December’s free games for Xbox and PlayStation owners are a bit of a mixed bag. There’s a couple interesting titles, but for the third or fourth month in a row, neither console brought anything really exciting to the table.

It’s unfortunate and a little surprising that they wouldn’t use this time of year to show off some cool games and push people towards their services around the holidays, but such is life. There’s also a noticeable lack of indie games from Xbox in particular, especially considering that indie games were arguably the most interesting parts of the free games for the last couple months. 

You can see all of this month’s free console games below.   

Xbox

Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide

The world is ending… though few believe it.

The once proud city of Ubersreik now stands in ruin at the hands of the dreaded Skaven army. Few have survived their ruthless invasion.

Team up with 3 friends and work together to thin out the ratmen’s forces and drive them out of the city. Assume the role of one of five heroes, and hack, slash, smash, burn and pierce the vile Skaven using a multitude of weapons. Fight your way through the city of Ubersreik, from the top of the Magnus Tower to the bowels of the Under Empire.

This is our last stand and only you can stem the Vermintide.

Child of Eden

Experience the breathtaking sights and sounds of Child of Eden. With sound and vision in one display of synesthesia, Child of Eden brings simple, yet intuitive controls together with unique visuals and music that adapts to your playing style. Electrify your senses with this unparalleled music-action experience from Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Q Entertainment.

Back to the Future: The Game – 30th Anniversary Edition

Six months after Back to the Future Part III, the DeLorean time machine mysteriously returns to Hill Valley – driverless! Marty McFly must once again go back in time, or else the space-time continuum will be forever unraveled!

Featuring Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown, Tom Wilson as Biff Tannen, and Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker, with a special appearance by Michael J. Fox, and introducing A.J. LoCascio voicing Marty McFly. Created in cooperation with movie series Co-Writer and Producer, Bob Gale.

Includes an exclusive retrospective behind the scenes video, featuring an interview with Bob Gale, and others involved in the creation of the game! 

Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death

A new breed of WARRIOR returns, committed to destroying the enemies of FREEDOM! No-nonsense hero Marlow never shied away from danger or trouble. But now he faces his ULTIMATE challenge. Blasting into Central America, he has an industrial evil to defeat whilst bound to an ancient Mayan Death Mask who’s had no-one to talk to for 2000 years. With cliffhanger over the top action and cinematic gameplay, Marlow Briggs takes inspiration from the best of blockbuster films, comic book heroes, and action games with its focus on relentless high-octane combat, exotic and danger filled environments and epic set pieces.

PlayStation

Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition

Become the terrifying force which everything fears but nothing can escape. Awakened by the End of Days, Death, the most feared of the legendary Four Horsemen embarks on a quest to redeem his brother’s name. Along the way, the Horseman discovers that an ancient grudge may threaten all of Creation. Death lives!

By the way, in PlayStation’s blog post about this month’s free games, they say that Darksiders “is instantly playable and sure to make this a Deathcember to remember.” We’re fairly certain that the sole reason that this game is on the list is so that they could use that pun. 

Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends

It is an age of Kung Fu heroes, warriors, and best of all, LEGENDARY LEGENDS! Face-off alongside or against Po, Tigress, Monkey, Tai Lung, Master Shifu, and all of your favorite Kung Fu Panda characters in the Showdown of Legendary Legends. Up to four players compete in iconic locations throughout the Valley of Peace and beyond. Compete in an epic Tournament where all Kung Fu warriors contend for honor and glory. Who will reign on top as the mightiest warrior in the land? Will it be a mighty hero or a cunning villain?

Syberia Collection

Kate Walker, a young ambitious lawyer from New York, is handed what seems a fairly straightforward assignment – a quick stopover to handle the sale of an old automaton factory hidden in the Alpine valleys, then straight back home to the US. Little did she imagine when embarking on this task that her life would be turned upside down.

On her expedition across Europe, traveling from Western Europe to the far reaches of Eastern Russia, she encounters a host of incredible characters and locations in her attempt to track down Hans, the genius inventor – the final key to unlocking the secret of Syberia.

Her voyage across land and time throws all she values into question, while the deal she sets out to sign turns into a pact with destiny.

Xblaze Lost: Memories

XBlaze Lost: Memories, is a visual-novel game based in the BlazBlue universe and the sequel to XBlaze Code: Embryo. Play as the enigmatic pink-haired protagonist as she navigates through a weird and wondrous alternate reality with the help of the mysterious Nobody in order to save her sister, who disappeared into this unknown world!

forma.8

forma.8 is a unique take on the proven Metroidvania action-adventure formula, with a striking visual style and a huge world to explore.

As the small exploration probe forma.8 you’re stranded alone on the surface of an alien planet. Separated from your companions by accident you have a life or death mission to accomplish: find and recover a lost, powerful energy source before it’s too late. Ancient civilisations, great perils and dystopian visions await you. And not everything is what it seems…

Wanted Corp.

Wanted Corp. is an action-shooter featuring Neal Maddogg and Irina-Ys, two of the most charismatic intergalactic bounty hunters around.

Use weapons, magical and mobile robots to neutralize and capture colossal giants, mechanical drones and highly evolved level bosses in an effort to maximize your profits.