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Death Stranding is Free on Epic Game Store, but there is a catch

Kojima has a gift for you.

Death Stranding is the latest free game on the Epic Game Store, which is excellent news for all fans of Hideo Kojima. The original game came out in 2019, and with the Director's Cut edition available, the title still draws enormous interest. So fans went wild when the news came out that the original edition is free on Christmas on Epic Game Store.

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As soon as the game was out, an army of fans rushed to get it, which created difficulties for Epic Store's servers. At the time of writing, it's almost impossible to get the game. Most players got the message you can see in the screenshot below: "We are experiencing high transaction volume, please try again later."

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It's mission impossible to get the game at the moment, so you'll have to be patient. If it's any consolation, the offer last 24 hours, so there is still plenty of time to get the original version for free while you still must buy Death Stranding Director's Cut. This isn't the first time Epic Games Store has had problems with too many players visiting it. If you remember GTA V giveaway created the same issues, as fans wanted to get their free copy as soon as possible.

For more information on Death Stranding, check out What is the box in Death Stranding Director's Cut on Pro Game Guides.


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Nebojša Prijić
Nebojša Prijić is a senior staff writer at Pro Game Guides with over 25 years of experience in journalism, screenwriting, and copywriting. He previously worked as Editor-in-Chief of Maxim Serbia magazine and the IGN Adria website. Nebojša is an old-school gamer who loves real-time strategies, shooters, and RPGs, but most of all, he plays Roblox and mobile games with his son. He remembers the first Diablo, PC games on a single floppy disk, and playing Mortal Kombat on the keyboard.