Epic Games Store's Next Free Game is a Mystery

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Epic Games has continued to deliver free games to Epic Games Store users week after week, as it promised to do going all the way back to the PC gaming storefront's launch. Each week Epic Game Store users log into the storefront not only to acquire the latest free games but also to see what will be offered next. This week, Epic Games had a surprise for EGS users. Instead of the typical teaser image confirming the next game, there's an image of a safe to be unlocked and the label «Mystery Game.»

Mystery games aren't necessarily uncommon for Epic Games Store free game offerings, but they don't usually get snuck into regularly scheduled weekly deliveries. Rather, they tend to be used for holiday or seasonal events or sales on the EGS. For example, the Christmas 15 Days of Free Games event hides each game until they're available, turning the free games into presents for users to unwrap. There's no apparent occasion to explain the EGS' upcoming mystery game, however.

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Mystery games are generally exciting due to their nature, but this mystery game is particularly intriguing. The upcoming mystery game will be replacing three games that unlocked on EGS just recently. The three games are Prey, Jotun Valhalla Edition, and Redout Enhanced Edition, making this week particularly high-value. There will be a lot of attention placed on the game to follow, with EGS users hoping for something even more special than the current week.

There are a variety of reasons that Epic Games decided to make the new game a secret, though. While EGS users will be hoping that it's a new, exciting game, or something bigger than the trio of games released this week, that may not be the case. It could be that Epic