The PS Plus and Xbox Live free games for April have been announced and finally Xbox owners have a reason to celebrate. March was a month of exaltation for PlayStation owners as they feasted on Bloodborne, Ratchet & Clank and more, all while Xbox owners tried to satisfy themselves with the likes of Brave: The Video Game. 

This month, the tides have turned and PlayStation owners are the ones left wanting more. Xbox has Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Dead Space 2 as its marquee free games for April and PlayStation’s big titles are Mad Max and Trackmania Turbo. Microsoft’s April offerings might not beat what Sony offered last month, but it’s certainly the best lineup we’ve seen from them this year.  

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

Xbox

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate

London, 1868. In the heart of the Industrial Revolution, lead your underworld organization and grow your influence to fight those who exploit the less privileged in the name of progress.

The Witness

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

 

You don’t remember who you are, and you don’t remember how you got here, but there’s one thing you can do: explore the island in hope of discovering clues, regaining your memory, and somehow finding your way home.

 

The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles. This game respects you as an intelligent player and it treats your time as precious. There’s no filler; each of those puzzles brings its own new idea into the mix. So, this is a game full of ideas.

Dead Space 2

Engineer Isaac Clarke returns for another blood-curdling adventure in the sequel to the critically acclaimed Dead Space. After waking from a coma on a massive space city known as “The Sprawl”, the lone survivor of a horrific alien infection finds himself confronting a catastrophic new nightmare. Battling dementia, hunted by the government, and haunted by visions of his dead girlfriend, Isaac will do whatever it takes to save himself and dominate the gruesome onslaught. With an arsenal of tools to dismember Necromorphs and new determination, an engineer will bring the terror to space. The nightmare returns in 2011.

Cars 2: The Video Game

The Games on Demand version supports English, French, Italian, Spanish. From the makers of Toy Story 3: The Videogame comes Cars 2: The Video Game, where players can jump into the Cars 2 universe with some of their favorite Cars personalities in locations around the globe. Train to become an agent of C.H.R.O.M.E. (Command Headquarters for Recon Operations & Motorized Espionage) and take on dangerous missions, compete to become the fastest racecar in the world, or use your spy skills in exciting, action-packed combat racing!

PlayStation

Mad Max

Play as Mad Max, a lone warrior who embarks on a dangerous journey after his Interceptor is stolen by a deadly gang of marauders lead by the warlord, Scabrous Scrotus. A reluctant hero with an instinct for survival, Max wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace in the storied “Plains of Silence.”

Trackmania Turbo

Available for the very first time on PS4, Trackmania offers you the ultimate arcade racing universe where everything is about reaching the perfect racing time.

In Space We Brawl

In Space We Brawl is a frantic couch twin-stick shooter. Challenge your friends in fast-paced space battles. Get ready for the excitement of pure local multiplayer with games for up to 4 players. Choose from more than 100 combinations of weapons and ships and conquer maps full of obstacles such as asteroids and black holes! Are you ready to brawl? This Cross-Buy product entitles you to download both PS4 and PS3 versions.

Toy Home

Toy Home is an exciting toy car racing game where your house becomes the racetrack. Weave between other toys strewn across a bedroom floor, hurtle across kitchen tables, dodge toy soldiers and zoom along model railway tracks in moonlit playrooms. The aim of the game is to collect coins, discover hidden medals and hit every checkpoint before the time runs out – and there are bonus points available for every jump, smash and flip you make. Toy Home is manic, miniature racing fun!

Q*Bert Rebooted

One of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful arcade games of the 1980s is back in its classic pixel perfect 2D form, and a re-imagined Rebooted version with state of the art 3D game-play and graphics that remain faithful to the original concept. Now optimized for PS3, PS4 and ‘PS VITA’, both versions are exciting twitch games requiring keen puzzle solving skills and logic.

99Vidas

99Vidas is a “beat ’em up” set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80’s and 90’s pop culture.