Update 19/02/2024: The Epic Games Store isn’t giving away three classic Fallout games for free after all despite making the promise last week.
As reported by PCGamesN, the Epic Games Store’s Free Games page has been updated to advertise Super Meat Boy Forever as the freebie for February 22 to 29 instead of the previously advertised Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel.
It’s unclear why the planned free games changed or if the three Fallout titles will come to the Epic Games Store for free at a later date, but IGN has reached out to Epic Games for comment.
Original Story 16/02/2024: A handful of classic Fallout games, including the beloved Fallout 2, are free to download and own forever via the Epic Games Store from February 22 for a week.
As reported by VGC, Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel will be available from February 22 to 29 to anyone with an Epic Games account. Players just need to log in to the store and visit the individual game pages to claim them, granting access to them forever.
The original Fallout, not developed by current franchise owner Bethesda but Interplay Productions, launched in 1997 and laid the groundwork for what would become one of gaming’s most iconic franchises.
Players would explore a wasteland littered with wild and wacky characters and engage in turn-based role-playing combat to defeat all manner of mutants.
Fallout 2 is perhaps the most beloved of the pre-Bethesda games, offering a similar game to the original but improving systems across the board. “With its great storyline, huge game world, and well written scripts, Fallout 2 gave [us] many, many hours of totally absorbing gameplay,” IGN said in our review.
Finally, Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel takes that beloved world and applies tactical, squad-based combat. “Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel does just about everything right. The only problem is that there’s too much of it,” we said in our review.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.
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