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[PC, Epic] Free-20 Mins Till Dawn (3/1), A Plague Tale:Innocence (4/1), Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (5-12/1) @ Epic Games

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Available for 24 hours only, part of Epic Games Christmas daily giveaway

Today’s freebie is Escape Academy


Claim Period Game Title
3 January 3am - 4 January 3am 20 Minutes Till Dawn
4 January 3am - 5 January 3am A Plague Tale: Innocence**
5 January 3am - 12 January 3am Marvel’s Guardian of the Galaxy

The leaked list has been accurate and came from a Chinese leaker. Full credit to MeguminShiro for sharing on Reddit

I have been tracking the list on the back end too, every day around 2am AEDT for the past 7 days and it’s spot on


Note: To be reminded of this deal before it starts, hit the Reminder link below. You'll receive reminders on or before the start date via OzBargain newsletter (if subscribed) & site notification. You can also auto-add this event to your Google/iCalendar.

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  • +31

    But the question now is, how do we add the reminder with 2 clicks for 3 continuous days

    • +13

      how do we add the reminder with 2 clicks for 3 continuous days

      The reason I missed free Mass Effect Legendary Edition last deal.

      • haha that happened for me with Death Stranding, lucky they re-posted that again a few months later.

      • +1

        Finally remember and claimed Marvel’s Guardian of the Galaxy

    • +3

      "hey Siri, remind me Wednesday/Thursday/Friday to buy A/B/C"

      • +35

        "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that. Please begin your request with 'Hey Google' instead."

        • Opening the epic pod game doors, Hal.

          Would you like to hear a song?

    • +2

      Is there an actual way to do this on here because I've missed the freebies before when this happened last time? If there is can someone please show me otherwise I'll just end up missing these again.

      • +10

        Set a reminder "On the start date".
        When claiming the first game tomorrow, set a "Custom Date" reminder for the next day.
        Rinse and repeat.

    • +1

      setup google calendar to remind you by email on daily basis or after you claim today freebie setup a reminder again for tomorrow

    • +2

      Just set a daily alarm for 8am or whatever - it's a consistent pattern.

  • +29

    These are 3 separate deals that are never available at the same time. Why are they lumped in a single post?

    • +39

      That's what happens when someone doesn't want other people to post the deal.

      Now we will most likely miss out because it will get forgotten.

      • is there like a post rate limiter that prevents OP from just… posting them like 3 seconds apart?

    • +18

      gotta get them popularity upboats

      • +7

        No one got confused because they were separate posts, they got confused because they were being posted a day in advance whilst the free game from the day before was still active. It's clear this is just an attempt to hoard upvotes.

        • +1

          If the list is already out, I prefer to combine the posts as I normally do whenever eBay Plus deals get shared to me

          I don’t chase my upvotes. I never did and will continue to only posts what’s good for the community. I have deals that are less than 10 votes and I don’t really care (if it helps the community then my duty is done)

          It's clear this is just an attempt to hoard upvotes.

          Sounds like personal attack imo. if you check my deal history, I’m an active deal contributor. I’m even suggesting an alternative which I’ll be sacrificing by sleeping later to help y’all with the reminders

          • +1

            @BargainsGrabber: I get that you need set your phone to set a reminder on your phone, but look at the positives, BargainsGrabber has made us aware of the deals and we are getting free games.

          • +8

            @BargainsGrabber: What need would I have to personally attack you? Its just how this site is. People want upvotes. I have no skin in the game so i dont mind. The fact youve unpublished your comment though is a bit odd.

            • -2

              @Darkvolcos:

              People want upvotes

              Definitely not me, never been and never will be my main view of this site. It doesn’t give me joy in posting if I have that always in my mind :). I’m not sure how to convince you otherwise

              The fact youve unpublished your comment though is a bit odd.

              I unpublished it because a part of your sentence sounded true

              • +1

                @BargainsGrabber: Based on how publishers treat these free game thats definitely the norm but impossible to prove yours personally.

                Also if part sounded true then even more of a reason to leave the comment for transparency but you do you i guess.

                • -1

                  @Darkvolcos:

                  It's clear this is just an attempt to hoard upvotes.

                  Your original statement says so otherwise

                  I don’t want to continue these off-topic comments as the mods would hide these later on

                  • @BargainsGrabber: I still stand by it. Its clear in my eyes but impossible to prove given it is a he says she says situation.

          • +1

            @BargainsGrabber: If you simply want to do what's good for the community, then will you take the community's feedback on board? Generally, it seems most people opposed combining freebies into one deal in this way.

        • It's clear this is just an attempt to hoard upvotes.

          That doesn't make any sense. Everyone is complaining that this deal should be split into 3 separate deals, but that would work in OP's favour as that means they'll receive 3x the upvotes. You would be giving an upvote for each of the 3 split deals rather than just this one deal.

          • +3

            @brotherfranciz: Not exactly since he may not be the publisher of all 3 deals if they're only allowed to be published at set times pending when the previous free game is set to expire.

  • +40

    Its bad enough the deals are always posted when theyre not live, now we have 3 in 1? Come on…

    • +7

      It is good to know what's coming/not coming so you know what to buy/not buy.
      IMO best option all round is no combining like this, but list off the future predictions in the body, each deal still individually triggers reminders/notifs and we still get a heads up about what's coming.

      As to allowing predictions, when it's been this accurate I can see the value, maybe OP has to be able to justify it to the mods if it gets called into question. Competing posts with different predictions get merged

    • Typically its so we can set a reminder

  • +6

    Thanks for the post, OP

  • +6

    Just use your phone to remind you

  • +2

    Dan! Look who’s paid for that on steam.

  • +9

    This is good if anyone wants to automate the reminder / collection of epic games' free games

    https://github.com/claabs/epicgames-freegames-node/

    • +2

      Ehhhh, I get the free games in the morning, while checking my emails.

    • +7

      can someone also make a tool to automatically play them for me?

    • Sorry if this sounds dumb. How do you use this automation tool?

    • Or just wait for it to come up on OZB.

    • W

  • +13

    Thanks but annoying we now can’t hit remind for each game..

  • +1

    Nice! Was just thinking of playing Plague Tale Innocence to get the story background for Requiem and now I no longer have to buy it!

    • +1

      I have it on a wish list of mine somewhere. Now I don't have to pay

  • +5

    What's the relevance of the leaker being Chinese….?

    • +45

      it just means OP was having a succulent meal before they posted

    • Five W's and H essential to any news story. Who, What, Why, When, Where, and How.

  • +9

    Is there some unspoken advantage in harvesting these upvotes for the posters? Like is there a revenue sharing model on Ozbargain for top posters?

    • My intention was never to harvest votes. I have failed many times (eg 1, 2, 3) if I was intending to

      I’m not too sure why many people assume the OP is harvesting for upvotes…

      • +4

        More of a question from my side really as I only intermittently post things here….although I do sincerely appreciate all of the benefits this site brings me. These Epic Games posts are just a little bit odd to me if there is no 'reward' for the poster in having the most upvotes….maybe it is just the dopamine haha

        • +1

          Ahhh all good mate

          There’s however an award for the most popular deal each month haha but the Epic Games deals hardly reach to that level

        • +5

          There's only one person who has got really mad about these Epic "predictions" because they no longer have the monopoly over game deals.

          • +6

            @Clear: dunno, i personally reckon they should stay in the forums until confirmed to be honest

    • -2

      Why would that bother you?

      • +3

        Didn't say it bothered me, I was simply asking a question about what drive a number of posters to 'be the first' with these posts. There seems to be a sort of inside joke going on that I would have liked to be in on :)

  • +10

    Guardians of the galaxy is awesome, I bought it on Xbox/Windows when it left game pass, so worth it.

  • I paid $22.48 for the Guardians of the Galaxy on 24/12. Wonder if Epic will refund it if it's going free soon.

    • +5

      They have a 2 week (<2 hr playtime) refund period like Steam.

      • +1

        Got my money back. Thanks

  • +8

    Thanks for the heads up.
    Not sure why so many are complaining about reminders. Everyone is happy to log into OzB every day so not sure how hard it is to do the same at Epic since these daily deals have been happening for a week now
    Shrug

    • Pen and Post-it Note does the trick for me.

  • +3

    And I was about to purchase Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.

    I’ll just wait and get it in a few days for if this is accurate

  • +4

    Thanks OP for the post. not sure why so many people are whinging about reminders, upvotes, intentions

    • First world problem.

  • I don't mind you combining the deals. +1 OP

  • -2

    Thanks Op, as for the ''community" - you will never find a more wretched hive of cheapskates and whiners.

    • +25

      Hard disagree, feedback isnt whining.

      The best part of this website is the comments, giving experience on products or services.

    • You say cheapskates like it's a bad thing

  • Don't see the issue with combining, hardly ever use the reminder function as I just seem to do ok with that mushy thing between my ears.

  • A Plague Tale: Innocence

    played the second one, cant wait to play this one!

  • +1

    Typical, after I bought a game, it becomes an upcoming free game.

    • +2

      Just refund it ?

      • +1

        There is a refund window?

  • +2

    Surely Battlefield V for $3.49 is the better buy versus Battlefield 2042 for $18? Current player counts seem to be around 3 times higher for the older game..

  • Why buy games when you can get them for free :-)

  • +5

    guardians of the galaxy is a really fun single player game!!! surprised how good it was.. looks amazing too

    • +1

      The HDR is really good too, on OLED the best I can recall

    • What was so good about it? I'm not really into the GotG in general

  • I wonder if Epic offers free games daily all year round like WW's and Coles' 1/2 promotions.

    • +3

      Daily? No.
      Weekly? Yes.

      • Every week, for >5 years.
        The few weeks they didn't offer something was more than offset with the daily xmas giveaways.

    • +5

      Its a huge cost to them to keep offering free games on a weekly basis. Its a boon to gamers that Epic persists in their current strat. A/H journalists like the one below is rubbishing it. Guy was whinging about some missing small features on Epic Store eg user reviews, like who cares when we get AAA games for free.

      https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/…

      • That's an interesting article. I am curious though what would happen to my Game Library if Epic decided to fold?

      • +6

        Between Gamepass and Epic freebies, the only time I buy games anymore is when there is a good coupon on Epic. Games are cheaper on Epic so I buy there, it's that simple.

        I love Steam and all, but I'm not going to pay more for a game just because it has a slightly nicer user interface on the store. Much like I don't care that the JB Hifi website is generally pretty bad or walking into a EB Games is an experience of blinding red banners, if it's cheaper there I'm going there.

      • +1

        Epic wants what Steam has. And what Apple has. And what Microsoft and Sony has. Epic wants it all.

  • Somehow I already had a plague tale innocence in my epic library

    • +4

      Me too. I actually played it when it was given away last time. Recommend.

    • It was given out in Epic previously

    • I think it was given away around the time the sequel was released

  • Wow

  • Could anyone help me with the guardians of the galaxy game? I'm watching my nephews play the game (looks fun) on an old 4yr old laptop, however it keeps freezing and stuttering.

    How to fix it? It's really bad, like the visuals/video/cutscenes slow down and it's like watching a slideshow, that's how bad it is. Restarting the game and laptop barely does anything, it's ok for a few mins before it stutters and freezes again.

    I've gone through the settings and everything is on low/medium or turned off. I turned on vsync (whatever that is) and it's ok but then after 5-10 mins it stutters and freezes (watching images instead of video). Video is at full screen and 1080p, I don't know what else to do?

    • an old 4yr old laptop

      Need more info. Does it meed minimum specs?

      Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 / Intel® Core™ i5-4460
      Memory: 8GB
      Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 570

    • Probably a non gaming laptop?

    • Laptop probably doesn’t have a dedicated gpu lol.

      You got onboard video lol. Press F

  • +1

    Damn missed the first two. Were they highlighted deals on the day? Who am I kidding NG though, I'll never play them lol

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