Although it might not get the protection it used to, the Epic Games Store’s weekly freebies on PC continue. Each week, the shop is refreshed with one or two video games, out there for anybody to say and personal eternally.
You’d want a free account for that, in fact, however when you’ve ever performed Fortnite – or claimed any such freebie prior to now – you have already got one. Each every so often, nonetheless, the freebie in query is a recreation price highlighting. That is one such week.
From now till Thursday, Might 22, you’ll be able to declare a free copy of Dead Island 2, in addition to Comfortable Recreation. Useless Island 2 is, in fact, the upper profile title on this line-up, and it’s actually a type of cases the place it’s laborious to consider a recreation of such high quality is being given away totally free.
Useless Island 2 isn’t a really outdated recreation, both, it solely got here out in April 2023 – so it’s just a bit over two-years-old. A few of you studying this doubtless purchased it on a deep low cost aspiring to play it shortly afterwards, however by no means did.
Given its in depth historical past of false starts, delays, reboots and all manner of development shenanigans, it’s a miracle {that a} recreation referred to as Useless Island 2 exists in any respect. The truth that it’s truly a stable, fully-fledged zombie motion recreation – and a enjoyable co-op romp besides – is what took everybody unexpectedly two years in the past.
In her four-star review, our very personal Kelsey Raynor stated it’s “each bit the head-stomping blast that it promised to be,” and identified how a lot all of it comes collectively in co-op. Contemplating Useless Island 2 is at the moment free, discovering folks to play with shouldn’t be an issue.
Even when you don’t notably care about zombie video games, it’s best to at the very least obtain it to expertise the the dismemberment and flesh/bone tech below the hood. It’s extra detailed than you may realise, and makes for very satisfying (and sometimes brutal) zombie-slaying.
You may seize Dead Island 2 on the Epic Games Store proper now. Simply add it to your cart, try and also you’re achieved. Numerous bits of DLC are additionally on sale, in case you need to develop what’s already there.