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The Epic Games store operation will be held on December 26 on the Chinese SNS Weibo.ROAD OF DEATH)” Comment on free distribution. He revealed that it was a mistake to deliver “Death Stranding Director’s Cut” early in distribution.
The Epic Games store is a PC game distribution platform operated by Epic Games. The store has been giving out free games every day since December 16th. Today, December 27th, “Fist Darkness of Guren Castle” (Related article). And yesterday, “Death Stranding” produced by KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS was distributed for free. While users were excited about the ability to get the hottest titles for free, there were signs of trouble. This is because, although “Death Stranding Director’s Cut (hereinafter referred to as “Director’s Cut”)” was originally released, the distribution title was suddenly replaced with the regular version “Death Stranding”.
“Death Stranding” was released for PS4 in 2019 and “Director’s Cut”, which includes additional elements to the regular version, was released for PS5 in September 2021. Both were later released for PC. Owners of the regular version of “Death Stranding” on any platform can upgrade to “Director’s Cut” at a special price of around 1000 yen.
At the Epic Games store, “Director’s Cut” will be distributed for free from 1:00 on the 26th, and will be a hot topic. However, the title of the distribution was changed to “Death Stranding” without any notice. Due to these circumstances, it has been pointed out that “the first release of ‘Director’s Cut’ was a mistake”.
Indeed, it seems that the distribution of the “Director’s Cut” was a mistake. Official Epic Games store Weibo account for Chinese usersOutputdoing. In the same post, “Death Stranding” was supposed to be distributed under the original contract, and the distribution of “Director’s Cut” was a staff error, and he apologized. It is said that he is arguing with the seller. And there’s also a terrible description that “an employee who made a mistake was demoted to a part-time job.” However, the post has a somewhat loose vibe overall, with a comical image of him violently kneeling on the ground.
What is interesting is that so far there are no similar Weibo posts on the English and Japanese store’s official SNS. In the above post, the target of the apology is “everyone who didn’t get the ‘Director’s Cut'”. In other words, it is an excuse for the inequality that some users received the remastered version while the rest received the regular version. There were rumors of disappointment from users in every region, saying, “I couldn’t get the ‘Director’s Cut,'” but such reactions were most evident on Weibo in China, and it may have been a priority to comment of apologies. Community response will also vary from region to region.
But whichever version you get, you’ll be lucky to be able to play a blockbuster game for free. Updates to “Director’s Cut” in the Epic Games store are on sale 40% off for 768 yen until 1am January 6.CurrentEpic Games Store“Fist: Darkness of the Guren Castle” is distributed free for one day only. The distribution period is until 1:00 am on December 28, 2022.
