Epic Games Store Leaks Next Free Games

The next three Epic Games Store free games have leaked, and the list is quite impressive.

[Iceball2000]

• Civilization VI (May 21)
• Borderlands The Handsome Collection (May 28)
• Ark: Survival Evolved (June 4)

[anonymousfan]

Amazing games... Better value than either games with gold or PS plus and it's actually free?!?

[Lennoxb63]

To be fair, EGS is just starting to give away games. So they’d have larger selection to choose from than gold and plus who’ve already given away some of these games.

[Docmortem]

@Lennoxb63 Gold and Plus don't give anything away for free. You pay monthly for the right to access those games. EGS gives away games for free and to keep every week for 1 year now.

[crazyCoconuts]

It is quite amazing. The one benefit I guess from them making money hand over fist with Fortnite. They really want to buy the love of us Steam users...

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

Thanks Tim!

[Terry_B]

Does their store have reviews yet?

[Wetpapertowel]

Not yet. But have you heard of IGN? They do reviews.

[Sephiroushin]

But those are paid from journalist that know shit; dont believe those ign reviews!

[xTonyMontana]

User reviews can be the best though, seeing someone post their thoughts after 500+ logged hours lends a lot of credit to their reviews.

[MadLad]

The Epic Store. The store so featureless, they bribe you to use it.

[Fishy Fingers]

Download, add to steam, use steam features.

I'm happy to take the "bribes".

[phoenixwing]

since when did features become more important than a video game?

[MadLad]

They came into the market using Fortnite money, and only offered a crap store, and justify it by buying exclusivity in what has always been an open and fair market on PC. I'm highly positive that this pro-developer narrative they push will end if they ever gain a large chunk of the market.

I hate what Epic is doing because it's the same corporatist BS I have been rallying against for years. We don't offer a good product, so just buy up the market until we control it.

[FanboyPolice]

Gamers have the wrong priorities.

Is not about games anymore is all about favorite stores or favorite consoles or or faster ssd or more teraflops.

I honestly dont get it

[xTonyMontana]

Ask everyone and anyone complaining about Switch online and comparing it to PSN.

[MajorLazer]

Yes, "bribe" 👏🏽

[MadLad]

Something used to get people to download it. Its popularity lies solely on free games, or big titles they buy exclusivity to. The terminology may be slightly exaggerated, but slightly being the proper word.

[porkChop]

So you choose store features over actual games? That's just sad.

[MajorLazer]

Incentive is the word you're looking for, not bribe.

[RazzerRedux]

Ted Cruz is smarter than you.

[TheProfessional]

I supported steam more than anyone in the past but the whole platform became trash long ago. Why are people rabidly defending a greedy corporation like Valve? They got lazy as soon as they had a monopoly on the digital PC market; they ignored their fans and stopped making games and now even the steam summer/winter/whatever sales aren't as good. And please stop acting like Steam reviews are sooooo important when there are thousands and thousands of critic and user reviews for every single game on the epic store all over the internet.

Steam takes 70 percent of revenue from the developers for every game they list on their store, and epic takes 30. Whatever their reasons for doing it it's better business for developers and the free games Epic gives away are just a bonus for anyone who wants them. I guess it's better to stay loyal to a greedy corporate mope like gabe newell who chooses not to make left for dead 3 or half life 3 for over ten years because he's just too busy counting his money.

[MadLad]

But they never locked exclusivity out from other stores. Their exclusives, ever had, were games they had actual funding behind.
They didnt say "hey, we're filthy rich, let's strong arm this otherwise open market".
I hate their business practice, and the fact they tied it to such a weak store, where almost every other one in existence offers either something better, or something entirely unique.

[RazzerRedux]

Strong arm? That's bullshit. No one is forcing these games on to EGS. It is a voluntary decision by the publisher/developer. The market is still very much open and the fact that these deals can happen are proof. If this were not an open market then something would prevent these companies from having the freedom to make these decisions.

And how is exclusivity for PC stores any different than exclusivity between consoles?

[jeromeface]

@razzerredux you buy hardware to commit to consoles, major difference.

[RazzerRedux]

@jeromeface

No, third party exclusives are obtained by console manufacturer's to entice gamers to buy their console. A store obtaining an exclusive for the same reason is no different.

[Stanjara]

Actually, Steam takes 30% and Epic takes 12, and if your game uses Unreal engine than it additional - 5%.
They give money for timed exclusivity, which is great for indie, and they take less than Valve, witch is great for big sellers.
Valve did nothing to improve, while Epic is giving free games.

[jeromeface]

The sales aren't "as good" because you already own everything you want... lol. Everyone crys because they just buy games now instead of actually playing them.

[Machina]

EGS will do exactly the same if it ever manages to achieve market dominance.

[Xaevi]

Games or no games, enough with the pointless whining. What is stopping any of you from getting on literally EVERY gaming forum to complain about broken games? Or from reviewing a game on metacritic, or writing a blog post right on N4G? Just petty excuses being regurgitated. Just shut up and take the free games, you all act like these features will never be added in. It's just a separate launcher jfc

[Ryzza5]

The store and feature set doesn't bother me at all, my concerns remain:
* Installing software owned by Tencent doesn't sit well with me
* My friend list and messaging is primary on Steam
* I hate exclusivity deals, both here and from Sony. Let me choose where I buy games from and on what platform I want to play them. One positive from Epic is when they "accidentally" enabled cross-platform multiplayer and proved there was no technical excuse for Sony to hide behind.
* Installing 5 different store apps in general is annoying.

I did create an Epic store account some months ago to claim free games but as yet I've not been tempted to install any. Snowrunner was close, but I can just watch others play it on YouTube at 2x speed (because the vehicles are soo slow)

[Mr_Writer85]

* Installing software owned by Tencent doesn't sit well with me

It's owned by Epic, Epic still have 60% of control of it's company, Tencent don't own the Epic store.

Just read the T&Cs, they can't do anything you don't agree to, as that would be breaking their own T&C.

[Games1st]

Civ VI is a nice surprise.

[Father__Merrin]

Just bought assassins creed origins for £4.75 might also buy GR Breakpoint £6.75 the sales are excellent.

EGS will definitely gain more and more popularity. Imo it needs robust social features and a dedicated mobile app. Can't wait to see it evolve over time. Cheers Epic for the games no other store has done this

[Voodoopower73]

I might try borderlands. Free GTAV was good as well.

[MidnightMay0r]

Definitely grabbing civ 6

[Knightofelemia]

Well I was going to grab the Borderlands collection for the Switch but now that Handsome Jack is free that flew out the window. Only shitty thing is 2k never included Borderlands 1 to the Handsome Jack Collection when they originally made it.