Sony just announced the first set of PlayStation Plus games in 2025 available to all subscribers, regardless of the level of service they are signed up to. Until this month Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. I wouldn't say it's the most exciting set of games, but it's the least The Stanley Parable is a classic, albeit an old one — the game was first released in 2011 as a mod for Half-Life 2. The game then got a proper full release in 2013, and the Ultra Deluxe version then released for modern consoles in 2022.
Original creators Davey Wreden and William Pugh put together the Ultra Deluxe edition, with an expanded script and some other new changes that the developers didn't exactly approach: “Everything you remember is recreated, but it's different somehow. We've been here before, haven't we?” Overall, however, the game expands on the original with more options, more dialog and more choices for the player to navigate. If you haven't given the game a chance yet, you have no excuse not to check it out.
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered is another oldie — originally released in 2010, but updated for PS4 in 2020. That's the version available here, with full race modes for either a racer or cop, depending on which side the law is what you think you want. This version also includes multiplayer modes and all the DLC released for the original game.
Finally, the latest game in the batch is Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, a live service game that went through many delays, got negative reviews and reportedly worth Warner Bros. of approximately $200 million. Adding insult to injury, the developers have announced that the current season of content it will be too lateeven though there are no plans to close the game yet. Given that it only came out this past February, that's a pretty short lifespan. I'm not sure I want to jump on that sinking ship at this point, but at least you can give it a shot without taking away its $70 value anyway.
All these games will be available from January 7 to PS Plus subscribers, and you have until then add December games to your library.
