{"id":478896,"date":"2026-02-16T17:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478896\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:34:13","slug":"your-epic-week-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478896\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Epic week in review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019m trying something new starting this week. As you may know, Pad & Pixel maintains the Epic Games Store\u2019s news page, overseeing and creating 40 to 50 stories a month for the store.<\/p>\n

I thought subscribers might be interested in a short round-up of what\u2019s being created each week.<\/p>\n

Please do let me know what you think and how we can improve it.<\/p>\n

Now, on with Dave Tach\u2019s round-up.<\/p>\n

Good morning,<\/p>\n

Last week, the Epic Games Store\u2019s news page was filled with diverse stories about creating a game in war-torn Ukraine, reconnecting a fragmented world, finding great games for Valentine\u2019s Day and Galentine\u2019s Day, becoming a soccer hero (but not in the way you\u2019d expect!), and much more. Here\u2019s your week in review.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s huge Epic Games Winter Sale was more intimate, with a tour of great and discounted games<\/a> from AAA blockbusters to indie darlings.<\/p>\n

Capture the flag meets a ticking clock and hidden treasure<\/a> in developer Night Street Games\u2019 Last Flag.<\/p>\n

A team of scrappy liberators<\/a> is on the hunt for stolen and stashed African artifacts in developer Nyamakop\u2019s Relooted.<\/p>\n

From war-torn Ukraine, a core team of developers at The Future Entertainment Company is building the Purple Lands<\/a>, filling it with a mysterious fog, and populating it with nightmarish mutations in DDoD.<\/p>\n

Practice makes perfect for mastering every motorbike class<\/a> in RIDE 6, an arcade racing game that goes big on realism.<\/p>\n

Valentine\u2019s Day is a natural time to share with those you love, and the Epic Games Store is full of games to give and play together<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark brought America\u2019s 34th-most haunted city<\/a> to the Epic Games Store mobile app for free.<\/p>\n

Save humanity from extinction<\/a> and connect survivors from Mexico to Australia. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, coming soon to the Epic Games Store.<\/p>\n

Backed by more than 30,000 members\u2014developers, business leaders, and more\u2014The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences lauded the year\u2019s best games<\/a> at its annual DICE Awards.<\/p>\n

Women-led games from the Epic Games Store took center stage on Feb. 13, better known as Galentine\u2019s Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s only one way to unlock the secret ending: Become an expert Coffin hunter<\/a> in REANIMAL.<\/p>\n

The players on the pitch may get the glory, but you\u2019ll become the unsung hero<\/a> in developer Triple Espresso S.A.\u2019s Copa City as you manage money, volunteers, specialists, fans, and more for huge soccer events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019m trying something new starting this week. As you may know, Pad & Pixel maintains the Epic Games…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-478896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}