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It probably helps in some indirect way, where someone ends up really enjoying the game and convinces their friends to buy it, or buys it as a gift for them.
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Stick Insect posted:It probably helps in some indirect way, where someone ends up really enjoying the game and convinces their friends to buy it, or buys it as a gift for them.
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Jun 8, 2019 21:26
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True, or a sequel to a game, we've seen that happen in this thread a few times.
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Jun 8, 2019 21:28
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I believe for Playstation Plus games the devs get paid based on how many people add the game to their library, so it's possible the Epic store works the same way.
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my understanding is that EGS basically pays a lump sum to use a game as a free promotion, due to the sale fiasco where publishers had to tell them that their game being presented at a certain price point has much longer reaching effects than epic took into account this is a third-hand account though so don't take this as gospel.
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The ambitious, if somewhat unfinished, 90s adventure game Toonstruck is free (and DRM-free) on GOG.com for the next 48 hours or so. Just scroll down the front page a bit until you find the button.
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Jun 14, 2019 15:10
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Enter the Gungeon is free on Epic Game Launcher right now which is pretty crazy since it's and absolutely amazing game and everyone should pick it up.
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Your Gay Uncle posted:Enter the Gungeon is free on Epic Game Launcher right now which is pretty crazy since it's and absolutely amazing game and everyone should pick it up. Unless, like me, you don't like bullethell games. Then it's a total skip.
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That sounds like pussy talk coming from someone unwilling to knock bullets back at enemies with a baseball bat
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Kheldarn posted:Unless, like me, you don't like bullethell games. Then it's a total skip. Or also, unless, like me, you don't like how slow and monotonous the game is.
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Snooze Cruise posted:Or also, unless, like me, you don't like how slow and monotonous the game is.
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The infamously-bad Too Human, which was removed from sale in 2013 following a copyright-infringement suit over plagarizing Unreal Engine 3 code, has been made available for free download on Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Somehow. Nobody's quite willing to discuss the legal machinations involved, beyond Epic permitting it.
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They aren't allowed to sell the game. Giving it for free isn't selling.
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Yeah its a legal loophole/part of Microsoft's rule where if something is backwards compatible on the Xbox One they want it digitally downloadable on the store. Too Human is backwards compatible, so it needs to be on the store, but they cant charge money for it so it goes up free. Which is the only fair price for Too Human.
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I'm downloading it anyway despite clearly remembering the demo years ago being trash
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Jun 16, 2019 13:45
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For the next 25 minutes GOG.com is giving away Toonstruck. https://www.gog.com/game/toonstruck
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njsykora posted:Yeah its a legal loophole/part of Microsoft's rule where if something is backwards compatible on the Xbox One they want it digitally downloadable on the store. Too Human is backwards compatible, so it needs to be on the store, but they cant charge money for it so it goes up free. Which is the only fair price for Too Human. The reason XBox “backward compatible” games have to be digital downloads is that the XBox systems aren’t really backward compatible. They are downloading a recompiled binary for the One from MS, and don’t use any of the assets from the disc. Part of certification for XBox platforms is submitting the final code of the game, and always has been, so MS gets the publishers to OK them recompiling the code against the new compiler and building the One version of the game. This is why no licensed games or games from dead publishers are playable on the One.
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I am a proud owner of a physical copy of Too Human.
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Zushio posted:I am a proud owner of a physical copy of Too Human. I was going to be. But that was back when the release date meant it was the day they shipped to gamestop instead of the day gamestop actually had it. Then I read the reviews and decided it was probably for the best they didn't have it.
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Snooze Cruise posted:Or also, unless, like me, you don't like how slow and monotonous the game is. If you literally mean movement speed and stuff they've added a Turbo Mode since launch which feels great and is the only way I have any desire to play now
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/431930/ Some manner of multiplayer pinball game free for the next 48 hours.
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tight aspirations posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/431930/ Thanks guvnor; copy claimed and it looks well worth a go! Wonder what constitutes "limited stock?"
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I think the limitations are that it says that free to keep games do not drop trading cards.
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Jun 22, 2019 20:31
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It also probably means there’s a finite number of free keys so they don’t spend more than they’re budgeting
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Aren't generated steam keys totally free to the developer? Is it different if they're being given away through the store?
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Steam doesn't just let someone make a billion keys, it's regulated
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Samuringa posted:Steam doesn't just let someone make a billion keys, it's regulated As I understand it, to get keys the game has to be for sale in the store - you can't put it up as unavailable and then sell your own keys. And large batches of keys have to be manually approved by Valve, so they can insure you're not trying to get around that.
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There's an actual Documentation with Rules and Conditions and such.
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Epic's new free game is Last Day of June which seems like an art project.
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Kennel posted:I already managed to forget how it ends. Sadly. 
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At least next week's free game is Overcooked (1).
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Kennel posted:It's short (3-4 hours) and quite neat and charming, but after million other heart warming/wrenching casual indie adventures it doesn't feel all that special.
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Overcooked free on Epic - https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/overcooked/home Your choice of two Megadrive/ Genesis classics on steam - https://www.games2gether.com/profile/me/rewards. Requires linking steam accounts and such.
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Age of Wonders 3 is free until the 15th.
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Torchlight 1 is free on the Epic Games Store until the 18th. After that it will be Limbo. As someone who recently replayed Torchlight, one tip: play a Destroyer, because monsters have a pop-in effect and ranged characters suck.
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Mierenneuker posted:Torchlight 1 is free on the Epic Games Store until the 18th. After that it will be Limbo. i remember trying to play torchlight as the necromancer/pet analogue and my minions couldn't figure out how to cross a bridge so i uninstalled
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Mierenneuker posted:Torchlight 1 is free on the Epic Games Store until the 18th. After that it will be Limbo. Wrong, you play as the Alchemist and just use Ember Lance.
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