PlayStation Plus Essentials subscribers are counting down to the release of the free PS4 and PS5 games for December.

The next wave of PS Plus games have a December 3 release date and an estimated 11am GMT UK launch time.

Needless to say, this is your final warning to redeem the current batch of PS Plus games, which include Ghostwire Tokyo and Hot Wheels 2 Turbocharged.

You also have less than 24-hours to claim your free copy of multiplayer deduction game Death Note Killer Within.

As for the December PlayStation Plus games line-up, the next batch of releases is headlined by co-operative puzzle adventure game It Takes Two.

A former Game of the Year winner, It Takes Two sees players team up in either split-screen or online multiplayer.

If you want to play with somebody who doesn't own the game, it even comes with a special Friend's Pass.

Sony explains more: "Play as the clashing couple Cody and May, two humans turned into dolls by a magic spell.

"Together, trapped in a fantastical world where the unpredictable hides around every corner, they are reluctantly challenged with saving their fractured relationship."

You'll battle rogue vacuum cleaners and giant wasps, pilot a pair of underpants, DJ in a buzzing night club and more.

It's a hugely entertaining experience, featuring some truly brilliant puzzles and laugh out loud humour.

Other games joining PS Plus in December include Aliens: Dark Descent, which is a strategy game set in the Alien universe.

"In Aliens: Dark Descent, command a squad of hardened Colonial Marines to stop a terrifying Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe," reads the official description.

"Lead your soldiers in real-time combat against iconic Xenomorphs, rogue operatives from the insatiable Weyland-Yutani Corporation, and a host of horrifying creatures new to the Alien franchise."

Like many of the best strategy games, Aliens Dark Descent utilises a permadeath feature, which means that when your squad members die, they're gone for good.

I always feel like this ups the stakes and increases the tension, especially when you lose a powerful member of your squad that has been there since the beginning.

Elsewhere, PS Plus Essential subscribers will also be able to download TemTem from December 3.

Inspired by Pokemon, TemTem sees players attempt to tame upwards of 165 creatures across seven different islands.