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Today's Free Game Giveaway Is So Good It's Crashing The Epic ... (Hot Hardware)

Epic Games is giving away free games as part of its 15 Days of Christmas event, and today's free title is a big one.

If you’re having trouble claiming your copy, keep trying/refreshing (we’ve updated our links). [25 percent off coupon](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/coupons/holiday-sale)to eligible transactions at checkout. [$29.99 (down from $59.99)](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/gotham-knights) [Death Stranding review](https://hothardware.com/reviews/death-stranding-review)). [$19.79 (down from $59.99)](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/red-dead-redemption-2) [$29.99 (down from $59.99)](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/cyberpunk-2077) [$44.99 (down from $59.99)](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/marvels-spider-man-remastered) It applies to individual games priced at $14.99 or more, as well as multiple games that add up to at least $14.99. As an added bonus, Epic is automatically adding a Once you've claimed the game and completed the checkout process, it's yours to keep in your games catalog forever (or until the Epic Games store ceases to exist, anyway). At the time of this writing, the Epic Games store is still wigging out, but keep trying—just head to the As it so happens, today's free game is such a big draw that the Epic Games store had trouble keeping up with demand, at least initially.

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Death Stranding Director's Cut is free on the Epic Games Store right ... (PC Gamer)

Santa has a name, and it's Sam Porter Bridges.For a couple weeks every December Epic gives away a new free game on the Epic Game Store every single day.

[how the pandemic affected our experience](https://www.pcgamer.com/death-stranding-directors-cut-looks-mad-as-a-hatter/) (opens in new tab) with Death Stranding. [free game on the Epic Game Store](https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-games-store-free-games-list/) (opens in new tab) every single day. If you happen to own the base game on Steam already, the Director's Cut upgrade is currently part of the Steam sale, and It only released on PC this year, making this a very fresh giveaway for Epic, even if the base game is now somehow a whole three years old. Now we know [a sequel's on the way](https://www.pcgamer.com/death-stranding-2-is-official/) (opens in new tab), which will hopefully star more [incredibly named characters](https://www.pcgamer.com/the-pc-game-protagonists-of-2020-ranked-by-their-names/) (opens in new tab). [2020 GOTY](https://www.pcgamer.com/game-of-the-year-2020-death-stranding/) (opens in new tab), and we appreciated [all the extra stuff](https://www.pcgamer.com/death-stranding-directors-cut-looks-mad-as-a-hatter/) (opens in new tab) the Director's Cut added to an already great game.

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Death Stranding Director's Cut is free on the Epic Games Store for ... (The Sportsrush)

Hideo Kojima's star-studded game has now gone free for 24 hours, allowing many to experience the mind-bending story. This giveaway follows the announcement of ...

The giveaway only lasts 24 hours and will lapse tomorrow. Those looking to claim the game should check back in a few hours and hit the “GET” button to claim it for free. The Epic Games Store had a big surprise in store for fans this Christmas, and it comes in the form of Death Stranding: Director’s Cut.

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Death Stranding Director's Cut is now free on Epic Games Store for ... (Notebookcheck.net)

Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding Director's Cut is today's free game on the Epic Games Store. One can redeem it in the next twenty-four hours, but it's best ...

The result, Death Stranding Director's Cut, is now free to claim on the [ Epic Games Store](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/death-stranding-directors-cut). All one needs is an active Epic Games account to redeem their copy either via the Epic Games launcher or the website. [Death Stranding](Death-Stranding-laptop-and-desktop-benchmarks.484030.0.html) is one of the more divisive games out there, with one faction calling it an artistic masterpiece while the other (rightfully) calls it a walking simulator.

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Epic Games Store Free Game Leads to Server Crashes (Game Rant)

The Epic Games Store's servers are on fire as users rush to acquire the storefront's free game being offered for Christmas Day.

Fortnite updates, for example, can cause the store to crash from time to time. The wave of Epic Games Store users trying to get Death Stranding for free has led to some curious issues with the storefront. The Epic Games Store is known to have these kinds of technical issues when a high-traffic event occurs. While it's frustrating to deal with these technical issues at all, Epic Games has historically been quick to get things fixed. The correct version of Death Stranding is now available, the servers aren't wholly crashing anymore, and signing in is sticking for more and more EGS users. EGS users across the world rushed to the storefront in an attempt to access the free game.

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Epic Games Launcher crashes as Death Stranding is released for free (Sportskeeda)

The Epic Games Store might have run into a major problem after offering Death Stranding for free as part of the winter sale.

Epic Games members can get Death Stranding Director's Cut for free if they redeem it in the next 24 hours. They can obtain it by accessing their accounts, searching for the game, and adding it to their respective libraries. Hence, the launcher crashing will lead to major disappointment for anyone who might have wanted to celebrate Christmas night playing the The Epic Games Store might have run into a major problem after offering Death Stranding for free as part of the winter sale. This is why the digital storefront is seeing such high demand for it that its launcher went down. The Epic Games Store Holiday Sale 2022 is a 15-day program.

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Death Stranding is Free on the Epic Games Store (The Nerd Stash)

What a great Christmas day. We all know that Epic Games is known for giving away a lot of titles during the season. Yet, no one expected that we would get ...

Having Death Stranding on the Epic Games Store for free is something we didn’t see coming, and we are so thankful they are giving it away. [many more titles](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/free-games) during the season that players have been able to claim. People who enter the Epic Games Store today will see that Death Stranding is accessible for people to claim. Having these many games throughout the season is amazing for people who haven’t had the chance to play them. As you know, Death Stranding 2 is already in the works and Yet, no one expected that we would get one of the best games of the past years.

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Epic Games Store Replaces Death Stranding Director's Cut Free ... (Game Rant)

The Epic Games Store quickly replaces Death Stranding: Director's Cut with the standard version of the game as its daily free offering.

[Epic Games' customer service](https://gamerant.com/epic-games-store-consumer-friendly-good/) and confirmed the Director's Cut was what was supposed to be available. The Death Stranding: Director's Cut is a meaningfully improved version of the game, especially for PC. To be clear, Death Stranding: Director's Cut was absolutely made available for free when the free game for December 25 first launched at 8:00 AM PT. Dataminers were able to see that it would be the Director's Cut some hours before it launched. The Epic Games Store has historically reserved a big game for Christmas Day, December 25, and it delivered once again with Death Stranding. Along the way, Epic Games added fuel to the fire by taking down Death Stranding: Director's Cut with no forewarning.

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Is Epic Games Store down (December 25)? Possible reason, fixes ... (Sportskeeda)

The Epic Games Store Holiday Sale is a 15-day program that was going strong until the site's servers were reportedly overloaded by the Christmas Day free ...

While players do appreciate Epic Games for giving away the first title free of cost, issues with the launcher and digital store appear to persist, even though a couple of hours have passed since Death Stranding was released. Users even said that trying to get the title was logging them out of their accounts: The error message cites high traffic as the reason gamers aren't able to complete the transaction. At the time of writing this piece, trying to claim the game results in a specific problem. The digital storefront saw a massive rise in traffic because of the deal, and this seems to be causing different kinds of problems. As things stand currently, while the Epic Games Store can still be accessed, some of its most significant services are not working.

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Death Stranding giveaway crashes Epic Games Store and Fortnite ... (The Sportsrush)

While Death Stranding made headlines as the free Epic Games Store giveaway title, Fortnite was caught in the crossfire today and went down.

This isn’t the first time the Epic Games Store has incorrectly listed a product. Whether or not Epic Games decides to change the copies to the standard version remains to be seen. While the Epic Games Store giveaway was meant to sweeten the Holiday deals, it seems to have backfired a bit.

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Death Stranding is Now Free On Epic Games Store (Sirus Gaming)

Merry Christmas to all gamers as EPIC Games store has once again outdone itself. A fan-favorite game of the masses has appeared for free as part of the ...

At 12 midnight, EPIC Games Store revealed one of Kojima’s works, Death Stranding, which is up for grabs for free until December 27, 23:59 PM. Players will take the role of Sam Porter Bridges, a courier tasked with delivering supplies to isolated colonies and reconnecting them via a wireless communications network. Merry Christmas to all gamers as EPIC Games store has once again outdone itself.

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Epic Games Store crashes as Death Stranding added as free game ... (Dexerto)

The Epic Games Store crashed on Christmas Day as thousands tried to get Death Stranding for free as part of their festive promotion.

Within a couple of hours, [it was swapped to the Standard Edition](https://www.reddit.com/r/EpicGamesPC/comments/zv4ng9/well_there_goes_our_chance/), with those missing the initial rush feeling left out. Many took Epic Games up on their offer, so much so their servers crashed and downloads had to be halted for a couple of hours. And at the end of the day, getting something for free is better than nothing. The Epic Games Store crashed across Christmas Day as servers struggled to keep up with demand for Death Stranding. [to the Director’s](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/death-stranding-directors-cut) [ Cut for a discount during the promotion as well](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/death-stranding-directors-cut). The 2019 title, developed by icon Hideo Kojima, won numerous awards for its amazing graphics and story.

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Death Stranding is now free on Epic Games: How to claim (The Indian Express)

Online game store Epic Games is giving away new games for free every 24 hours this holiday season as part of its Holiday Sale 2022. The free game that Epic ...

The title will then be added to your library and can be installed easily from there whenever you wish to play the game. You can click on it to find Death Stranding in the list of free games. The free game that Epic gives away changes every day at midnight and for today, the game of choice is 2019’s open world hit Death Stranding.

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Death Stranding is now available for free on Epic Games (Economic Times)

This is the most popular game offered so far during the Holiday Sale, which began on December 15. Title will only be accessible until December 26 at 11 a.m., ...

For the next 24 hours, the Epic Games Store Holiday Sale 2022 will offer gamers to get Death Stranding for free. The game will then be added to your library and can be readily installed from there anytime you want to play it. Every day at midnight, Epic gives out a new free game, and today's game of choice is 2019's open world smash [Death Stranding](/topic/death-stranding). [Holiday Sale](/topic/holiday-sale)2022, online game retailer ‘ [Epic Games](/topic/epic-games)’ is giving away new games for free every 24 hours this holiday season. [Investors Hope for Santa Rally](/epaper/delhicapital/2022/dec/26/et-front/investors-hope-for-santa-rally/articleshow/96502105.cms) Epic Games is renowned for occasionally giving out some cool free games.

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Epic Games Store Free Game for Dec 26 Is Death Stranding ... (IGN India)

Players have received many titles already to expand their collection of titles, such as Bloons TD 6, Sable, Horizon Chase Turbo and so many more. The free game ...

The game that is free at the moment is Death Stranding Standard Edition. Death Stranding is available for free till December 26, 9:30 PM IST, that is also when the next game will be announced. The free game for December 26 has been announced and it is none other than Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding.

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Heres how to grab Death Stranding for free on Epic Games (WION)

As part of its Holiday Sale 2022, the online game store Epic Games is giving away a new game for free every 24 hours. Every day at midnight, Epic offers a ...

Death Stranding will appear in the list of free games when you click on it. As part of its Holiday Sale 2022, the online game store Epic Games is giving away a new game for free every 24 hours. So check how to claim Death Stranding this holiday season

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Epic Games' Death Stranding freebie crashes servers (Mashable)

Epic Games' annual holiday sale included a real Christmas plum: Death Stranding Director's Cut. But that crashed Epic's servers.

Currently available: [FIST: Forged in Shadow Torch](https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/fist-forged-in-shadow-torch)) [according to PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/death-stranding-directors-cut-is-free-on-the-epic-games-store-right-now/). [Death Stranding,](https://mashable.com/article/death-stranding-review) the company’s very well received and popular game from 2020, on December 25.

You can get Death Stranding for free at Epic Games Store • Mezha ... (Mezha.Media)

As reported, a big Christmas sale is now running in the Epic Games Store, during which the company is also giving away one game for free every day.

At one time, the game was very popular on PlayStation 4, where it was released 3 years ago at the end of 2019. Death Stranding from the famous game designer Hideo Kojima. And last night such a game very unexpectedly became…

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