'Horizon Zero Dawn' comes to Steam, Epic Games on August 7

Horizon Zero Dawn ends its PlayStation 4 exclusivity soon. Sony announced that the game will be making its way to the PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store starting August 7. This PC version of the game will arrive with Frozen Wilds DLC and visual updates, like unlocked framerates and ultra-wide display support. It'll show better reflections and foliage, access to benchmarking tools, and different graphic options.

Source: Engadget

Epic Games Store to come to iOS, Android

Epic Games is looking to capture the mobile gaming audience with plans to bring the Epic Games Store to Android and iOS. In an interview during GameSpot's Play For All, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney talked about this plan to bring its app store to mobile.

"We'd like to bring the [Epic Games] Store to iOS in the future, and we will bring it to Android," Sweeney said. "We think it's a good way to help the industry [move] forward and it's another way where Epic as a game developer had built up this audience around Fortnite and learned how to operate a distribution platform on PC and Android. Now, as we've done with many things from the Unreal Engine to the Epic Online services, we open it up to all other developers to use with their games and are trying to serve the industry and provide a really interesting alternative to the ecosystem."

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Epic Games Store offers 'Civilization VI' until May 28

If you haven't gotten your hands on Civilization VI, you can try the game for free thanks to the Epic Games Store. The sixth installment of the popular turn-based strategy game is currently available for free download on the storefront until May 28. The Fortnite developer has been offering games for free to entice players to use its store. The latest giveaway was Grand Theft Auto V, which drew in so much attention it crashed the site.

Epic Games never announce what free games get offered ahead of time. But rumour has it upcoming free games include Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, which will be available from May 28 to June 4; and ARK: Survival Evolved, which will be available from June 4 to 11.

Source: MobileSyrup

Epic Games Store crashes because people want to get 'GTA V' for free

Epic Games seems to have accidentally pre-empted the news that it'll be offering GTA V for free with this now-deleted Twitter ad

News broke last night that the Epic Games Store will be offering the popular Rockstar game Grand Theft Auto V for free. And it seems that's causing issues with the digital storefront. An hour or so ago, Epic Games tweeted: "We are currently experiencing high traffic on the Epic Games Store. We are aware that users may be encountering slow loading times, 500 errors, or launcher crashing at this time and we are actively working to scale. We'll provide an update as soon as we can." The company hasn't acknowledged a now-deleted Twitter ad that teased the upcoming release. But players who were waiting for 11 am ET for the game's release seemed to have crashed the site because of it. 

As The Verge reports, it looks like it's causing trouble for other Epic services, too. An official Fortnite Twitter account tweeted they are "investigating issues" on the PC and Mac. Hopefully, Epic Games resolves the issue soon so players can get their hands on the game. But you have to make sure you enable two-factor authentication within the app store. That's now a requirement Epic Games is enforcing. GTA V will supposedly be available for free until May 21.