This week’s free Epic Games Store title is NBA 2K21.
Titles included in the marketplace’s weekly free games promotion are usually revealed a week before they’re made available, butEpic kept the identity of the latest one a mysteryuntil now.
NBA 2K21replaces Mi’pu’mi Games’ The Lion’s Song, a narrative adventure game focused on a cast of Austrian artists and scientists struggling with creativity and inspiration, which was free to download from May 13-20.
The basketball game, which normally costs £49.99 on Epic’s marketplace, will also be replaced by another “mystery game” on May 27.
In a separate announcement, publisher2KsaidPCplayers can “now also experience cross play for NBA 2K21 on Epic andSteamplatforms”.
AnEpic Games Storepromotion also launched on Thursdayknocks $10 off every game priced $15 or above, including titles featured in its ‘Mega Sale’.
Epic claimed in January that the Epic Games Store hadattracted over 160 million PC userssince launching in December 2018.
The company has been giving away free titles on a weekly basis since the marketplace launched, including 103 games in 2020, collectively worth $2,407 based on US prices. Epic said users claimed over 749 million free titles last year.
Epic Gamesspent nearly $12 million securing titlesfor its regular free game giveaways during a nine-month period, according to a document released as part of the ongoing legal battle between Epic andApple.
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It shows that Epic gave away 38 games during the store’s first nine months, each of which involved paying their developers a different ‘buyout price’.
Games like Super Meat Boy, World of Goo and Rime cost Epic $50,000 or less, while three games cost more than $1 million to secure – Subnautica ($1.4 million), Mutant Year Zero ($1 million) and Batman Arkham Collection ($1.5 million).
Another document surfaced during the trial showedEpic offered a $200m minimum guarantee to Sonyfor “4-6” PCPlayStationports.
