Big New Epic Games Store Games All Support Achievements

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Three of the hottest recent and upcoming releases on Epic Games Store feature support for the platform’s achievements feature, allowing players to unlock gameplay achievements to display on their profile. Achievements are a relatively recent addition to the Epic Games Store and not every game has the feature yet, so having unlockable achievements be available for high-profile releases indicates that the feature may appear for more games on the platform moving forward.

The Epic Games Store was launched in late 2018 and works as both a game launcher and a storefront designed to compete with other online distribution platforms, like Steam. Though the program's launch was met with frustration by some gamers who weren’t eager to install yet another launcher on their PC, it has managed to establish its own niche in the marketplace thanks to a combination of exclusive titles and regular releases of free games on Epic Games Store. Support for unlockable achievements in games, similar to those available on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation, was added to Epic Games Store in late 2021 but is still not available for many titles on the platform.

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The three new major titles with achievements to be added to the Epic Games Store are Scorn, Gotham Knights, and A Plague Tale: Requiem. Each of the three titles features the ability to earn 1000 XP by unlocking all available achievements, with the number of achievements in each title ranging from just 12 in the H.R. Giger-influenced Scorn to a whopping 48 achievements in the upcoming Gotham Knights. As the Epic Games Store continues to try to compete with the 800-lb gorilla of digital distribution that is Valve’s Steam, adding achievements for new