June 15th .. Launching a new free game from Epic Games (PayDay 2)

PC gamers with an Epic Games Store account (it’s free) can now pick up Payday 2, the multiplayer PvE heist simulator from Overkill Software that originally launched in 2013. It’s available for free right now until June 15.

Payday 2 was the sequel to Overkill’s unexpectedly successful Payday: The Heist, which launched two years before. Payday 3 has been in development for sometime and was originally expected this year, but no launch date has been set.

The next free game is unknown, but will unlock next week. Sometimes Epic previews the free games coming down the chute, sometimes it doesn’t. The past four weeks have been mystery weeks.

The Epic Games Store free games are available to anyone who has an Epic Games Store account; they’ll be added to your library and launched from there. Epic has been giving away free games on a weekly basis, as an inducement to join the store (and play Epic’s own games, such as Fortnite), since it launched in December 2018.

EPIC GAMES STORE 2023 FREE GAMES HISTORY
June 1 to June 8: Midnight Ghost Hunt
May 25 to June 1: Fallout: New Vegas – Ultimate Edition
May 18 to May 25: Death Stranding
May 11 to May 18: The Sims 4 Daring Lifestyle Bundle
May 4 to May 11: Against All Odds, Horizon Chase Turbo, and Kao the Kangaroo.
April 27 to May 4: Breathedge and Poker Club
April 20 to April 27: Beyond Blue and Never Alone
April 13 to April 20: Second Extinction and Mordhau
April 6 to April 13: Dying Light: Enhanced Edition and Shapez.
March 30 to April 6: Tunche and The Silent Age
March 23 to March 30: Chess Ultra and the World of Warships Starter Pack: Ishizuchi
March 16 to March 23: Warhammer 40,000: Gladius — Relics of War
March 9 to March 16: Call of the Sea
March 2 to March 9: Rise of Industry
Feb. 23 to March 2: Duskers
Feb. 16 to Feb. 23: Warpips
Feb. 9 to Feb. 16: Recipe for Disaster
Feb. 2 to Feb. 9: Dishonored: Death of the Outsider and City of Gangsters
Jan. 26 to Feb. 2: Adios and Hell is Others
Jan. 19 to Jan. 26: Epistory – Typing Chronicles
Jan. 12 to Jan. 19: First Class Trouble, Gamedec — Definitive Edition, and Divine Knockout
Jan. 5 to Jan. 12: Kerbal Space Program and Shadow Tactics — Aiko’s Choice
Jan. 1 to Jan 5: Dishonored — Definitive Edition and Eximus: Seize the Frontline