As has become a holiday tradition, theEpic Games Storeis giving away a new free game every day to count down to the new year. While theEpic Games Storeusually clues users in to what free games they can look forward to in advance with its weekly giveaways, it goes with a mystery game approach for its holiday celebration. Every day at 10:00am CT, Epic Games Store users are able to get a new free mystery game for their collection.
With it being December 25, Christmas day, the Epic Games Store is giving away one of the more notable mystery games to date. Right now,Epic Games Store usersare able to claim the 2017 first-person shooter gamePreycompletely for free with no strings attached - all they need is the Epic Games launcher to play it.
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Prey, for the uninitiated, isArkane Studios' reboot of thePreyfranchise.Preyearned mostly positive reviews at the time of its release, with many seemingly satisfied with the new direction that Arkane took the series in. It plays similarly to Arkane’sDishonoredseries, so anyone that’s a fan of those games should certainly consider givingPreya shot and claiming it while it’s a freebie through the Epic Games Store.
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Preyis replacingPathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Editionas the current Epic Games Store free game and come 10:00am CT on December 26, it too will be replaced. The Epic Games Store does not announce the new free games in advance, but it does provide some clues as to what fans can expect. If fans look closely, they will see that the wrapping paper used to conceal the identity of the next free game has a symbol on it that teases what exactly the game is.
The symbol on the wrapping paper this time around appears to be a hand, and according to some reliable leakers, it seems that the December 26 Epic Games Store free game is none other than Remedy Entertainment’sControl. That would be a pretty big deal if true, asControlearned numerous awardsand earned widespread critical acclaim at the time of its original release in 2019.
The only downside toControlbeing the next free game, assuming the rumors and predictions are true, is thatControlhas already been free on the Epic Games Store. But while many Epic Games Store users may have already claimedControlfor free, it’s likely that there are others who missed out the first time around and will jump at the opportunity to get the game. Epic Games Store users can grabPreyfor free while they wait to see ifControlis truly the next free game or if it’s something else entirely.
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