[Mista]

Dead Island 2 and a Saints Row game will launch as Epic Games Store exclusives, according to the Epic Games Store 'Review of Performance and Strategy' document from October 2019, made public during the course of the Epic Vs. Apple trial. It's the same document that reveals Epic has spent at least $1 billion on launch exclusives for its storefront.

Crucially, this document is from late 2019, so there are a few things to keep in mind. First, the Saints Row exclusive launch could very well have already happened: Saints Row 3: Remastered launched on Epic Games Store on May 22 last year, and is coming to Steam on May 22 this year. It's no secret that Saints Row 5 is going to happen, but whether that's the Saints Row title referenced in Epic's document is anyone's guess. In 2019 Koch Media CEO Klemens Kundratitz confirmed Saints Row 5, promising to "talk about it next year" (that never happened, though maybe we can blame Covid-19).


Far less ambiguous is Dead Island 2, which is clearly marked as an Epic Games Store exclusive in the document. That's if it ever happens: initially announced in 2014, the project has shifted between several studios including Techland, Yager and Sumo Digital—at the moment it's still officially under development at Dambuster Studios.

Dead Island 2 will be an Epic Store exclusive, and possibly the next Saints Row

If either even exist.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[regawdless]

Dead Island 2.... development hell says hello. But damn, looks like Epic is dead set on their aggressive strategy for the next years.

Now about those store features - any money left for those?

 

[Test]

love or hate epic you have to admire their audacity to conquer the industry

i think it's great but maybe i've been waiting for a steam competitor for too long

 

[MiguelItUp]

Really curious to see how this game will end up, it's really gone through a ton of hoops.

At my previous job we were working with Yager on Dreadnought while some of their studio was still working on it. It's crazy to think that was THAT long ago, lol.

I hope the final product is decent, but it's hard to expect that to a certain degree.

 

[Zefah]

All this means to me is a year delay and a steep discount on Steam or GOG.

 

[Barnabot]

Remember when SNK sent Samurai Shodown to die just because they wanted to launch it only on EGS? I' member. xpect the same to happen to both if true.

 

[and 3 others]

That $1 Billion doing work.

 

[Mirabilis]

love or hate epic you have to admire their audacity to conquer the industry

i think it's great but maybe i've been waiting for a steam competitor for too long

The problem is...no one is prepared to match steam in terms of its QoL features. I mean jeez the Humble Bundle guys are now trying to sue Valve: -

As Epic v. Apple approaches the courtroom, Valve is getting sued over Steam too

Scrutiny over 30 percent app store taxes hits PC gaming giant

www.theverge.com

But it's like ...Valve didn't do anything to lock people out. They just built a better service that customers like in terms of feature set.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

I finished the first Dead Island, it was okay. Then Dying Light did everything better. Does anyone still care about DI at this point?

 

[Barnabot]

I finished the first Dead Island, it was okay. Then Dying Light did everything better. Does anyone still care about DI at this point?

Kinda. Just because this game needs a closure on this development hell. And then send it to die.