The Epic Games Store continues to give out free games to entice users to its platform, and this time, they've got a pretty big game to offer. Grand Theft Auto V is going to be available for free, starting May 14th. You'll have until May 21st to add the game to your account, and you'll get to keep it forever once you do so.

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UPDATE: It appears the Tweet was not meant to go up quite yet, as it has now been removed from the official Twitter account.

 

[RedBlueGreen]

To make an account for them is to give them one more account to say "We're as big or bigger than Steam".

I refuse to give them that sort of info to use to claim they're better than steam. I want the damn service to die already or to massively 180.

There are very few legitimately good things about Steam that make it "better" than other store fronts. The chat feature and the controller mapping are the only things I find to actually be good. The community section isn't really any better than other forums, and a lot of sites let you make groups, share screenshots, etc. Just about every feature of Steam can be done externally (even the controller mapping via programs like antimicro).

 

[SexiestManAlive]

I'd get it if it WASN'T EPIC ONLY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

you know people hate you when you offer free games every week and they still dont want to mess with you

 

[x65943]

As much as I would like to continue to ignore epic, they are not making it easy

 

[sj33]

'not meant to go up' it was clearly to get people talking.

 

[Xzi]

As much as I would like to continue to ignore epic, they are not making it easy

I mean, the game has been as cheap as $15, so it's not like this is really that exciting or mind-blowing. They just threw a bunch of Fortnite money Rockstar's way. The issue remains that you'll still get a better feature set and overlay for GTA V if you just pirate it and add it as a non-Steam shortcut. Matter of fact, you could say that the Tencent store giving out all these free copies clears you of any moral trappings therein.

 

[x65943]

I mean, the game has been as cheap as $15, so it's not like this is really that exciting or mind-blowing. They just threw a bunch of Fortnite money Rockstar's way. The issue remains that you'll still get a better feature set and overlay for GTA V if you just pirate it and add it as a non-Steam shortcut. Matter of fact, you could say that the Tencent store giving out all these free copies clears you of any moral trappings therein.

I don't know if you ever check out isthereanydeal.com but apparently it's been as low as $2.34

Still free is free, and the best deal currently is $13.20, so I'm gonna pick it up

 

[slaphappygamer]

I just got epic. A great GUI! I don’t even see grand theft auto when I search grand theft auto.
Oh, it’s a mystery!

 

[sj33]

I just got epic. A great GUI! I don’t even see grand theft auto when I search grand theft auto.

Because it's supposed to be secret for another 10 hours.

 

[x65943]

I just got epic. A great GUI! I don’t even see grand theft auto when I search grand theft auto.

it's not out yet, chary said tomorrow noon I think

 

[Pipistrele]

Oh, cool! Finally an excuse to play this thing.

 

[WiiHomebrew+Snes]

Well, they got me. Time to install the Epic Games Launcher...

 

[Brigand]

I was wondering what it was going to be. They made a big thing of it being a secret free game this time, so I thought it must have been something noteworthy. Excited to finally get to play this!

 

[MiiJack]

I wonder if they will get some cut from micro transactions.

 

[SkittleDash]

I got GTA V when the Premium Edition ($1 million for GTA Online and other things for it's online) was on sale for only £9 on their own launcher. It was a steal at the time. lol

 

[Xzi]

I don't know if you ever check out isthereanydeal.com but apparently it's been as low as $2.34

Still free is free, and the best deal currently is $13.20, so I'm gonna pick it up

True enough, I would maybe be tempted if I hadn't already played through it once on PS3 and bought it for PC. A free copy of Shadow Complex was what got me to download the Epic store in the first place, but then the whole rebranding and exclusives thing happened, they dropped Unreal Tournament, and I decided to just buy it on Steam so I could uninstall that garbage ASAP.

I wonder if they will get some cut from micro transactions.

Nah, just trying to retain more people on their shit platform.

 

[slaphappygamer]

Nah, just trying to retain more people on their shit platform.

Sounds about right. When I scroll the home section, it’s all jittery. And I can’t sign up because epic doesn’t see that I have an internet connection....even though I can browse games. I probably have to reboot, but my laptop is updating right now. Stupid digital store fronts.

 

[Kwyjor]

I got GTA V when the Premium Edition ($1 million for GTA Online and other things for it's online) was on sale for only £9 on their own launcher. It was a steal at the time. lol

Holy cow, I completely forgot they had their own launcher. I have it installed for some reason. Weren't they giving away GTA IV?

ETA: Finally got it running. The giveaway was GTA: SA.

To make an account for them is to give them one more account to say "We're as big or bigger than Steam".

I refuse to give them that sort of info to use to claim they're better than steam. I want the damn service to die already or to massively 180.

Wouldn't it be a lot more difficult for a service to claim it was better than Steam if Steam wasn't brimming with useless shovelware and asset flips these days?

 

[Sendel]

Thanks for the information, tweet is deleted ? Why ?

 

[x65943]

Thanks for the information, tweet is deleted ? Why ?

Went up too soon supposedly, official "reveal" tomorrow

 

[Viri]

GoG Galaxy

That's what I do. I don't even have Epic's launcher installed, lol. It even shows my Microsoft store installs, aka Minecraft that I got for 60 cents.