It's a tweet from user PC_Focus_ that states:
The next Epic Store FREE games has been leaked:
13th game: Ghostrunner
14th game: Escape Academy
15th game: 20 minutes till dawn
16th game: A plague tale innocence
17th game: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
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Free games are free games, IMO it would be silly to reject them just because Epic bad. I can install them on my Steam Deck through Heroic without even having to use the official launcher.
We all have our own principles.
You should redo them then.
I claim every free game Epic offers, not because I actually want to play them. I claim all those games because it costs Epic money. And that is my goal.
I remember hearing things like the epic game store launcher rifling through your steam games and contact lists, etc. I just don't want to install anything like that and running a VM just for that seems silly.
Edit: article summarizing the claim and counterclaims.
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-steam-data-reddit/
Sounds like a little bit of epic not being clear in what the software does and a little of the Internet running with a misunderstanding.
With something like the heroic launcher you don't even need to install the Epic games launcher. Just redeem the game through the website and play them through heroic.
That's good to know, thanks!
Nothing against you, but that sounds entirely made up, given how hard it is to link different services via credentials.
Even Heroic Launcher and Playnite need you to log in before they can get that info.
Here's an article that summarized the claims and counterclaims.
https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-steam-data-reddit/
It sounds like a little of EGS not being as upfront as they should have been and a little bit of running with a misunderstanding by the Internet.
Thank you for the source!
ETA: And given how that all transpired, I can't blame people for being skeptical of capitalists' intentions.
Luckily EGS doesn't even work on linux :-) Heroic is vastly better anyway.