The next Creative Assembly game is announced as an Epic Store exclusive. They do not plan to do the same for future games.
A Total War Saga: Troy, the new installment of the Creative Strategy Dean Saga, will be exclusive to the Epic Store for one year. To sweeten the news, taking into account the close relationship of the saga and its fans with Steam, the developers have chosen a generously aggressive strategy: the game will be free for the first day, which means that from August 13 to 14 We can get the new title for free forever if we have an account in the Epic store.
Troy Horse
We are already used to weekly free games from the digital store, especially the last few weeks in which we have seen important names such as GTA V, Civilization VI or Borderlands. But the idea of seeing a completely new project launched for free on the first day is certainly a striking novelty, especially since it is linked to a renowned saga that does not seem to need such an ambitious media boost – especially since it is linked to such a historical period. rooted in popular culture like the Troy War.
A Total War Saga: TROY will be released on the Epic Games Store on 13 August 2020 – and will be free to keep if claimed within the first 24 hours of release: https://t.co/E1RkT3jZON
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As explained in the British study, the offer that Epic proposed was attractive to expand the saga to new players. Troy is a new project and has no dependencies on other games like Warhammer, it is also included within the Saga, which are usually smaller and more concentrated games than the main installments and also helped by the fact that the reservation period on Steam, so no player would be harmed. Without Epic's financial support, they could not consider offering it for free, and they will not have the opportunity to expand to new markets and users, as that 24-hour offer will allow. All these factors, which ensure that they have not been taken lightly, have made the team choose to accept the exclusivity of 12 months of rigor.
Ahead of the fears and protests of the community, they have already made it clear that they do not plan to sign anything similar with future games, although they do declare their intention to be able to launch on a variety of platforms simultaneously and not be tied to a specific one in the future.
