Epic Games Becomes the Perfect Santa This Christmas Holiday by Bringing Death Stranding as a Free Game; Here’s How You Can Get It

Published 12/26/2022, 7:00 AM EST

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Epic Games store was released four years ago, and it created waves of excitement among the gaming community. The store has some insane deals that they offer. Especially the free games that they bring now and then.

Moreover, in wake of the Christmas season, the store brings a chain of free games each day to commemorate the holidays. This year, the Epic Games store has not failed to reward its customers. Some major titles have found their way into the giveaway section of the store.

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Epic Games x Death Stranding

This season, Epic Games brought many titles for free to its customers. Among them was, ‘Death Stranding’. The popular game came as a surprise to the community on the day of Christmas. 

Death Stranding is a 2019 action game. Though only the PlayStation 4 version came that year. The windows version was brought only in 2020. Moreover, the game has a director’s cut. The Hideo Kojima cut was released in 2021 to PlayStation 5 and in 2022 to windows. 

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The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world and the players can play as Sam Porter Bridges. This title received top-notch acclamation for its visuals and detailing but faced a bit of criticism for the storyline and gameplay for not living up to its visual aesthetics. 

The version that is available right now is a base version. You can hop over to the Epic Games store and login in to claim this title for free. 

As soon as the game dropped on the Epic Games store, there were reports of the store crashing and many people not being able to access the purchase. 

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Many people reportedly were able to get their hands on the Director’s Cut. After the store got back from the errors, the available version was only the base one. 

Fans were disappointed about the free version

Many were hyped to get their hands on Death Stranding. But, the mishaps and errors that the Epic Games store showed made many upset. Especially the ones who didn’t get a chance to get their hands on the director’s cut. Which was supposedly there in the store for a brief amount of time

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Just for reference here are the titles that Epic Games brought this 2022 Christmas season.

  1. December 15: Bloons TD 6
  2. December 16: Horizon Chase Turbo
  3. December 17: Costume Quest 2
  4. December 18: Sable
  5. December 19: Them’s Fightin’ Herds
  6. December 20: Wolfenstein: The New Order
  7. December 21: Lego Builder’s Journey
  8. December 22: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
  9. December 23: Encased
  10. December 24: Metro Last Light Redux
  11. December 25: Death Stranding 

There are 4 more days of free games Epic Games is promising. 

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So what are you guys waiting for? The Epic Games store indeed never fails to deliver.

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Aravind Menon

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Aravind Menon is an eSports content writer at EssentiallySports. With a graduate degree in English Honours and post graduate degree in Literary and Cultural Studies, writing has always been a passion for Aravind. He has a keen interest in sports and occasionally enjoys watching sporting events.
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