Indie Classic FEZ Free On The Epic Games Store From August 22 - 29

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Indie Classic FEZ Will Be Free On The Epic Games Store August 22 - 29

The Epic Games Store adds another free classic in FEZ, which will be able to be claimed next week. Via: Polytron Vimeo Page The is continuing full speed ahead with its plan to , and has announced that FEZ will be the next game that players will be able to snag for free. The game features Gomez, a 2D character who discovers the existence of a mystical third dimension, who is forced to continually shift his perspective as he travels across strange unknown realms to retrieve pieces of a shattered cube. Via: Polytron Vimeo Page Developed over a grueling five-year period by Phil Fish, FEZ was featured as part of the 2012 documentary Indie Game: The Movie, which showed at Sundance shortly before the game went on sale. After its release, FEZ was and sold in the millions of copies. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY A sequel to FEZ was reportedly in the works, but was canceled after a . A cancellation announcement was , and Fish has since deleted his Twitter page and practically disappeared from the public eye. Since then, he was involved in the . FEZ will be offered for free from August 22 through August 29, immediately after the current free offerings -- . Previous games that have been offered for free include Those who pick up the games while they're free will can keep them in their Epic Game Store library forever. The weekly free games promotion is one of several strategies that Epic is using to lure players away from established game stores such as Steam, UPlay, and Origin. The most controversial of these strategies is the company to gain the exclusive rights to release games on their platform. While few have complained about the free games, many have criticized the exclusivity contracts, which has before the deals were signed, and has forced players to use a game store that is . It remains to be seen what other free games Epic will offer before the end of the year, but if the past is indication, there will be many more classics to come.