Does epic pay the devs? Or do the creators choose to have it appear on the weekly games?

Both games are free to claim on your epic games account if you are currently an Amazon Prime member.

If you are on windows 11 and are having this "Epic Games Launcher Setup Wizard ended prematurely" then I have the fix for you. DON'T USE THE WEBSITE TO DOWNLOAD THE MSI INSTALLER. You will ALWAYS get this error. To fix this you want to download from the Microsoft Store. If you don't install from the Microsoft you will spend alot of time trying to get it downloaded and potentially wiping your computer when you don't need to.

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https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/undying

The problem is simple. Look at Super Meat Boy Forever for example. I own game on PC. Game is priced at 16 € on PC. On mobile it costs just 1 €.
Epic Store is saying I need to buy it again. Of course I have paid 16 € so in this case cross ownership might make sense. But imagine you buy 1 € mobile game and get 16 € PC version. Makes no sense.

And this is just one example. Many paid mobile games that are same as PC version cost less because selling games on mobile platform is hard as everyone plays free to play (mostly gatcha) games.

So I think long term Epic can't really do anything to enable cross ownership unless developer decides it wants to support it.

https://old.reddit.com/r/UngateOfficial/comments/1ibye55/ungate_will_be_retired_from_online_stores/

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Review – Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery – 6/10 (decent) 

Despite appearances, Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery isn’t really a painting game. It’s instead more of a point-and-click visual novel about artists.

The little painting that does happen involves drawing blobs of a certain color on a canvas, which the game then autocompletes. Finding the correct color requires solving puzzles scattered around the protagonist’s apartment. None of these are remotely difficult though. Behind the Frame is an exceedingly easy game that is best viewed as more of a film — an animated film with a gorgeous anime-inspired art style.  

This movie comparison works especially well with Behind the Frame's hour-long runtime. Telling a story is the game’s main focus, leaving little room for anything else. 

The narrative succeeds within the confines of Behind the Frame, but it’s not the most unique premise. I correctly predicted the whole story by the game’s second act. Even so, the final chapters still made me emotional due to a strong execution.

Behind the Frame is best played through in one sitting because of the short playtime. It’s also very simple in terms of both gameplay and narrative. This works to the game’s benefit by providing a universally-meaningful experience, but it leaves behind those looking for something more complex. 

Want a better idea of my taste in games? Check out my Backloggd. 

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Journal Entry:

My New Year’s resolution was to beat all of Epic’s weekly, free games and document it on Reddit until May. Playing this week’s game, Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery, was my way of procrastinating during a stressful evening.

My logic was that Behind the Frame seemed to be some sort of painting game, and painting is a calming activity. I try not to know anything about these games beforehand beyond a cursory glance at the Epic store page. So in typical fashion, I was completely wrong about Beyond the Frame. 

Playing through the game in its entirety took me just over an hour. Things started off pretty chill, with my character pouring coffee and cooking breakfast as she prepared her canvas. It definitely helped that the game’s anime-inspired art style made everything look just beautiful. 

But as the story progressed, it became more clear that Behind the Frame was attempting to tug at my heartstrings. 

I’d say the game did a pretty good job too. It wasn’t a very unique experience, but I appreciated what Behind the Frame was going for and would be lying if I said I wasn’t starting to tear up near the end. 

Despite not actually being very calming, I do think Behind the Frame helped me de-stress. There’s something very cleansing about getting into a piece of media and forgetting about your real worries for a bit. As always, if you'd be interested in that, the game is free until Thursday morning. 

I don’t imagine next week’s game will provide the same experience as Behind the Frame. Not only does Undying seem to have a darker atmosphere, but it’ll also be the longest game yet. Looks like I have a lot in store!

I recently moved, and took with me an external Hard Drive. It had Epic Games games, and I plugged it to a new laptop, where I already had epic games installed with like 2 games. I'd like to change the file for the game library to the one on the hard drive, so I can start my games without having to reinstall them all, cause I don't have enough space left to copy them on the internal hard drive. How to do it pls

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/mobile

This is what I am talking about.

It does not let me claim them on MacOS Google Chrome laptop.

Is possible that Bandai Namco, Capcom, Konami, will publish their games on EGS too? Thank you

Just like on the pc version

the same title

I want to preface this by saying that I think Epic moving in to the mobile market is both logical and an actively pro-consumer thing for them to do. However, this took way too long for the store to be populated with third party titles, and the app has some other issues too, which I'll get to in the cons section. While licensing apps to put on the store and getting people to agree takes time, this could've been avoided, had Epic done these deals in advance (the EU ratifying the iOS marketplace has gone on for at least a year, so it's not like they didn't have time).

Anyway, Pros and Cons:

Pro's:

• The UI is basically perfect design-wise. The layout is pretty much the same as it was on EGS, only the title cards, tiles and other UI gubbins are smaller to accommodate for smaller screens and mobile devices. I am quite unsure why people hate on Epic's UI when it's probably the most suitable for mobile devices that I've seen when it comes to newcomers to the mobile store front market -- Have a look for yourself!:

From Left to Right: Store Page, Scrolling down, Unpurchased Game, Settings.

• Some games ARE Cheaper than on Google Play (and one that isn't). From my testing at 4:48am, the great majority of the games are either the exact same price as those on Google Play (Samorost 2 and 3, Out There: Omega Edition), Cheaper (There is no game: WD is 20p cheaper on EGS than Google Play, while Hidden Folks is 52p cheaper on EGS), though oddly, one game is significantly more expensive on EGS than Google Play (Evoland 2; £1.50 on Google Play; £5.59 on EGS). As a matter of record, two games have upfront costs compared to their Google Play counterparts which allow you purchase the full game with an in-app purchase (Shapez and Pilgrims; £5.59 and £1.59 respectively).
• Free Games are on Mobile! I'm glad this is continuing on from EGS, as it incentivises newcomers to at least install the app and play the game. I recall them even saying that free games was a very effective tactic for getting people to use EGS.
• Same performance as Google Play: As in the title; the entire app store, barren as it is, was quick to respond to inputs, had no lag, and was not slow in the slightest (in stark contrast to their store, which even now is still a little juddery when compared to Steam)

Cons:

• No Search Bar: By the looks of things, the only games on the store are the ones on the front page, which is presumably why they haven't added it yet. That said, this is quite stupid omission, even if every game can be seen on one page (albeit requiring some scrolling). That also means no sorting via genre, price etc.
• No Library: Okay, controversial opinion; this is less of an issue than it is on PC; your desktop is not used in the same way as your home screen on your phone is, so library management isn't strictly needed right now. HOWEVER, it should still be added, even on this soft-launch, as it makes for great peace of mind for the end-user to have a dedicated page to see the games they've downloaded or purchased; the download bar or labelling your games as "play now" and being on the game page just isn't going to cut it. There needs to be some user management.
• No Wishlist: Personally, I never really used this feature much on Google Play, but it is something that needs to be added in the future. Again, this might just be like the search bar situation, where the store front isn't barge enough to justify adding it yet.
• No Reviews, or even Review Scores: Continuing the trend from EGS of not having reviews, this app store doesn't either. It doesn't have the polled ratings reviews. Admittedly, this does require aggregated data from installs and purchases, but it's noticeable that the feature isn't even listed yet.
• You cannot see your achievements/ No Profile Support: You're not able to see your own achievements unless you're in-game as there's no direct link to your profile page to see such information. There's also no information regarding whether the game even has achievements or not (something the EGS desktop store does let you see, as it has tags for it). And... Oh yeah, social profiles are still not a thing. Womp, womp.

Neutral Notes:

• There are two games that aren't on Google Play but are on EGS; Figment and Office Fight specifically. This might be an exclusivity deal, or Epic asked them to be on the store just to fill out the games. There's no way to tell right now other than the developers saying (and if they do, let me know!)
• There's some ambiguity when it comes to two of Epic's features on the desktop client working when used on mobile; I assume that both Achievements and the Epic Rewards system (which is also back, yay!), are not separated between versions of the same store fronts and are pooled into one homogenous thing.

Final notes:

The Epic Store on Mobile has always been a bit of an oddity; it launched to capitalise on the EU's DMA going through, with no regard to store front functionality, or having games that weren't your own. This was a bad move in my opinion; the mobile app was rushed out to meet that deadline, to the point that Netflix had a better app selection than you -- and arguably, a better store, as Netflix does let you search for games on both desktop and mobile despite not having that many; and that was leveraging Google Play!

Much of that sentiment is still true here. It is not finished, and feels as such. While I'm all for multiple store fronts and EGS's general philosophies of breaking up the existing desktop and mobile monopolies, your speed is actively hampering your progress. Epic, you are acting opportunistically, not out of the betterment of everyone who uses your service, and that attitude needs to change, sooner rather than later. Or, to put it another way:

Large meaningful app and store front updates matter more than small ones that capitalise on the news.

Please consider this constructive criticism, and pass it on to the relevant people internally. If you have any questions; I'm free all week =)

Bit of a dumb question, but i'm asking anyway because I'm not sure.

I was given Control for free during the holiday giveaway, I just finished it, It was only the base game, in the store page there's an ultimate edition for Control, (with all DLCS) and also a separate season pass. if I get control ultimate edition is it like buying the season pass? I just get the DLCs? or will ultimate edition give me another copy of control?

I Know if I get the season pass I should just get the DLCs right?

I want to assume its like steam, where if you buy a item or bundle, the bundle only gives you the items you do not already have, but i am unsure, on steam base Control isn't even listed at all, its just ultimate edition from the get go.

So in short: am I basically paying $54 for another copy of control with DLC? or am i paying $54 for just DLC? if it's just DLC I can just get the season pass.

also how do we handle giveaway anouncements now???

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