NOTE: At the end of this year (2022) I will be passing the torch over to ipax11. Once they have a new thread up and running, I will post a link to it in the top post as well as a comment (They may also post a link as well). This discussion thread will close at the end of this year. It has been a pleasure doing the last two years of Epic freebies with you all!

Here is link to that thread if you want a headstart: https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/S4e2c/free-epic-games-store-list-of-all-weekly-free-games-every-thursday-at-11-am-et (will still post today but will close this thread out within the week)

So I'm making the move over to a new thread since the whole table/description was getting unwieldy. If you are looking for the past deals/discussion you can find it here

Here is the store

For the end of the year, Epic will giveaway a game every day from December 15 to Dec 29 (then back to weekly): https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-epic-games-store-will-reportedly-offer-a-free-game-every-day-over-christmas/

NOTE: these games will be claimable for 24 hours ONLY unlike normal freebies that last a week.

NOTE: games update daily at 11 am EST from Dec 15 2022 to Dec 29 2022.

NOTE: deals back to weekly on Dec 29 2022.

Game Free From Free Until
Dishonored Definitive Edition 29-dec-2022 5-jan-2023
Eximius: Seize the Frontline 29-dec-2022 5-jan-2023
Mortal Shell 28-dec-2022 29-dec-2022
Severed Steel 27-dec-2022 28-dec-2022
F.I.S.T.: Forged In S. Torch 26-dec-2022 27-dec-2022
Death Stranding 25-dec-2022 26-dec-2022
Metro Last Light Redux 24-dec-2022 25-dec-2022
Encased 23-dec-2022 24-dec-2022
Fallout Classic Collection. 22-dec-2022 23-dec-2022
Lego Builder's Journey 21-dec-2022 22-dec-2022
Wolfenstein The New Order 20-dec-2022 21-dec-2022
Them's Fighting Herds 19-dec-2022 20-dec-2022
Sable 18-dec-2022 19-dec-2022
Costume Quest 2 17-dec-2022 18-dec-2022
Horizon Chase Turbo 16-dec-2022 17-dec-2022
Bloons TD 6 15-dec-2022 16-dec-2022
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Sable is a really cool "small" open world game. Has some challenging parts to it, but overall a really enjoyable experience.
Platforming, a little bit of combat, collectibles, some cute NPC interactions. Not to mention the hover-bike(s).
Lots of exploration, so to really get the best out of it, be prepared to visit every inch of the map.

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They did this last 2 years... So they will repeat for sure this one.

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Lmao

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Epic Games, the creator of popular games like Fortnite and Fall Guys, agreed to pay $520 million over charges that is illegally collected children’s data and duped users into unwanted purchases.

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For day 6.

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Them's Fightin' Herdsis the free game of the day

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Wolfenstein: The New Order?

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Mystery Game Day 6 : Wolfenstein New Order

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damn epic atleast give us repeats from 2018 or 2019...

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the only freebie i ever missed since they started that i regretted missing, was subnautica. would love if they gave that away again lol. 100% would play

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lucky you.. i started with world war z in 2020,i missed bunch of good games :/

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Happy cake day!

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oh wierd lol thank you

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Happy cakdeday !
I missed subnautica too, I know how it feels.

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I don't know the source of the rumour, but apparently the game on the 27th would be something related to ninjas, do you have any information about that?
if that was really it, think it could be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, aragami 2, mini ninjas, 10 seconds ninjax, some ninja gaiden or dead or alive?

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This is the source: https://www.dealabs.com/comments/permalink/39143732

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It's EPIC so it will only be games that are EPIC - it won't be a game that's only on Steam.

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It's not uncommon for games that release on Epic, that were released on other platformers on the past, to make their Epic debut by being a freebie. It's happened quite a few times in the past.

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i hope it's not double O, like in deathlOOp

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Definitely Wolfenstein: The New Order. The mask matches perfectly!

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Zombie Army Trilogy or 4...? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Yep, that's Wolfenstein tomorrow. Another repeat. WTF Epic, at least give us the Wolfenstein Collection.

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Or at least the W: Old Blood

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Yeah, or at least that one.

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How do you know it's not New Colossus?

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Because the helmets are identical to the ones in the game's cover art.

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This is the first time I know the next mysterious game before I read the topic here :p

Do you guys know how to check if a game supports achievements on Epic? They added the "Features" tab in every store game page, but it seems to not help. It really baffles me how Epic still miss this basic information. It's not the lack of achievements, but the fact you basically need to buy a game to check if it supports achievements or not.

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Without checking their own pages on Epic or how many they have when listed in the Epic launcher, I don't know. But there's a Google Document that tracks them, and is usually updated:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19f1P5wvCu7sHQHj0JpUNecwnyNoLGdmNjTGIv6YLFe8/edit#gid=0

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Thanks. It looks more complete than the one I used to check,

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I check browse-filters-features-achievements and enter the game's name in the keywords area.
Neither of the Wolfenstein games has achievements.

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you basically need to buy a game to check if it supports achievements or not.

No, the games with achievements have their own tab/section on the store, example:
https://store.epicgames.com/achievements/dying-light-2-stay-human

So you only need to search for the game you are interested in.

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Fun Fact: This will be the second time Epic Games Store is giving away Wolfenstein: The New Order, the first time being in June 2022.

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I hope to see salt and sanctuary again since I missed it last time

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Yeah. I hope you get another chance!

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The one i will like to see again is Slime Rancher, that were one of the first freebies.

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Wish they released a patch to fix some of the bugs known for years. Freezing on loading, dying takes 1-2min due to a freeze (actually faster to alt F4 and continue sometimes).

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Well, that sucks.

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Just in the EPIC version? I didn't run into any issues in my playtime on Steam.

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It's on both versions, you see a lot of complains on steam forum. Seems to be random to get them. Some get it with it on an NVME but not HDD, or vice-versa. Like the Rage 2 hard locking bug where the last mission randomly bugs out and you can't complete the game.

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Minor correction:

For the end of the year, Epic will giveaway a game every day from December 15 to Dec 29

The fifteenth and last giveaway will start on December 29 but end on December 30.

The Epic Games Store is officially giving away 15 free games over Christmas (via VGC)

That means, you will need to correct the last item on your table as well. The fifteenth game will also be only available for twenty-four hours. The next game, starting on December 30, will be weekly. Here you can take a look at the dates.

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That wouldn't make sense though...that would mean that the giveaway would be on Friday weekly (or we would be shortchanged a week)

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Oh, then, in that case, yes. I think you are right.

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I doubt it. The game given away on December 29 will most likely be available for a week (December 29 - January 5).
Then on January 5, which is a Thursday, the weekly cycle would start again. See what happened with the Tomb Raider trilogy.

This would also be consistent with Billbil-kun's post at https://www.dealabs.com/bons-plans/--2470739

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Yes, the giveaways always fall on a Thursday, so I believe you are right. Thanks!

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Wolfenstein The New Order is the free game of the day

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seems like LEGO Batman

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Seems like a Lego brick, yeah, but where do you get Batman from?

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from all the repeats, seems like too early for something new :D

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LEGO Batman fits the colors the best (grey Batman's suit, yellow game logo, red either the LEGO logo or Robin's suit). And the LEGO Batman Trilogy has been given away before so most likely another repeat.

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LEGO Batman is on sale.
So maybe LEGO Bricktales or LEGO Builder's Journey...

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between these two I will lean to Bricktales

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Bricktales has been released too recently that's not possible.

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It doesn't matter if a game is or isn't new when it comes to the EGS and the free promo games on it.

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Lego Bricktales released only two months ago (on all platforms) it wouldn't make any sense to give away your game for free so soon. It think the earliest games have been given away is like a year after release? But don't quote me on that. I think I've only once seen them give away a game when it got released.

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Epic pays the devs for the free copies, so it doesn't matter how new or old a game is the devs are getting paid.

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It still doesn't make financial sense for either EPIC (to overpay) or the Publisher (potential loss of buyers/revenue by accepting the deal) to do this for a recently released game. Either way it doesn't happen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It would be interesting to see what the smallest time between release and free giveaway is

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Games not being on sale is no longer an indicator of the game being given away. I believe Horizon Chase Turbo was also on sale before being given away.

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That is not relevant anymore:
https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/WWcES4L

Horizon Chase Turbo was on sale too.

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Welp i've got everything last year hopefully they will give something new next couple days

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GG Deals speculates that it's Lego Incredibles tomorrow - time will tell.

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Here is that article.

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Nah, its LEGO Jurassic World, see grey Jurassic logo / coloring on thumbnail at https://store.steampowered.com/app/352400/LEGO_Jurassic_World/

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Maybe LEGO The Lord of the Rings !

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Does it even make sense to suggest titles that are not on Epic Games Store (yet)?
Neither Lego Incredibles, Lego Jurassic World nor Lego Lord of the Rings are currently on the Epic Games store.

The only available Lego titles that came up in my search are:
Lego Batman 1-3,
Lego Brick Tales,
Lego Builder's Journey,
Lego Brawls and
Lego Star Wars: the Skywalker Saga.

Given that the hint is a lego brick, my guess would be Brick Tales or Builder's Journey.
But I also wouldn't be surprised if it's Lego Batman due to the grey ribbon.
We'll see tomorrow.

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Does it even make sense to suggest titles that are not on Epic Games Store (yet)?
Neither Lego Incredibles, Lego Jurassic World nor Lego Lord of the Rings are currently on the Epic Games store.

Yes, some titles were added to the store on the day of the giveaway.

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Good to know. Thanks for the info.

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It would be surprising to me if it wasn't LEGO Incredibles.

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Lego Builder's Journey

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Lego Builder's Journey is the free game of the day

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one of S.T.A.L.K.E.R games at the logo is matching

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I would assume that's a Metro Redux bundle

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I'd say it's likely we'll see some Metro, but not convinced the clue fits Metro branding. That'd be a radiation mask is my guess.
Fall Out also not a good fit, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R bundle seems a bit old. Keep guessing!

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what about 60 Seconds! Reatomized?

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Also don't see radiation in the branding.

Duke Nukem Forever maybe?

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Yeah STALKER seems most likely, metro doesn't really feature the radiation sign much from what I remember playing them.

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yeh but only S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 is selling in epic and not available yet

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Yeah, it can't be that.

Maybe this, but still a lose fit

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since everyone associate it with hazard symbol... what if it's actually a compact disc and not a hazard symbol?

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Worms Armageddon?

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I think this might be it. If the orientation of the symbol is an indicator than this is the closest one so far.

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Could be, but something from 1999 seems kinda old to give away for this event.

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I was about to say that

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It seems very likely.

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My guess would be Fallout 3, despite how relatively recent it was.
Radiation sign, grey ribbon checks out in my books

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Hmm, I don't think the radiation symbol has been too deeply used in marketing of any Fallout game.

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For some reason, I remember Worms (because Worms Armageddon has this same radioactive icon on it's game logo).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/217200/Worms_Armageddon/

Worms Reloaded also has this same radioactive icon in it's game logo...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/22600/Worms_Reloaded/

...but in Epic Store has only Worms Rumble, which don't have anything like this in it's logo
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1186040/Worms_Rumble/

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I'm pretty sure the next game is a LEGO one, but don't quote me

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You need to lay down the crazy pills, there is absolutely no hint that it could be a Lego game.

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No, it will be an OGEL game I read while doing a handstand.

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At least you won't be stepping on the pieces that way :D

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Hooray for Builders Journey! I've collected nearly every Lego game on Steam and Epic gives me one of the few I don't own yet :]

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But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Lego game was made.

You need to megazord your games to defeat its Dark Master!

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Lego games, assemble! Or roll out! Or maybe Head 'em up, move 'em out...power stride, and ready to ride! (...to what end, I have no idea)

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The way you worded this reminds me of LoTR for some reason xD

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I though the same :)

And what I like about this is that I've read that the controls are not very good so I could not make myself buy this one on steam so getting it for free is really nice

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This leaker shared a hint for the game on the 28th:

TWEET with the hint
Any ideas?

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Assassin's Creed Origins.

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Happy Cake Day, Wok :)

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Happy cakeday!

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Happy cakeday!

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I can see that totally happening.

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Happy Cake day
... ACO doesn't really fit the radioactive symbol though.

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check the hint closely, pay attention to the date ;)

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Heh how silly of me. I didn't read the number.
Not too bad for people who don't already own it I guess.

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star wars rogue squadron maybe? looks like the rebel insignia kinda

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Oh no how could I miss Wolfenstein...
People said it's been free before. Where though? I must have missed it either... :/ And that rarely happens

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People said it's been free before. Where though? I must have missed it either... :/ And that rarely happens

It was on Epic.

https://barter.vg/i/181125/#specials

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Thanks!
PS. Merry Christmas!

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Meh, it happens. I missed Them's Fightin Herds because I have covid and I forgot to check, but I have it on Steam anyway lol. I also missed Filament somehow, and I don't have that on steam but it'll probably get bundled again in the future

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True it does... I've missed some others as well but nothing special. Sorry you've missed some too. Even more sorry for that stupid Covid... Hope you get well ASAP!
PS. Merry Christmas!

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ya it was free before , you should have an alert everyday at a certain time that says claim todays epic games mystery game so even if you do forget, your phone will remind you. then you can just get it from your phone

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True but then I'm an anti-alert person. I just turn them off and say "Alright, gonna do that in a sec" and then I forget anyway :P
PS. Merry Christmas!

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Thank you!
PS. Merry Christmas!

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You are most welcome! Merry Christmas to you as well!

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Plot twist: It's Red Dead Online.

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Maybe it's tomorrow - Rad Dead Redemption 2!

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Is th next one metro again

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was my first thought looking at the hint. I wonder If they will add the older ones to promote the upcoming one.

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that would be cool

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My first thought was a Duke Nukem game.

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Mine too. But the last one (Duke Nukem Forever) is from 2011 and not on Epic. So most likely not.

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fallout?
not an epic game :3

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we don't know enough about this one

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fallout trilogy

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