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Welcome to Polygon’s first weekend special of the new year. The pickings are a bit slim as we kick off 2024, but we’ve still managed to scrounge up a couple of deals you should check out. For the uninitiated, every weekend at Polygon we present to you a roundup of our favorite deals from the past week in gaming and entertainment, along with some of the best-selling products that have recently graced our site.
Here’s a teaser: The Epic Games Store Holiday sale is still alive and kicking, letting you save 33% most games in the Epic catalog, while Amazon will let you pick up a trio of 4K Blu-rays for just $33.
While the Steam Winter Sale has wrapped up, you still have a few more days to get in on the Epic Games Store Holiday sale. Through Jan. 10, you can get 33% off games like Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, The Last of Us Part 1— any game, so long as it costs $14.99 or more.
We’ve highlighted a handful of new releases and personal favorites for you to check out. But, if you’re going to pick up just one game, we’d recommend Alan Wake 2, which comes bundled witha voucher for a free copy of Alan Wake Remastered if you purchase a copy during the Epic Holiday Sale.
Prices taken at time of publishing.
Prices taken at time of publishing.
If you don’t feel like dropping even a penny on a new game, Epic is offering Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy for free through Jan. 11. This is one of the best narrative-driven Marvel games in existence, and it features a surprisingly deep story with branching paths and numerous decisions that impact how things play out. The voice cast and performances are amazing, and as an added bonus, this version of Starlord is 100% Chris Pratt-free. Finally, it wouldn’t be Guardians without a killer 1980’s soundtrack, which includes hits from Pat Benatar, Def Leppard, and many more.
Prices taken at time of publishing.
Somehow, James Cameron is at least partially responsible for what might be the best open-world game out of Ubisoft in years. If you want to pick up Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, the console versions are on sale for $49.99 at Walmart and GameStop (was $69.99). You can also pick up the PC version for around $46 from the Epic Games Store during its holiday sale.
Prices taken at time of publishing.
We can’t deny that the Meta Quest 3 is an awesome piece of hardware. It’s currently the best way to experience VR, but at $499.99, you may be looking for a more affordable way to play games like Resident Evil 4 VR, Beat Saber, and Superhot VR. If so, you should know that the 128 GB model of the Meta Quest 2 recently received a permanent price cut to $249.99 ( half the price of a new Quest 3). While the Quest 3 features a more powerful processor and better resolution
Four years after leaving iOS, Fortnite is coming back — but only European players will be dropping in this time.
A new VR title, has a unique premise that is set to cross over two unexpected James Cameron movie ideas. As its name implies, the horror thriller title will take place on the RMS Titanic and let players experience the horrors involved with the Titanic's tragic real-world sinking first-hand.
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One of the best superhero games, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, just went on sale on the Epic Games Store, and for a few more days, players will be able to snag the fantastic title for free.
Wrapping up its holiday promotion, Epic Games is giving away Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy for free on PC. It’s available to claim on the Epic Games Store until January 10th, 8 AM PST, so there’s plenty of time.
Square Enix‘s action-adventure game Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is currently free on Epic Games Store.
The action-adventure game A Plague Tale: Innocence is currently on a monster sale right now at the Epic Games Store, with it being completely free to download and play.
Asobo Studio’sA Plague Tale: Innocence is the latest free PC title on the Epic Games Store as part of its holiday promotion. It’s available to claim until January 4th, 8 AM PST, though you need an Epic Games Account and the launcher.
Vampire Survivors was a big enough sensation that it instantly inspired a horde of similar games to spawn. 20 Minutes Till Dawn was one of the more worthy: a topdown, 2D roguelite with a similar sense of spectacle and progression, but with traditional weapon aiming.
Saints Row's 2022 reboot is currently free to keep from the Epic Games Store. It's bittersweet considering its developer, Volition, was closed down in August, but it's also an opportunity to experience the last game the 30-year-old studio got to make.
Remember 2023? The answer can be no. It was a lot. Between a deluge of major games — Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, Baldur’s Gate 3, Armored Core 6, and Starfield, to name a few — the eclipsing cultural moment of Barbenheimer, the writer and actor strikes, the morphing of Twitter into X, the multi-pronged legal action against the Microsoft-Activision acquisition, and the rise of AI, the year in Culture was a constant drone of milestone moments.
Saints Row is today's free PC game available on the Epic Games Store. This will remain the last game made by Volition since the 30-year-old Illinois-based game developer was closed down earlier this year by owner Embracer Group as part of their restructuring plans.