Epic Games Store will offer ‘a free game every two weeks’ — how does that
stack up?
https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/7/18130542/epic-games-store-free-games
The Epic Games launcher — the client used to distribute battle royale
megahit Fortnite — relaunched last night as the Epic Games Store, a new
entrant in the PC gaming digital distribution landscape, with an enticing
offer. While users may be very likely to have a copy of the free-to-play
Fortnite in their new library on day one, Epic is looking to accelerate the
growth of players’ collections by offering a free game every two weeks,
beginning with Subnautica on Dec. 14, followed by Super Meat Boy on Dec. 28.
Offering free games to help grow a digital game library, in addition to
mitigating the difficulty of asking players to split their collection across
multiple PC gaming ecosystems, has become something of a table-stakes
strategy these days. Epic is hoping to use its massive Fortnite-fueled
install base and some developer-friendly terms to propel its platform into
the rarefied space currently dominated, though not exclusively, by Valve’s
Steam platform.
Here’s a quick summary of the field:
Steam: By dint of being the alpha predator in this digital distribution
biome, Valve doesn’t have to give free games away to pad out your Steam
account and increase your devotion to its platform. Instead, a decade-plus of
Valve exclusives, Steam sales, et al have resulted in most of us having
backlogs that our grandkids will still be working through. It’s worth noting
that three of the top 10 games on Steam are free-to-play Valve games: Dota 2,
Team Fortress 2, and the newly free-to-play Counter-Strike: GO.
GOG: This project from CD Projekt, the Poland-based developer behind the
Witcher series and the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077, was originally launched as
Good Old Games. And to this day, classic games remain one of its core
strengths. Periodically, GOG will offer free games during sales or special
events, like Shadow Warrior 2 in October, or Sunless Sea over the summer. On
occasion, GOG will also let you sync your account with Steam and unlock
select games on GOG, for free, via a feature called GOG Connect.
Twitch: An Amazon Prime account still gets you free games on Twitch, even
though Twitch just unceremoniously shuttered its game store. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Discord: A $10-per-month Discord Nitro account also nets you access to a
growing selection of free games (some 72 by our count today).
Origin: When EA launched Origin, it came with an “On the House” program to
fill up your library with free titles (though EA ended that initiative over
the summer). Instead, EA wants to move consumers to its subscription plans,
where a massive library is just $15 per month away.
Uplay: Ubisoft’s storefront occasionally offers freebies to celebrate
anniversaries, or attract new signups, but thanks to knitting its service
into Steam so well, libraries grow when you buy Ubisoft games from Steam or
directly from Uplay.
Bethesda.net Launcher: Bethesda Softworks’ client is relatively new, and
until the release of Fallout 76 last month, Bethesda’s own titles were
available on other storefronts like Steam. But outside of free-to-play games
like Quake Champions or Fallout Shelter, there isn’t anything free here. No
classic Doom promotions or free Elder Scrolls titles.
Battle.net: Blizzard offers some of its classic games for free right here;
while this isn’t really dependent on the Battle.net client, we’re just
always looking for an excuse to share links to Blackthorne.
itch.io: While it doesn’t offer the familiar AAA games the others do, if
free games are what you want, this indie-focused storefront has a lot of them.
With exclusive games from Epic, and some exclusives from third parties as
well, coupled with an aggressive strategy to fill your libraries with (if
Subnautica and Super Meat Boy are any indication) high-quality titles for
free, Epic appears well-positioned, not to mention well capitalized, to make
Epic Games Store a contender, even if you’d just as soon ignore it.
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重点就是Epic Game Store 每两周一套免费游戏，12月14号先免费Subnautica
https://store.steampowered.com/app/264710/Subnautica/

竟然提Steam CS:GO的”免费游玩“………

12/28 免费Super Meat Boy可以先装了 后续免费名单再观察看看

可是我都有买了 所以也不会想装

深海迷航是很棒的作品，我觉得所有人都应该装来玩玩看但缺点就是物件太多，对CPU比较有要求

难怪上次看名单有meat boy却显示两周免费看不懂 原来是这样 这才是烧钱的部分吧...

Subnautica 这么快就免费喔? 反正也不贵就是

深海迷航可是能VR玩的游戏 电脑当然不能太差