I know, I know, the Epic Game Store is an evil capitalist construct out to ruin video games, but the place does dish out a bunch of video games for free on the regular, letting you build up a healthy library all for the reasonable cost of not a damned thing. I know that in itself grates some people, with the accusation that Epic is buying customers, and that may be true, but let me repeat: free games.
And this week? You can pick up a whole lotta Batman. Not only can you pick up the Arkham Collection – which bundles together Arkham Asylum, Arkham City and Arkham Knight – but also a stack of LEGO Batman games: LEGOI Batman The Videogame, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. While the LEGO games are all pretty similar, they’re fantastic games for playing as co-op adventures with younger relatives or general non-gamer friends.
As for the Arkham games, they’re a treat, filled with detective shenanigans, bone-crunching violence and nearly the entire Batman rogues gallery. While I still maintain that the first game is best, Arkham City’s open world is great, while Arkham Knight (yes, it did get fixed on PC, eventually) is a damned good adventure in its own right. So, good, our own Batman had lovely things to say:
“They’ve taken Batman out of the shadows of myth and forged a legend, with a series that is often imitated but never successfully duplicated. A grand game with impossibly-gorgeous visuals and a deep love for the franchise that spawned it, Batman: Arkham Knight is also the best comic book video game ever made.”
Anyway, you can grab them all from right now until September 26th. The first two Arkham games contain all of the DLC. Arkham Knight, curiously, does not. If Batman isn’t your jam, next week you’ll be able to grab Metro 2033 Redux and the weird everything simulator Everything for free.
Last Updated: September 19, 2019
SagatatiaRZA
September 20, 2019 at 07:55
I’m really eating my words with Epic. I hated them and now they do things like this. But most impressively, I had an somewhat rare problem with their payment system that stopped me from using their services. They actually listened to the feedback and made a change that probably was far from easy or convenient for them
HairyEwok
September 20, 2019 at 08:54
I think they have some kind of deal with WB since their also placing batman stuff in fortnite.
SagatatiaRZA
September 20, 2019 at 10:11
Whatever their deal, a great win for us!
Kromas
September 20, 2019 at 08:35
This is my EGS.
1.)Fortnite:Save the World
2.)Vampire TM:Bloodlines 2
3.) Every single free game since they started doing it.
Jacques Van Zyl
September 20, 2019 at 08:43
I used to hate Steam when I had a 2gb capped mobile dongle. Then I got ADSL and Loved Steam.
I hated Origin until I moved from a 1mb line to 4mb.
I hated Epic store until they listened to feedback and actively started working on their storefront.
Now if only they’d be real heroes and continue working on Unreal Tournament…
Kenn Gibson
September 20, 2019 at 09:05
EPIC IS EVIL!!!! (plays all their free games…….)
Admiral Chief
September 20, 2019 at 09:05
I keep on collecting them, but I haven’t played a single one
Kenn Gibson
September 20, 2019 at 09:15
I play Subnautica regularly, just finished Alan Wake and Mutunt again,
Admiral Chief
September 20, 2019 at 09:15
You liked MYZ?
I absolutely adored the Seed of Evil expansion. SO GOOD!
Kenn Gibson
September 20, 2019 at 12:30
It was great. Need to try the expansion too now
Kromas
September 20, 2019 at 10:10
So far the two free games they have given us that really stood out was Subnautica and Mutant Year Zero Road to Eden Episode Four A New hope for Mutants but not the X-Men mutants the other kind. (Yes I have issues with game names more than 4 words.)
Admiral Chief
September 20, 2019 at 10:50
Ag jou hol man, game is EPIC
Kromas
September 20, 2019 at 11:00
I did say the game was good. I just commented that it’s name is too damn long.
Admiral Chief
September 20, 2019 at 11:10
Your comment is too damn long man
G8crasha
September 20, 2019 at 08:43
That’s quite an offering from them, although, I’ve played all the Arkham games, and the LEGO games are okay, but not a must have for me. But, for those that haven’t played the Arkham games, this is definitely an early xmas for them!
Admiral Chief
September 20, 2019 at 09:05
This pleases my budget
Hammersteyn
September 20, 2019 at 09:06
Happy to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff (Add the Arkham games to my library but leave the lego garbage)
Admiral Chief
September 20, 2019 at 09:14
LEt it GO