For the second half of December 2020, theEpic Games Storehas been giving away a free game to its users on a daily basis. This countdown has included quite a variety of games from all different kinds of genres, and now the final game in the lineup has been officially revealed. The Epic Games Store free game for December 31 is, as many fans expected, none other than the business simulation gameJurassic World Evolution.
Fans have known for some time thatJurassic World Evolutionwould be the Epic Games Store free game for December 31. Shortly after the promotion started, alist of Epic Games Store free games leaked online. And now withJurassic World Evolution’s confirmation, it’s clear that the leak was completely legitimate. Every single game mentioned in the leak has been featured as one of the free Epic Games Store games, fromInsidetoNight in the Woodsto today’s free game,Jurassic World Evolution.
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However,Jurassic World Evolutiondiffers from the other Epic Games Store free games for December 2020 in one key way. Fans only had one day to claim the previous free games, but they have an entire week to claimJurassic World Evolution. Now that the holiday event is over, it seems the Epic Games Store is switching back to its model of giving away one free game per week instead of one free game per day.
Anyone interested can claimJurassic World Evolutionfor their Epic Games Store library between now and January 7 at 8:00am PT. At that point,Jurassic World Evolutionwill be replaced with a game calledCrying Suns.Crying Suns, for the uninitiated, is a tacticalroguelike gamewhere players take on the role of a space fleet commander. It earned somewhat positive reviews when it originally launched in 2019. It will be available from January 7 until January 14 at 8:00am PT, at which point it will likely be replaced by a new free game.
Next year, it will be interesting to see if the Epic Games Store brings back its free game promotion to count down to the new year. And if it does bring back the promotion, it will also be interesting to see if it does anything to keep the free games secret. Fans will have to wait until next December to find out, but in the meantime, there should be plenty morefree Epic Games Store gamesthroughout 2021 to keep them occupied.
