PlayStation Plus is priming users for a substantial revamp to its overall offerings, expanding beyond online multiplayer, cloud saves, and monthly freebies to resemble something more akin to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass. Adopting a three-tiered structure focused around, Essential, Extra, and Premium features, the upgraded platform is nearly set for its grand relaunch, but in the meantime, it’s business as usual with the unveiling of the next PlayStation Plus free games for May 2022.

Going live on May 3rd, Norse-themed action RPG Tribes of Midgard and roguelike dungeon crawler Curse of the Dead Gods will both be available to add to players’ libraries for a limited time. In addition, the month’s biggest arrival is undoubtedly FIFA 22, which gives EA’s latest annual footballer to all PS Plus members on PS4 and PS5. In addition, users can also redeem an exclusive FUT pack, both for current owners and those who redeem the game for free. A rundown of May’s PlayStation Plus free games can be viewed below.

PlayStation Plus May 2022 Free Games

• FIFA 22 (PS5, PS4)
  • Powered by Football, EA Sports FIFA 22 brings the game even closer to the real thing with gameplay advances across every mode. Build your dream squad in Ultimate Team, Create Your Club in Career Mode, and express yourself in style on the streets with reimagined Volta Football gameplay. Enjoy local or online competitive multiplayer matches on PS4 and PS5****, while the power of PS5 makes every match even more real with groundbreaking next-gen HyperMotion technology. With big innovation all over the pitch, it’s time to start your FIFA 22 season!
  • PlayStation Plus members can kickstart their brand-new Ultimate Team or bolster their existing squad with the PlayStation Plus FUT Pack for FIFA 22 Ultimate Team. This pack includes 11 players rated 82 or above to help build your dream squad in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team, as well as an Icon Moments Loan Player Pick, allowing you to choose between some of the best ballers in history and add one of three to your squad for five games.

• Tribes of Midgard (PS4 & PS5)
  • Tribes of Midgard blends survival and ARPG genres into a colorful co-op or solo experience set within the universe of Norse mythology. As an Einherjar, returned to life by Odin himself, you and your tribe of up to 10 players will need to defend the Seed of Yggdrasil from evil forces set on bringing about Ragnarök. Together, you will have to venture out and explore the wilderness of Midgard to gather the resources, materials, and hidden treasures essential to forging new weapons, epic armor, and fortifying your village. Your greatest threats lie hidden throughout Midgard in the form of giants and great beasts of Norse legend. Will you be able to conquer these forces, save the Seed, and escape before the onset of Fimbulwinter?

• Curse of the Dead Gods (PS4)
  • In this skill-based, single player roguelike, explore an accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters. Your greed will lead you to death, but that is not an escape. Rise to fight again. Collect mystical Relics and an arsenal of weapons to make yourself unstoppable, but each powerful curse can be a double-edged sword, creating unique curses that influence your playstyle on every attempt. Defy the malignant deities that linger in this place. Battle through hordes of enemies in dark, cavernous passages filled with traps and secrets of all sorts – fire-spewing statues, explosives, hidden spikes, and worse.

Those looking to partake in pro footy, defend the realms from Ragnarok, or conquer cursed labyrinths will be able to do so between May 5th and June 6th. After that, May’s PlayStation Plus games will expire to make way for the next batch of free games. As there are a few days left in April, subscribers still have until May 2nd to claim this month’s bevy of freebies, which include Hood: Outlaws & Legends, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated, and Slay the Spire.

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