Epic Games Store Free Game Issues and January 18 Release
Users report issues trying to claim the free game for January 11, while the next free game for January 18 is revealed. Here's what you need to know about the current situation and what to expect from the Epic Games Store.
Current Free Game Issues
The Epic Games Store free game for January 18 to January 25 is the platformer Love, but EGS users are having issues claiming the current free game. Now that the Epic Games Store free mystery game promotion has come to an end, EGS users have been given advanced notice about what freebies to expect from one week to the next.
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Last week, Epic Games Store users were tipped off that the EGS free game for January 11 to January 18 would be Sail Forth. Despite this, Sail Forth is not available for Epic Games Store users to claim at the time of this writing, seemingly due to some kind of error with the digital storefront. The official Epic Games Store Twitter account recently tweeted about Sail Forth being the free game, so it seems that is still the intention, but if one navigates to its store page, they are prompted to buy it instead.
It remains to be seen how long it will take for the Epic Games Store to sort out the issues with Sail Forth, but we will update this article once the problem is fixed. In the past, there have been times when an announced Epic Games Store free game was swapped out with something else, though it's unclear if that's what will happen with Sail Forth. In any case, Epic Games Store users now know for sure that they have Love to look forward to come January 18, barring any other unforeseen issues.
Leaked Information
What's interesting about Love being the next Epic Games Store free game is that it previously leaked online. Leaker billbil-kun leaked Love as the Epic Games Store free game for January 18 last week. Billbil-kun also accurately leaked various games that were given away during the Epic Games Store free mystery game promotion. Needless to say, Epic Games Store users that want to know about free games well in advance may want to pay close attention to billbil-kun's reports moving forward.
Conclusion and Expectations
Hopefully, the problems with Sail Forth are sorted out sooner rather than later so Epic Games Store users can claim their free game for the week of January 11 to January 18. And in the meantime, they can look forward to trying indie platformer Love from January 18 to January 25.
