The Callisto Protocol, the 2022 survival horror game from Striking Distance Studios that was directed Glen Schofield—the industry veteran best known for being the creator of the Dead Space franchise—is free to claim on the Epic Games Store until 8/29/2024 at 11:00 a.m. Customers will also find another freebie today in the form of Gigantic: Rampage Edition, a premium and definitive version of the 5v5 MOBA Hero Shooter that developer Abstraction Games has described as being fun-filled and exciting.
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Next week’s freebies include:
Striking Distance on The Callisto Protocol:
- “In this narrative-driven, third-person survival horror game set 300 years in the future, the player will take on the role of Jacob Lee – a victim of fate thrown into Black Iron Prison, a maximum-security penitentiary located on Jupiter’s moon, Callisto.”
- “When inmates begin to transform into monstrous creatures, the prison is thrown into chaos.”
- “To survive, Jacob must battle his way to safety to escape Black Iron Prison, while uncovering the dark and disturbing secrets buried beneath the surface of Callisto.”
Abstraction Games on Gigantic: Rampage Edition:
- “GIGANTIC: RAMPAGE EDITION is a premium and definitive release of the original 5v5 MOBA Hero Shooter, GIGANTIC, that provides a dynamic and exciting team-based multiplayer experience for fans of both genres.”
- “Choose from a diverse roster of unique heroes, each with a set of upgradeable abilities, and team up with four other players to control objectives and take down the opposing team’s mighty Guardian, all while protecting your own.”
- “GIGANTIC: RAMPAGE EDITION includes a new game mode, cross platform play, new heroes, new maps, and gameplay improvements that give fans a bigger and more complete GIGANTIC experience than ever before, while welcoming new players to the action and fun-filled world of a Hero Shooter.”
Some trailers for the free titles:
A review for The Callisto Protocol on Steam reads:
I believe this game gets more hate than it deserves. I don’t find it exceptional comparing it to Dead Space but it’s not a bad game at the end of the day. The graphics are a feast and the overall dark vibes are fun. Now, about the most notable complaint I’ve seen, the combat. For me, it was okay. Repetitive? Yes! Irritating? Not really. It’s OK on lower difficulties. I didn’t want to torture myself playing it on higher difficulty. No, it doesn’t deserve the full price. but it deserves to be taken into consideration during sale.