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A Total War Saga: TROY on Epic Games Store - Total War

Here it is: A Total War Saga: TROY is an Epic Games Store exclusive for 12 months – and will be available for free if you claim it in the first 24 hours. That’s right – we’re giving away TROY for free, to keep, as long as you claim it in the 24 hour window! […]

www.totalwar.com

Due for release on 13th August, a Epic Store exclusive, if claimed within first 24 hours of release you keep it for free forever.

 

[SirKicksalot]

First of all: this is an opportunity for TROY specifically, and we have no plans for future games to be Epic exclusives.
(...)
Epic were paying for our players to have our latest release free on day one.
(...)
money that we’ll be putting back into the studio

Ok, thanks Tim. I'll miss the workshop but it sounds like a good deal.

 

[Siri]

I didn’t see that coming.

 

[A.Romero]

I really don't want to support these practices, specially since they are prioritizing stuff like the mobile app development over other functionality that (in my opinion) should be attended first... But every offer they put forward gets more difficult to ignore.

 

[SLB1904]

Fuck yes. I would get day one. Thank you epic you are a star

 

[Sybrix]

Suppose its a test of the waters to see how well it goes down, wonder how much Epic paid them to do this.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

That's pretty dope. So we just gotta claim it for free on August 13th?

 

[Stitch]

yeah so it's free on august 13th

A Total War Saga: TROY | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Download and play A Total War Saga: TROY at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!

www.epicgames.com

 

[Diddy X]

Cool, you guys remind me on August 13th please.

 

[SirKicksalot]

Suppose its a test of the waters to see how well it goes down, wonder how much Epic paid them to do this.

Well, Thrones of Britain bombed and Troy has no hype. Can't be that much.

 

[zcaa0g]

Three Kingdoms sold over a million copies in the first week. Not sure on current sales numbers but Epic is dropping a decent amount of coin to do this even for them. Their server infrastructure is going to get boat raced in that 24 hours.

 

[Andodalf]

Cool, you guys remind me on August 13th please.

seconded! Somebody plz remember to bump, haha.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Cool, you guys remind me on August 13th please.

That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't even remember my breakfast from this morning

 

[vpance]

Nice. Caved in already though and installed to check out Old World.

 

[Shai-Tan]

The trailer looks kind of bad but won’t complain about free

 

[Shai-Tan]

Cool, you guys remind me on August 13th please.

if you sub to the total war newsletter it will remind you there

 

[manfestival]

Yeah I wishlisted the game but GEEZ.... I was freaking out for a moment cause it wasnt showing free on the store

 

[ChoosableOne]

It feels like a modern Hansel&Gretel adaptation at this point. I'm scared but i like candys so bring it on!

 

[theclaw135]

Paint me floored. A game company bluntly admitting to paid exclusivity is a very, very rare event.

 

[SLB1904]

Suppose its a test of the waters to see how well it goes down, wonder how much Epic paid them to do this.

Probably fuck ton of money. 3 kingdoms charted on npd when it came. And its pc exclusive.
To be honest this is one of the biggest deals ive seen

 

[fermcr]

Not bad at all from Epic store.
Don't STOP Epic. Please continue offering free games forever...

 

[Kazza]

The trailer looks kind of bad but won’t complain about free

It really does. I know the Saga series is meant to be smaller and lower budget compared to the mainline games, but the trailer looked pretty cheap. The voice acting in particular is very bad.

I'm 90% sure I'm going to forget about this and miss out on the free 24 hour period. I guess we'll just have to keep the thread bumped and active until then so we don't forget

 

[SirKicksalot]

Eurogamer feature:

Total War Saga: Troy's battles feel a tad dry, but its mythology is fascinating

The Bronze Age, it turns out, is not an easy period to turn into a historically accurate, highly detailed video game li…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

Probably fuck ton of money. 3 kingdoms charted on npd when it came. And its pc exclusive.
To be honest this is one of the biggest deals ive seen

I dunno, man. It's a saga game after all, not like the main line, e.g., 3 Three Kingdoms and Warhammer. Think Thrones of Britannia.

 

[SLB1904]

I dunno, man. It's a saga game after all, not like the main line, e.g., 3 Three Kingdoms and Warhammer. Think Thrones of Britannia.

yeah you got a point there. but still I'm hyped

 

[TheContact]

Epic is going all out. I wonder how much this is costing them.

 

[SirKicksalot]

This comes out in 7 hours. CA's current plan is to give you a Steam version next year if you own it on Epic, so make sure you grab it today. Ownership of the game and DLC will transfer through your Total War Access account.

 

[Dargor]

I think this is the first time that total war is being launched on anything other than steam, right?

 

[sol_bad]

No thank you Epic.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

No thank you Epic.

 

[longdi]

No thank you Epic.

Thanks Tencent ❤

 

[Lupin3]

Another game haters gonna pay for.

 

[Le Big Mac]

Eh annoying but as long as WH3 / mainline franchises stays on steam doesn't matter much.

 

[Fuz]

Not out yet?

 

[Diddy X]

Pff, China knows even what toilet paper brand I buy, one more download won't change anything, let's do it.

 

[Lupin3]

Reminder for the interested ones...

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Downloaded it. haven't had a chance to really dive in. First thing I did was a solo fight Hector vs Achilles. I was Hector. Got wasted.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Thanks Tencent ❤

thanks CCP for spying on me

 

[SinDelta]

This is incredibly ironic when I've seen people who think Epic Game Store is a Chinese trojan horse given their connection to Tencent.