If you thought Epic was executed snatching up exclusives for the Epic Games Store, you have been very mistaken. The coverage’s confirmed contentious, to say the least, with each Metro Exodus and The Division 2 pilloried by a vocal contingent of “No Steam, No Buy” shoppers.
But that’s not stopping Tim Sweeney and co. This morning at its Game Developers Conference keynote, Epic confirmed fourteen extra exclusives. And earlier than we get to counting them, let’s simply pause and take into consideration how a lot cash that entails, and the way a lot cash Fortnite is making. It’s unfathomable.
Anyway, the aforementioned “No Steam, No Buy” crowd might need a troublesome time swallowing a few of these defections. Chief amongst them: Obsidian’s upcoming RPG The Outer Worlds, revealed on the Game Awards in December, in addition to Remedy’s sci-fi motion title Control. Both are hotly anticipated PC video games, each scheduled to launch this summer season, and now each are unique to Epic—at the very least at launch.
Overall, it’s a reasonably spectacular begin. Like it or not, the Epic Games Store’s already measurably modified PC gaming in solely 4 months. Whether it could actually sustain the tempo? I can’t say—however I don’t anticipate that is the final spherical of Epic Games Store exclusives.
Still ready on cloud saves although.
