Your Epic week in review

Hope you survived Valentine's and Galentine's days

I’m trying something new starting this week. As you may know, Pad & Pixel maintains the Epic Games Store’s news page, overseeing and creating 40 to 50 stories a month for the store.

I thought subscribers might be interested in a short round-up of what’s being created each week.

Please do let me know what you think and how we can improve it.

Now, on with Dave Tach’s round-up.

Good morning,

Last week, the Epic Games Store’s news page was filled with diverse stories about creating a game in war-torn Ukraine, reconnecting a fragmented world, finding great games for Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Day, becoming a soccer hero (but not in the way you’d expect!), and much more. Here’s your week in review.

This year’s huge Epic Games Winter Sale was more intimate, with a tour of great and discounted games from AAA blockbusters to indie darlings.

Capture the flag meets a ticking clock and hidden treasure in developer Night Street Games’ Last Flag.

A team of scrappy liberators is on the hunt for stolen and stashed African artifacts in developer Nyamakop’s Relooted.

From war-torn Ukraine, a core team of developers at The Future Entertainment Company is building the Purple Lands, filling it with a mysterious fog, and populating it with nightmarish mutations in DDoD.

Practice makes perfect for mastering every motorbike class in RIDE 6, an arcade racing game that goes big on realism.

Valentine’s Day is a natural time to share with those you love, and the Epic Games Store is full of games to give and play together.

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark brought America’s 34th-most haunted city to the Epic Games Store mobile app for free.

Save humanity from extinction and connect survivors from Mexico to Australia. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, coming soon to the Epic Games Store.

Backed by more than 30,000 members—developers, business leaders, and more—The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences lauded the year’s best games at its annual DICE Awards.

Women-led games from the Epic Games Store took center stage on Feb. 13, better known as Galentine’s Day.

There’s only one way to unlock the secret ending: Become an expert Coffin hunter in REANIMAL.

The players on the pitch may get the glory, but you’ll become the unsung hero in developer Triple Espresso S.A.’s Copa City as you manage money, volunteers, specialists, fans, and more for huge soccer events.