Epic Games has been known for notoriously distributing video games for free. It has even given out multiple triple-A game titles like GTA 5, Watch Dogs 2 and more. The company has just revealed that it will continue offering its gamers free games in 2022. It has also revealed that it gave out a total of 765 million free games last year. Also Read — Epic Games next free game could be a disappointment for some players: Here's why
Epic announced this news in its 2021 Year in Review for the Epic Games Store. To recall, Epic Games’ weekly Free Games initiative was kicked off in 2021, and now the company has announced that it will not shut the initiative, and instead will continue it in 2022 also. This news sent the company’s fanbase into a frenzy, who took to multiple social media platforms to share the news with their friends and family. Also Read — How to save your gaming accounts from getting hacked online
<p dir=«ltr» lang=«en» xml:lang=«en»>The Epic Games Store continued to grow in 2021, and we’re excited for what’s coming next in 2022. Thank you all for being a part of our growing community of developers, publishers, players and creators! Also Read — Fortnite is back online, major global outage causes seven hour downtimeCheck out our 2021 Year in Review: https://t.co/b6y3Lc02jJ pic.twitter.com/slGKIW5ae6
— Epic Games Store (@EpicGames) January 27, 2022
Apart from this, the company also revealed that 2021 was a pretty good year for it, with customers spending over $840 million on its storefront throughout the year. Over $300 million of the money collected was spent on third-party games.
Throughout 2021, Epic Games distributed a total of 89 free games, whose 765 million copies were claimed. This roughly approximates to $2,120
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