Epic is giving away big games for the next few weeks again

dante6491 · 20 May 2021 at 18:57

Looking at Godfall and Valhalla again. Both still a touch pricey for my tastes. Tempted by Days Gone at £30 but more likely to wait until next time there's a magic voucher as it is still full price otherwise.

.Lethal · 20 May 2021 at 19:18

dante6491 said:
next time there's a magic voucher as it is still full price otherwise.

Next voucher will be at Christmas, we only get them twice a year.

Tombstone · 20 May 2021 at 19:38

.Lethal said:
You get a new £10 voucher each time you make a purchase. I just bought Assassin's Creed Odyssey and got another voucher.

Yeah its just that theres nothing else I fancy

McBain · 20 May 2021 at 19:40

TurtleTwo said:
Great port, no probs.

Nice thanks.

Vishy187 · 20 May 2021 at 22:50

Picked up Disco Elysium and Death Stranding. Keeps adding another £10 voucher with each purchase.

HangTime · 20 May 2021 at 23:45

I think the best strategy is to wait and see if the games you want are giveaways rather than just diving in and using the voucher. E.g. I want Metro Exodus and Crysis Remastered for £3.99 each, but maybe they will give one of them away over the next few weeks. So just get the free games each week, then before the £10 voucher expires (June 17th) start buying up the other games you want.

A bit like the old days of Steam sales, never buy a game that's not on the daily deal, just save up those purchases for the end.

Random Guy Esq. · 21 May 2021 at 00:08

Just curious... do any of the UK's mobile phone networks allow you spend unused prepay credit in different stores? Epic accept Three credit AFAIK. In conjunction with the £10 voucher, there's potential for a huge shopping spree!

RedFluffy · 21 May 2021 at 00:46

I think I'll wait till the steam sale near end of June. Rather have all my games on one platform.

.Lethal · 21 May 2021 at 08:26

HangTime said:
I think the best strategy is to wait and see if the games you want are giveaways rather than just diving in and using the voucher. E.g. I want Metro Exodus and Crysis Remastered for £3.99 each, but maybe they will give one of them away over the next few weeks. So just get the free games each week, then before the £10 voucher expires (June 17th) start buying up the other games you want.

A bit like the old days of Steam sales, never buy a game that's not on the daily deal, just save up those purchases for the end.

valid take but up till now a game featured in the current sale has never been given away at the same time previously.

doesn't mean it can’t happen but seems unlikely going by past sales

pestt · 21 May 2021 at 08:37

RedFluffy said:
I think I'll wait till the steam sale near end of June. Rather have all my games on one platform.

Your missing out on some great games on Uplay and Origin.

Junglist · 21 May 2021 at 08:48

Plus you can just use GOG Galaxy and most of your games will be inside one launcher

McPhee · 21 May 2021 at 08:51

.Lethal said:
Next voucher will be at Christmas, we only get them twice a year.

We got four last year; Easter, May, September, and Christmas.

VincentHanna · 21 May 2021 at 10:12

Just tried to buy Metro Exodus but it's asking me for a parental control pin to complete the purchase, even though I don't even have parental controls enabled.

Tek81 · 21 May 2021 at 10:36

VincentHanna said:
Just tried to buy Metro Exodus but it's asking me for a parental control pin to complete the purchase, even though I don't even have parental controls enabled.

I had the exact same issue. Click on forgot pin and then go through the steps to create one. After doing so, check that the parental settings are off (they are by default) and then proceed as normal.

ic1male · 21 May 2021 at 10:41

HangTime said:
I think the best strategy is to wait and see if the games you want are giveaways rather than just diving in and using the voucher. E.g. I want Metro Exodus and Crysis Remastered for £3.99 each, but maybe they will give one of them away over the next few weeks.

Even if that did happen, Epic are pretty good and will give you your money back.

.Lethal · 21 May 2021 at 11:01

McPhee said:
We got four last year; Easter, May, September, and Christmas.

The £10 voucher is only in the Mega and Holiday sale. There's also more than 4 sales throughout the year.

Epic Games Store Spring Sale 2021 - March 25 - April 8
Epic Games Store Mega Sale 2021 - May 20 - June 17
Epic Games Store Summer Sale 2021 - Expected July 22 - August 5
Epic Games Store Halloween Sale 2021 - Expected October 21 - November 4
Epic Games Store Black Friday Sale 2021 - Expected November 26 - December 3
Epic Games Store + The Game Awards Flash Sale 2021 - Early or mid December
Epic Games Store Holiday Sale 2021 - Expected December 16 - January 6, 2022

Happy to be proven wrong.

VincentHanna · 21 May 2021 at 11:04

Tek81 said:
I had the exact same issue. Click on forgot pin and then go through the steps to create one. After doing so, check that the parental settings are off (they are by default) and then proceed as normal.

I just went to Task Manager and ended the 'Epic launcher' and when I restarted it the games were in my library anyway.

McPhee · 21 May 2021 at 11:21

.Lethal said:
The £10 voucher is only in the Mega and Holiday sale. There's also more than 4 sales throughout the year.

Epic Games Store Spring Sale 2021 - March 25 - April 8

Epic Games Store Mega Sale 2021 - May 20 - June 17

Epic Games Store Summer Sale 2021 - Expected July 22 - August 5

Epic Games Store Halloween Sale 2021 - Expected October 21 - November 4

Epic Games Store Black Friday Sale 2021 - Expected November 26 - December 3

Epic Games Store + The Game Awards Flash Sale 2021 - Early or mid December

Epic Games Store Holiday Sale 2021 - Expected December 16 - January 6, 2022

Happy to be proven wrong.

https://www.techradar.com/news/rock...et-a-dollar10-voucher-just-for-downloading-it

That was the September one.

.Lethal · 21 May 2021 at 11:30

McPhee said:
https://www.techradar.com/news/rock...et-a-dollar10-voucher-just-for-downloading-it

That was the September one.

that was a one off/one time use promotion to promote rocket league going free to play.

Drizmod · 21 May 2021 at 14:42

Picked up Hades for £5 after using the free £10 voucher