PS Plus getting arguably the best co-op game ever made for PS5 and PS4 for free

Families are in for a treat in December as one of the best couch co-op games in modern history is coming to PS Plus.

Members of all PS Plus tiers on PS5, PS5 Pro or PlayStation 4 will be able to the download and enjoy It Takes Two at no extra cost – a game that I have personally completed with my daughter a couple of times. It is a joyous platformer and puzzle game that takes you and a partner through an emotional journey.

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Presented in split screen whether you are playing in the same room or online, the game puts each player in the shoes of a husband and wife duo who are on the brink of divorce. However, after being transformed into shruken dolls, they have to work together to get back to their daughter and, hopefully, rekindle their relationship in the process.

Developer Hazelight Studios has experience with co-op, having also created prison break adventure A Way Out, but It Takes Two takes collaborative gaming to a whole new level. There are puzzles galore that require combined solutions and the game is steeped in innovation and invention.

Playing as a parent and child is a great experience, but I can also heartily recommend it for friends or partners. It's even better now that it's going to be free for all PS Plus subscribers.

It'll be available to download from 3 December, along with Aliens: Dark Descent and Temtem.

Aliens: Dark Descent (which has also just joined Xbox Game Pass) is an XCOM-style real-time tactics game where you take control of a squad of Colonial Marines as they battle the eponymous alien foes.

It is available on both PS5 and PS4 for all subscribers, although the last game in December's lineup is just for PlayStation 5 members.

Temtem is another game inspired by Pokemon, much like the hugely popular Palworld. It's an MMORPG in which you collect Temtem creatures to take into battle with those from other players (or NPCs).

It's also been revealed (earlier than usual) that PS Plus Premium members will be to download Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy next month, as they join the classics library.

And it's also worth nothing that November's PS Plus games, Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and Death Note Killer Within, will only be available until 2 December, so download them sharpish.