# Free PC game and free weekend notification thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [November 13, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513 "2014-11-13T08:16:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 40
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/783 "2020-09-30T18:27:20Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > [Overwatch](https://uprising.overwatchleague.com/en-us/getoverwatch) is free. Not anymore. Form has been deactivated. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/784 "2020-09-30T19:08:58Z")
Bummer, that was fast. Guess a lot of codes went out ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/785 "2020-10-03T20:35:00Z")
I guess Epic had _Watch Dogs 2_ on sale a couple of weeks ago to generate interest for pre-ordering _Watch Dogs Resistance_, due out on 29 October. This one’s set in London and will be available for Xbox One/X, PS4/5, and PC. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/786 "2020-10-14T17:53:52Z")
Sega is [giving away a copy](https://t.co/jni2hxD9Cb) of Nights into Dreams for registering on their site. They will ask you to connect to Steam and activate it on your account. It shows other platforms but only gives a free copy via Steam. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/787 "2020-10-15T18:18:21Z")
More Sega stuff: [Sonic 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/71163/Sonic_The_Hedgehog_2/) is currently free on Steam Also, Sega is offering some short arcade titles made for their 60th anniversary, each free for one day only October 15th: [Armor of Heroes](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368440/Armor_of_Heroes/) October 16th: [Endless Zone](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368450/Endless_Zone/) October 17th: [Streets of Kamurocho](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368430/Streets_Of_Kamurocho/) October 18th: [Golden Axe - A Canceled Prototype](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368460/Golden_Axed_A_Cancelled_Prototype/) ---
**Author:** ![pseudograph](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pseudograph/32/19768_2.png) [@pseudograph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudograph)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/788 "2020-10-21T16:15:16Z")
[Europa Universalis II](https://www.gog.com/game/europa_universalis_ii) is currently free on GOG. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/789 "2020-10-24T16:17:55Z")
For anyone who cares, Steam is having a free weekend for _Fallout 76_. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/790 "2020-10-24T16:26:51Z")
Fallout 76 is on the Microsoft Gamepass, and I’ve glanced at it before. I know it wasn’t well thought of at first, but has anyone got any experience of how it plays at the moment? What it would be like as a new player? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/791 "2020-10-24T17:22:09Z")
Dunno about MS Gamepass but I saw it as free to play…temporarily. Seems it is a timed freebie. Personally, I am so pissed off over Fallout 76 that I won’t touch it even free. But that’s just me being pissy. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/792 "2020-10-24T18:17:19Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Personally, I am so pissed off over Fallout 76 that I won’t touch it even free. But that’s just me being pissy. YMMV. I never played it, but did play Fallout 1-4(4 only this quarantine time). Is 76 so bad it does not work as a single-player Fallout game at all? I know it was panned and dropped to pretty low prices at one point. It also has no monthly fee and I was wondering if it would be worth picking up for $5-$10 as a “kind of” Fallout 5 of sorts. I played New Vegas as well, more than once. Probably my favorite one, actually. ---
**Author:** ![And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/and_his_buzzer_goes/32/377_2.png) [@And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/And_his_buzzer_goes)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/793 "2020-10-25T13:45:44Z")
I gave it another shot a few months ago. Once I got used to the idea that you can’t really clear an area like you did in previous versions, it was a lot more bearable. And it’s a bit like survival in F4: you have to be pretty carefull until level 20 or so. Starting from level 25 you get to use a few more powerfull weapons which help a lot with the damage you can do. From then on you get to be selective in the stuff you pickup as general weapons don’t translate well to cash at all and there’s limit in the amount of gear you can store in your box. Also recently all enemies started leveling up with your chararcter, so there’s no real “farming” of low level guys like I hear in other online games. But you get to see the other guy’s level from a distance, so you mostly know what you’re getting into. Ran away from a lvl 60 enemy more than once. 😁 I was playing it with Gamepass, but now that the price has gone up and the fact that I don’t play much at all, I’m think about buying it at its discount price and cancelling Gamepass. 3 months and I’m cheaper of. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/794 "2020-10-26T20:08:47Z")
I tried 76 again last night, first time since the NPCs were added. Still not grabbing me like previous titles did. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/795 "2020-10-27T21:59:55Z")
One of the things that kept me occupied for a very long time is the CAMP building. I’d try a style or theme in a location; tweak it for a week or two (between exploring and questing); then tear it down and build a different style somewhere else with a different view or more convenient to shopping. I’ve been unlocking and “buying” new styles and furnishings for a few months, waiting for me to have the energy to relocate. I really like my current spot, though, next to a train station and adjacent to a pond. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/796 "2020-10-30T03:16:34Z")
Anyone who doesn’t have _Sims 4_ yet, Steam is having a free weekend and the base game is 75% off. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/797 "2020-11-12T19:58:09Z")
> **[The Epic Games Store’s next free titles have been revealed | VGC](https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-epic-games-stores-next-free-titles-have-been-revealed-3/)** > > Elite Dangerous and The World Next Door will replace The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia… ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/798 "2020-11-13T13:48:39Z")
On Steam, Horizons is going to be including in with Elite, is that the case with the free Epic version, does anyone knows? It’s a hell of a game to get free if so. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/799 "2020-11-13T14:12:11Z")
What is Horizons? What is Elite? ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/800 "2020-11-13T14:22:44Z")
Elite: Dangerous is a space sim, and an EXCELLENT one, if you are into that sort of thing. Horizons is a dlc/expansion for it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/801 "2020-11-13T15:24:54Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > On Steam, Horizons is going to be including in with Elite, is that the case with the free Epic version, does anyone knows? Yes, Elite Dangerous now comes with Horizons wherever it’s purchased. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/802 "2020-11-14T00:25:42Z")
[Teleglitch: Die More Edition](https://www.gog.com/game/teleglitch_die_more_edition) is free on Good Old Games for another day or so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513.md?page=41)