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Epic Games Store Free Games For October 17 Offer Something Old and New

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October 12, 2024

As 2024 slowly draws to a close, gamers who plan ahead are likely already looking at deals for the holidays either for themselves or their loved ones, and sales for the holidays sometimes come with free games giveaways on Steam and the Epic Games Store. Those who regularly visit the Epic Games Store can find themselves adding one or two titles to their libraries every Thursday or so, with no telling as to which games will be offered with each rotation.

Due to the nature of just how frequent the promotion is on the Epic Games Store, it makes sense for some titles to remain in the rotation between the months and years in which they’ve been offered before. The week of October 17 is one of these times, as players have another chance to grab Invincible Presents: Atom Eve, and those who already have it can grab the latest addition to the promotion, Kardboard Kings.

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Epic Games Store Free Game Invincible Presents: Atom Eve Explained

While players await the upcoming AAA Invincible game that’s currently in the works, players can explore the world of the mature superhero show through the eyes of Atom Eve. For this adventure, the usual comic book art befitting a heroine like Eve is translated into a visual novel format, where the people players choose to help or not and change where the story goes, with a secret ending for fans to find along the way.

One of Invincible Presents: Atom Eve‘s defining features lies in how players have plenty of choices to make about how Atom Eve’s powers develop, what special skills she earns, or what dialogue options get unlocked along the journey. Invincible Presents: Atom Eve may have been one of the Epic Games Store free games back in March, but with a four-hour length and a Strong OpenCritic rating, those who missed out when it was given away for free may want to take the second chance to grab it when it comes back around.

Invincible Presents: Atom Eve

Invincible Presents: Atom Eve is the first original Invincible game from Skybound Games, the creator-led company behind Invincible and The Walking Dead. Experience an original story with striking art directed by Rossi Gifford and creative direction by award-winning writer Jill Murray, and explore the life of Atom Eve in a world filled with beloved characters. Based on the comic book by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley.

Atomic, With Agency: Play as Atom Eve, the fan-favorite superhero from the Invincible universe! Get to know Eve like never before as she navigates her life with the Teen Team, her family, and her friends while figuring out the best way to use her incredible powers as a force for good.

Determine Your Destiny: Doing the right thing sounds easy until you’re the one making the decisions. Your choices shape your relationships with the people around you and will define the outcome of the story across multiple paths.

Choose how to develop Atom Eve’s skills and increase her power, unlock special combat skills, or choose to unlock unique dialogue options to further play your story, your way.

Comic Book Combat: Take on new and familiar foes in light, turn-based combat woven into visual novel gameplay and wield the powers of Atom Eve as your story flows seamlessly into vivid action that feels like a comic book come to life.

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Released: November 14, 2023
Developer(s): Terrible Posture Games
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
ESRB: M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language
How Long To Beat: 4 Hours
OpenCritic Rating: Strong

Epic Games Store Free Game Kardboard Kings Explained

October is already a great month for fans of card games, and the Epic Games Store has decided to sweeten the deal by offering Kardboard Kings to its users at no extra cost. As Henry Hsu, players will need to purchase, sell, and collect cards from the trading card game Warlock to help the family business thrive, scratching the itch of opening packs and getting holographic cards and trading them for many fans of the genre. Players have mixed feelings about Kardboard Kings‘ story, but its simulated aspects of what being a card shop owner is like has enough heart in it to keep players hooked.

The way this indie game navigates the world of trading card games is worth checking out while the game is being offered for free, even if players find that they don’t enjoy its low points. Warlock combines Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic the Gathering to truly feel like an easy-to-understand yet tricky-to-master game within a game as well. Even if the main adventure of Kardboard Kings isn’t players’ tea, Warlock can be played on a special location called Card Game Island as a roguelite game mode that will keep going until fans eventually lose.

Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator

Open your own Card shop by the seaside! Buy, trade and sell Cards, OR keep them for your own collection! Earn reputation with customers, beat your shop goals, unlock new decorations, and host exciting events to bring everyone to the best Card shop in town!

You are Harry Hsu, a young man who recently inherited his father’s seaside card shop. Left with just a bit of cash and a tiny inventory, it’s up to you to restore the shop’s reputation as the center for the most popular trading card game in the world: “Warlock.” With the shop’s reputation on the line, you start working behind the counter, juggling the locals’ requests while trying to familiarize yourself with the peculiar market of selling Warlock cards.

Your guide, Giuseppe, a fast-talking Cockatoo, helps you in your buying and selling journey – picking up a foil Startled Banana on the cheap and turning it around for a power rare performing great at tournaments. Host booster drafts, clearance sales, in-house tournaments, and release parties for new sets in the game, making sure that your customers have every card they need to be the best duelist in town.

But if you want to be the best duelist Warlock has ever seen, you’ll get your opportunity when you travel to Card Game Island! A veritable tropical paradise featuring sandy beaches, sunny skies and the best, toughest Warlock duelists out there. Master your deck, find the legendary cards, and you might just have the chance to outplay the very best duelist in the world. Be careful, though. A single loss sends you home, so only the very best duelists will prevail!

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Digital Card Game

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Released: February 10, 2022
Developer(s): Henry’s House , Rob Gross , Oscar Brittain
Publisher(s): Akupara Games
Engine: Unity
How Long To Beat: 3 Hours
Steam Deck Compatibility: Playable

If both games offered as part of the Epic Games Store’s promotion when it resets on October 17 don’t interest gamers, then perhaps they might get lucky next week as the next freebies will be announced on the same day. Players can find out what new games are being given away a week in advance every Thursday at 10 AM CT when the new games are up for grabs, so even if one set of titles doesn’t interest players, there’s always a reason to check back in to see if the next week is their lucky break.

Epic Games Store

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