefield 6.

Becoming a member of it will likely be Epic Mickey Rebrushed on PS4 and PS5.

Play as Mickey Mouse and embark on an epic journey via Wasteland, a realm of forgotten Disney characters. Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed brings the magic of Disney to life in a vibrant 3D platformer. This lovely remake sends Mickey right into a fantastical world the place you employ paint and thinner to form your journey and the destiny of this alternate world. Each stroke of your magic brush issues! Use paint to revive magnificence and concord or thinner to change your surroundings and uncover hidden secrets and techniques. Encounter iconic characters like Oswald the Fortunate Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first creation. Accumulate digital Disney pins and deal with inventive challenges whereas exploring basic platforming ranges impressed by animated movies and shorts.

Your third and remaining recreation is Core Keeper on each PS4 and PS5.

Awaken as an explorer in a long-forgotten cavern teeming with untold secrets and techniques. On this award-winning, 1-8 participant mining sandbox journey, your selections form an epic journey. Harvest relics and sources, craft superior instruments, construct your base, and discover a dynamically evolving world ready to be unearthed. Stage up your abilities, defeat legendary Titans, and unveil the facility of the Core. Develop your backyard, fish in mysterious waters, grasp an unlimited array of recipes, increase and look after animals, encounter the Cavelings, and carve out your personal distinctive world in a fascinating underground journey.

Want For Velocity Unbound, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed and Core Keeper might be accessible to PlayStation Plus members from Tuesday January sixth 2026 till Monday February 2nd 2026

Sony had beforehand introduced that from January 2026, PS4 video games will no-longer be a assured a part of the PlayStation Plus month-to-month video games lineup. Cross-gen video games which have a PS4 model may actually nonetheless be included – and there’s nonetheless tons of PS4 video games being launched – however it’s not going to be a requirement anymore.

Right here’s Sony’s assertion from the PS Weblog:

As a lot of our gamers are presently taking part in on PS5 and have shifted towards redeeming and accessing PS5 titles from the Month-to-month Video games and Recreation Catalog profit, PlayStation Plus can be evolving with this development and can deal with providing PS5 titles via the Month-to-month Video games and Recreation Catalog profit beginning January 2026. As we shift to PS5, PS4 video games will not be a key profit and can solely be often provided for PlayStation Plus Month-to-month Video games and Recreation Catalog beginning January 2026. We should still present titles that may be playable on each PS4 and PS5 consoles after this date.

Please observe, this gained’t have an effect on the PS4 Month-to-month Video games that you’ve got already redeemed from PlayStation Plus. You’ll proceed to have entry to video games you’ve already redeemed so long as you stay a member. For Recreation Catalog, PS4 video games will nonetheless be accessible to play till it leaves the catalog as a part of our month-to-month refresh.

We’ll proceed to evolve the expertise of PlayStation Plus and optimize the advantages you obtain, together with unique reductions, on-line multiplayer entry, on-line recreation save storage and extra. As we shift our focus to PS5, we look ahead to including new PS5 titles month-to-month so that you can take pleasure in.

The PS Plus January 2026 video games must be formally revealed later at this time on the PlayStation Blog.