Three free PS5 games available to download now - and don't need a PlayStation Plus subscription to play online

The trio of games, being released this month, allow people to install them on the PS5 without needing access to PlayStation Plus, with engaging online modes to pit your skills against others from around the world.

It’s been a rising trend among games in recent years, not requiring a PS Plus subscription for online play; this has become typical of the free-to-play market, including massive games like Marvel Rivals, Apex Legends and Fortnite.

Here are the three latest free-to-play games coming to the PlayStation store.

Arknights: Endfield - Out now

Transforming the popular mobile phone tower-defence genre into a Japanese role-playing game (RPG), Arknights: Endfield combines immersive scenarios with real-time combat. Players take on the role of the ‘Endministrator’ on the planet Talos II, a world on the brink of catastrophe.

Sega Football Club Champions - Out now

A free-to-play football management simulator, Football Club Champions is the latest offering from Sega, the same team behind the legendary Football Manager series. This game lets you build your squad, set up your tactics and take on other players in online leagues, to determine once and for all who among your friends is the best gaffer.

2XKO - Early access

Previously just known as Project L, 2XKO is Riot Games’ first entry into the world of fighting games. Best known for creating League of Legends, the development team has concocted a 2v2 fight system where players switch between their two characters to launch combo attacks.

The characters will be familiar to League of Legends players, with the likes of Darius, Ekko and Yasuo on the roster.