Play Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider for free on your PC
If you're a PC gamer who hasn't already done so, you might want to open the Epic Games Store and grab the latest installment of their 15-day free games promotion. This is especially worth your time because instead of offering users a single title like Shenmue III or Control, the Epic Games Store is set to ditch the entire rebooted Tomb Raider trilogy: Tomb Raider Game of the Year Edition, Rise of the Tomb Raider 20 Year Celebration and the Definitive Edition of Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Trying to add the titles to your digital library earlier today was more difficult than it should have been, as ongoing server issues, following yesterday's Fortnite outage, slowed the store down. It's unclear if Epic Games are still having issues or if people really wanted these games, but according to their status page, everything should be fine now.
Let’s go out with a bang.
— Epic Games Store (@EpicGames) December 30, 2021
For the final day of 15 Days of Free Games, we’re giving you… not one, not two, but three (3!!) Tomb Raider titles! 🎉https://t.co/1bzgT8Rlyy pic.twitter.com/G83gfAhncb
If you're wondering how Epic Games can afford to donate games, check out the documents that came out earlier this year in its legal battle with Apple on the App Store. As Tim Sweeney confirmed on Twitter, the company negotiates a flat rate for giveaways rather than per copy, so suddenly billions of dollars worth of software become much cheaper.
We don't know how much the company is paying Square Enix to give away the Tomb Raider games, but an Arkham Trilogy giveaway in 2019 only cost the company $ 1.5 million, a relative drop from the money Fortnite brings in, the more value of adding more customers to its games store.
They can be added for free until January 6 at 11am ET, so you have plenty of time to get them, unless you forget them or never actually do it, so it's probably a better idea to hit the "get" button now.
That’s right! And it has proven to be a fantastic success in reaching gamers with great games and a fantastic investment into growing the business! https://t.co/MN8OjM5FEP pic.twitter.com/Yl0LmCZjKB
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) April 10, 2021
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