Epic ditched Death Stranding for Christmas. The success was so massive that he left his servers KO

Epic Games has been surprising us for a long time and giving away free games, but this week it was on another level: the company announced that it will be making a donation on December 25th.”death strandFor PC, a true masterpiece by the legendary Hideo Kojima. Not only this: They were wrong And they made a very good version…and of course, it happened.

Director’s cut. When users started taking advantage of the offer, they realized that Epic Games wasn’t giving up on Death Stranding, but rather “Death Stranding: Director’s Cut‘, the expanded version that supports 4K and 60fps and includes other improvements.

servers down. Soon the news spread widely and many users wanted to get this game and download it on their PC right away. The demand was so strong that at one point the Epic Games servers crashed or displayed errors in the client or during download. Only the fastest could download this special version.

Too good to be true. Obviously, the overload on the servers posed a huge problem for the administrators of Epic, who also realized the error and corrected it: they quickly changed the version of the game that was awarded, and presented Death Stranding in its image. Standard Edition. This isn’t bad at all, for the record.

The problem has been resolved. The initial barrage of downloads gradually subsided and the show, which ended on the 26th at 5pm CEST, brought things back to normal. Problems with servers or the client seem to be a thing of the past, but they certainly show how the success of these giveaways can corrupt the infrastructure of a large company like Epic.

Gifts follow. In the meantime, yes, at Epic Games they continue to introduce new games every day on this particular festival that allows us to expand our libraries, albeit later We won’t be able to play it in our lifetime. Today, for example, They give up “Fist: Forged in Shadow Flame‘, Metroidvania with very good wickerwork.