Will you consider the Epic Game Store your new default library?
Thanks Epic for this whole year of giveaways. That make an impressive amount of good games !
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They paid to the devs/publisherf of the games with money from Fortnite kids parents. I would thank them. I do not think that was not from Tim Sweeneys money or Tencents
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So if you make a gift to someone, should they thank the person who bought a product or service of your employer instead of you?
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At least those kids got some games for free, without in-game purchase option. That should spare a bit the parents wallets.
Beside, almost all the games companies take money from kids.
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Anybody got E200-0 error trying to get Yooka-Laylee?
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The sad tuth its that i am taking all this great games and i will not play them. I like achivements and community guides and see what my friends are playing, and in 2020 dont have yhis things in a client its a shame. And even if they put all this things they are too late, i have a good library on uplay and origin and dont play that games heither, so its nothing againt epic. im soo used to come home and the steam launchs itself and i start playing that i dont care about the others....
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There really should be some sort of platform-agnostic achievement / trophy system that all these services use instead of this walled-garden approach.
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+1 on that! 👍
I find it a good way to link multiple libraries. Honestly I only created an Epic account after the beta of 2.0 arrived. (I'd signed up, though I never used 1.0) Wishing I'd done it sooner looking back at what was available from Epic. Oh well least I got some decent things now.
I wonder if Origin or UPlay give away anything? If so might be worth joining as I believe they both integrate into GOG but I digress.
2.0 Is IMHO a great step in the right direction towards integrating one's collections. 🙂
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On Galaxy you can link Uplay, Origin, Steam, Epic, PlayStation Network, XBOX Live... Its a good thing :)
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+1 on that! 👍
I find it a good way to link multiple libraries. Honestly I only created an Epic account after the beta of 2.0 arrived. (I'd signed up, though I never used 1.0) Wishing I'd done it sooner looking back at what was available from Epic. Oh well least I got some decent things now.
I wonder if Origin or UPlay give away anything? If so might be worth joining as I believe they both integrate into GOG but I digress.
2.0 Is IMHO a great step in the right direction towards integrating one's collections. 🙂
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Yeah, need achievements to make it more compelling playing them
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Looks like some skiing game and Darksiders2 are the next ones
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If this to be trusted: https://twitter.com/EpicGames/status/1212101117179392001
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Only time will tell if attracting freeloaders to Epic Games Store was a good idea.
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I think, it helped them, because even I bought some games on their store- like Walking dead pack, Assassins Creed Origin Gold edition + in previous sales I bought some more games.
Now I see it just like a normal consumer, so if something is here cheaper = I buy it there. (but without all the free games, I would not buy it there)
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This 100% I took advantage of their unlimited $10 coupons to pick up a few games I've been meaning to play at way below historic prices.
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3 games given away. Darksiders 1&2 + steep. Until 09.01.
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jeez, I was waiting whole Christmas for the sale to end so I could finally use the 10E coupon to buy a game that is normally above 15E but now below 15E, and they extended the sale by another week!!
Too many sales, too cheap games, that is terrible..:(
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Too many games and nearly no free time to play them :-))
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Same plan here . Of course, the game may stay discounted even after that and us "screwed" :-))
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1st world gamers exist!!
im more concerned about them giving it away
also the client/store needs more polish, and if steam is a benchmark it could take 10 years!
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According to OP they GA 68 games (included 3 new games)
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I don't get the comment.
What is exactly the problem?
They are giving away a lot of amazing games why you are so angry?
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his point is they fund it all because of fortnite lol
once fortnite is old news, they wont be able to do this anymore
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Most of the anger comes exclusively from the "haha epic/fortnite bad" bandwagon. While some circumstances differ, it's honestly more similar than different to hate minecraft had back when it had it's first boost in popularity. Seen with constantly going after the fanbase/game, finding some new small thing to nitpick and compare it to Steam, or obsessing over things that happened a while ago.
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it tells a lot about your maturity level when you use autism as an insult
Grow up because frankly you are embarassing yourself
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I guess if their game is successful is because people like it. We understand you don't like it but calling people who play it autistic won't makr you morally superior.
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Lmao are you really trying to claim you're not angry while resorting to using 'autists' as an insult? How old are you, because you sound like you should be playing fortnite ;)
Also "Seen with constantly going after the fanbase/game" you kinda prove my point several times over
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My guess is that they don't need any Fortnite money. The store is probably already profitable.
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I don't know...with all the free games and the money they're paying to have exclusives, it might not be....but only they know for sure.
But even though I have never bought a game there and I don't play Fortnite, I'm happy because they give back, especially to developers, for example with amazing additions to Unreal Engine such as the free Quixel Megascans assets and their lowered share they take from the UE4 marketplace (which they also paid back retroactively), Activision-Blizzard would've just paid their executives and shareholders more.
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Yeah, shame they only make Fortnite and aren't a big middleware producer that gets money off of all the games made with their engine, like the makers of the Unreal Engine do... oh, wait...
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Got an overly polite f-off in response to the ticket about my issue.
Nice going Epic!
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I think you misunderstood what I said. The reply was polite, but not positive at all. Here it is:
"Hello dear player.
Thank you for taking the time to write to us at Epic Games Player Support! My name is David and I wish you an Epic day! It will be a pleasure to be your partner/duo on this mission today!
I'm sorry to know that you had issues to claim the game:
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, and this caused you inconvenience to you. At this moment, let me inform you that the game is no longer available, if you couldn't redeem the game during December 31. We don't have the option to get that game free again.
The free game that is active on January 1st is: STEEP. You can claim that game during the day, and you can obtain it free to enjoy it all time that you wish. Thank you for your time, and being part of our Epic community.
If you require further assistance with anything, or just have questions, you are always welcome to come back to us as we are always happy to talk with our players and assist them in any way we can.
A big hug for you, from the Epic Games family. Happy new year to you!"
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My guess is that it was a grand end (with 3 good GA). Anyway EPIC was epic in number of good GA's. It was very nice.
EDIT: I was wrong :)
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It's like there's no point in buying games any more. :)
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Thanks. Hard to believe I've been on SG for 8 years.
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Tim Sweeneys approach is anti-consumer, anti-indie dev and pro-corporate
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Anything that takes away consumer choice and tries to strongarm people is anti-consumer in my book. And that's what the exclusives do. When they aren't first-party games and you essentially have to bribe another party to make them an exclusive for your software platform it seems like a very contrived thing. Plus there is a fracturing effect on the industry and the last thing we really need or want is yet another launcher. I don't want a monopoly either and I'm all for competition but it should be in a more organic way by working on your distribution platform's features and making it better / more appealing to entice consumers and then letting them decide where they want to buy. Taking away consumer choice to try and force people to your software platform so you don't have to do meaningful work on it to compete is just lazy and frankly a scummy way to do things imo.
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Are you aware that in any neighborhood you can buy the same product in different supermarkets or malls and that every shop has its own price, promotion and customer retention policy?
Is Epic store any different?
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Plus nobody seemed to be bothered when Steam had exclusivity over the majority of games (and still does) because of its monopolist position. Even if you can buy the games elsewhere, you'll have to use Steam to play them, and that's called exclusivity as well, but it has cards and other crap, so it's all fine.
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Happy cake day, same for me, it's crazy...nearly the whole decade ^^
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Wow, I was so surprised to read that you were here 8 years, only to check my profile and see the exact same number. Definitely doesn't feel like it's been so long!
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Icing on the cake would be GTA V or Witcher 3 for free :)
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I'll take GTA for the possibility to check it out at some point. Already bought The Witcher III on 3 platforms so I think I'm set :P
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I would love to get GTA V for free. I bought TW3 GOTY on Steam with 70% off this last sale. :)
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Well Epic's stated strategy was to stop people using Steam as their main portal.
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Just scrolling through that list of games - wow, what a lineup! Thanks EPIC :)
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It's not over, guys
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/for-the-king/home
Free Jan 09 - Jan 16
neat
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for the king this game looks very good, someone here already played and want to give an opinion?
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Absolutely fantastic game is you like rpgs, fantasy and roguelike. The game seems to be very difficult a the start and you often die in act 2. But the more good unlock you get (and keep) the more easier and interesting (because new enemies, weapons and spells) the game gets. Different games modes (even local coop is included) make this game fun alone or with friends too. Get it!!!!
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thanks!
how many people play? will epic games keep the online mode?
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They stopped drawing the riddles? Pity, it was fun trying to guess next game..
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I think they are back on their normal weekly giveaways
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Yes, I get that, but they could still continue with riddles..
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The mystery image riddles were just apart of the 13 days of chrismas deal. I mean it just helped narrow down what people were getting from the epicdata site
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Yeah I liked the mystery pics. I would of liked to see that each week.
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+1 Guessing was really fun although the epicdata page made it a bit to easy ^^
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The next free game has changed:
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For The King got temporarily Sundered from Epic :)
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It will be nice if we'll get For the King eventually, it looks pretty cool!
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Well I was afraid to have lost the opportunity of having 'for the king'. I hope it will be given later 🤞
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I'm not sure, as it did arrive at the Epic Games store, but full price... Most freebies were those games' introduction to the store.
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Announcement
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Epic Games will keep promoting their store https://store.epicgames.com in 2020 by offering weekly freebies (sometimes multiple).
Notes:
FREE DLC / extras for (past) freebies
NOTE: Problems claiming on the Epic Games site? Select another tab on Store page in your browser, then hit back; page will usually load correctly. (This issue can be caused by web-protection such as Avira, Kaspersky or VPN plugins blocking elements on the site.)
Archive
The Archive of Offerings (2020)
The Archive of Offerings Past (2019)
The Archive of Offerings Past: 12 Days of (13) Free Games (dec 2019)
Current Freebies: this list has been moved to the top ^^, we got so many games scrolling became tedious
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