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A Plague Tale: Innocence is free for 24 hours on the Epic Games Store now

Probably the best offer yet

Marco Wutz

A Plague Tale: Innocence is free for 24 hours on the Epic Games Store now
A Plague Tale: Innocence is free for 24 hours on the Epic Games Store now /

A Plague Tale: Innocence is now free to claim on the Epic Games Store for 24 hours, ending on January 4, 2024. This is probably the best free game given away during the current EGS holiday promotion yet, though the offerings have been relatively mid so far – not that one should complain too much about free stuff.

Developed by Asobo Studio and published by Focus Entertainment, this third-person adventure game with prominent stealth elements was originally released in May 2019 and received glowing reviews. It sits on a critical score of 81 and a public score of 84 on Metacritic today.

It's not a game you should play if you don't like seeing rats. There'll be... a lot of them :: Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment

Here’s the official description of the title’s narrative:

“Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history. Hunted by Inquisition soldiers and surrounded by unstoppable swarms of rats, Amicia and Hugo will come to know and trust each other. As they struggle to survive against overwhelming odds, they will fight to find purpose in this brutal, unforgiving world.”

A Plague Tale: Innocence received several award nominations in 2019 and 2020, among them for the Best Narrative at The Game Awards 2019, though it did not bring that one home. It has spawned a successful sequel called A Plague Tale: Requiem as well, which put even more focus on the popular stealth aspects from Innocence, so there’s even more content available in case you like the original game.

You can head to the Epic Games Store to claim the game for free via the link.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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