PS Plus Announces December Lineup Including 2021 GOTY Winner

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PlayStation Plus has announced the three games in its December 2024 lineup, and they unexpectedly include the winner of a major 2021 Game of the Year award. Beginning with the PS3 era, PS Plus is primarily a subscription service that allows players access to online services. Each month, PS Plus also distributes a handful of free games to subscribers on all tiers, while higher-tier subscribers typically have access to a wider library of perennial titles. Following the usual release schedule, PlayStation Plus revealed its three free games for December 2024 just a few days before the month began.

This December, all PS Plus subscribers will be able to access,, and , according to the official PlayStation Blog. Developed by Hazelight Studios and published by EA, is a unique co-op adventure game that took home the GOTY trophy at The Game Awards in 2021. It beat, ,, and in its category. It also won Best Multiplayer Game at the Golden Joystick Awards that year (and was nominated for GOTY), along with two BAFTAS for Multiplayer Game and Original Property.

It Takes Two is a masterful co-op game, with plenty of varied and enjoyable game modes alongside a fantastic visual style and heartfelt story.

is a co-op adventure for two players who take on the roles of Cody and May, a couple on the brink of divorce. When a misguided wish by their alienated daughter causes them to shrink down to the size of handmade dolls, they're forced to survive a series of existential perils within the tiny, unseen world of their suburban home, hoping that if they sufficiently impress the suave and sentient relationship book Hakim, he'll break the curse and return them to normal.

But is far more than a touching journey that transforms the mundane into the magical — it also happens to be an excellent adventure game. Each level features a unique mechanic, and gives each player half of the controls. Over the course of seven chapters, they'll have to master not only the intricacies of their own new