Reply With QuoteThe first mystery game on Epic is Shenmue 3 - however the client hangs each time I try to claim it (may be my PC being a tit)
I think the Epic one starts this Thursday at 1600 UTC (there is a countdown for a mystery game)
The first mystery game on Epic is Shenmue 3 - however the client hangs each time I try to claim it (may be my PC being a tit)
I think their servers were taking a hit. This is the beginning of their Holiday sale and supposedly they were also giving away Fortnite stuff.
My new PC was delivered yesterday and I am having the same issue with Shenmue. Will keep trying.
Todays free Epic game is Neon Abyss
Belated heads up that I was wrong about GoG. They aren't giving away a free game every day, but instead a varied assortment of different daily offers. The only days marked as "giveaway" days for free games (probably?) are Dec 23, Dec 27, and Jan 3.
Today's freebie from Epic is Pathfinder: Kingmaker (Enhanced Plus Edition)
I'm pretty happy with that one too. Supposedly tomorrow is Prey, which is pretty good if anyone hasn't played it.
Last giveaway from Epic before they return to the weekly schedule is a collection of all three of the modern Tomb Raider games. They are good. You've got a week to claim them, then their next game is Gods Will Fall.
Amazon Prime Gaming has a few pretty good offers this month.
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order (Origin key)
Total War: Warhammer (requires linked Epic account)
World War Z: Aftermath (requires linked Epic account)
Two Point Hospital
Also of note, Prime Gaming has been spun off from Twitch and has its own launcher now.
Last edited by Wool; January 3rd, 2022 at 04:24 PM.
Amazon is apparently giving Madden NFL 22 away for free this month as part of their Amazon/Twitch Prime Gaming thing.
Not free, but certainly cheap - this month's Humble Bundle choice thingy includes Mass Effect Legendary Edition - for anyone who hasn't picked it up yet, you can get it (with 9 other games) for around $12/£9
Not free, but close: Necrosoft has put together a "Bundle for Ukraine". For a minimum $10 donation, you get almost 1000 indy games, tabletop RPGs, books, etc. Regular price for all of it would be over $6500. The list and link to donate:
https://itch.io/b/1316/bundle-for-ukraine
Apologies if this was already posted. For the Xbox dudes and dudettes out there, these games continue to be free on Xbox Live:
https://www.purexbox.com/guides/thes...x-and-series-s
(Some are on PS4/PS5, too, and some of these require Xbox Gold, however)
Amazon Prime is giving away keys for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY Edition (on gog) and Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville (on Origin) this month.
Epic has been doing repeats lately. I think this week they are giving away Total War: Warhammer (the first one) again.
Next week (Apr 7 - 14) is Rogue Legacy, a very good roguelite where when your character dies, your next run is done with a descendent within the same family. Your character traits are random/new, but the gold you find can be used for permanent upgrades.
Borderlands 3 is the freebie on the Epic store this week, plus you get a 25% off coupon as part of their "Mega Sale"
Beat me to it! It's also worth pointing out that the next three free weekly games from them are supposed to be of similar quality. Epic refers to them as "tentpole titles" in their promotional sale info. I don't think any of them will be as big a get as Borderlands 3 but they should be better than the repeats and obscure titles they have been giving away lately.
This weeks free Epic Games Store game is The Bioshock Collection. It includes remastered versions of Bioshock 1 and 2, and Bioshock Infinite with its DLC. A disclaimer on the page says you need to use the 2K launcher even though you are claiming them on EGS.
Amazon has also announced their lineup of free games through Prime this month. The most notable is Farcry 4.
I should have paid closer attention to this thread so I could have snagged Borderlands 3. I grabbed the Bioshock set since I've never played any of them before and I just recently deleted MtG: Arena off my computer (didn't enjoy any of the constructed formats, this is a bad set for draft decks, a huge chunk of my cards are about to rotate out in the Fall). Looking forwards to seeing what the final "big" free game will be! (Was also pretty amused to see some of the other "free" games in the Epic launcher, like MtG: Arena and EVE Online.)
Wolfenstein: The New Order is this week's free Epic Games Store game.
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
Sometimes they do repeats, though I can't recall if any of the repeats have been their higher profile freebies. Best time to check is during the Winter Sale, as they give away twelve games in a row every day. Or at least, they have been. Otherwise the lowest I've seen that game for is $12.
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