December’s PS Plus Essential lineup has leaked – and it includes this top RPG trilogy
Deck the halls
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Fans of action RPGs might have another reason to celebrate this holiday season as, according to a recent leak,PlayStation Plus’s free games lineup for December includes the acclaimed Mass Effect trilogy.
The leak comes via French netizen billbil-kun, of business tips forumDealabs, who has previously accurately leakedPlayStation Plus Essential free gameson numerous occasions.
If their information stands true, we can expectBiomutantand Divine Knockout to accompany the complete remastered trilogy of Mass Effect (available now asMass Effect Legendary Edition) when the PS Plus free games for December land on December 6.
A Christmas miracle?
While it’s an exciting prospect that Ps Plus subscribers might get their hands on a free copy of one of the most highly-regarded action RPGs of the last two decades, you’d be wise to approach this news with caution until an official announcement is made bySony.
However, there are many reasons to be cautiously optimistic. Billbil-kun does have a strong track record for being a reliable leak source when it comes to PS Plus content. They have accurately leaked thelast several monthsof PlayStation Plus’s free games roster, so being correct for the December line-up once again certainly isn’t out of the question.
It would make sense for combat-driven Divine Knockout to be included in the December 2022 offering. It has already been given arelease date of December 6, which backs up billbil-kun’s assertion that all three games will come to PS Plus on that date. If this is true, it would mark another day-one PS Plus release, following in the footsteps (paw steps?) of sci-fi cat simulatorStray.
Biomutant casts a similar shadow to Divine Knockout, being a martial arts-heavy RPG. Originally released in 2021 to past-gen consoles, its September 2022 debut onPS5and XboxSeries X│S means that it could do with a little pushing from Sony if it wants to make a splash for current-gen gamers.
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The star of the show would of course be Mass Effect Legendary Edition. The remastered version of the award-winning action RPG trilogy, this third-person gunslinging sci-fi epic has been keeping us entertained for well over a decade now.
With remastered visuals to truly enhance your experience of all three games, we can’t help but cross our fingers that billbil-kun’s impressive track record holds strong for one more month.
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