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Giving away games over the Christmas period is something of a “new secular tradition” for the Epic Games Store. A few days ago we reported the first leaks of information on this issue. Now this data has been confirmed by the portal gg.deals, which came across information about the Christmas sale in the developer service on EGS. The information was taken down fairly quickly by Epic Games, but nothing disappears online, so we’re pretty sure gamers have something to look forward to now.
In the published announcement, you can read that the promotion will begin on December 15 and will last until January 5. 15 titles will participate in the distribution. The first free game will be available for download from December 15th to 16th, the next one from December 16th to 17th, and so on. We will have time to download the latest game (or game pack, who knows) from December 29 to January 5. In addition, players can look forward to free cosmetic items to use in the shareware game.
Unfortunately, nothing is yet known about the specific things that will be available. At this point, we can only recall which games the Epic Games Store gave away in 2021. These were, for example, Dead by Daylight, Loop Hero, Vampyr, Shenmue III, Prison Architect or the Tomb Raider trilogy.
During the holiday period, we can also expect the return (after six months) of the Epic Games Store Coupon, which has always been quite popular among gamers. It will likely allow you to take advantage of the 25% discount (and will likely apply to games priced at $59.99 and up – as it did in May).
However, prior to the start of the Christmas giveaway, Epic Games is expected to run a promotion from December 8 to 10 related to The Game Awards. In past years, discounts on this occasion reached 70%.
More details and official information about this year’s Epic Games Store Christmas promotion is likely to appear in the near future. However, it is already safe to say that gamers will most likely again get a unique opportunity to get a dozen interesting games for free to make their December evenings more enjoyable.