Forum user Reddit under the pseudonym AurumCR1 noted that the Epic Games studio in the Chinese social network Weibo commented on the situation with the recent distribution of the carrier’s action Stranding of death in the services of the Epic Games Store.
Remember, come on distribution start The Director’s Cut of Death Stranding has gone free with additional content and improvementshowever, it was replaced with a standard edition a few hours later.
As it became known, the situation turned out to be the result of an error of a temporary employee of Epic Games, who accidentally installed an extended version of Death Stranding for distribution, and not the usual version.
Epic Games apology message on Weibo (Image source: Reddit)
Epic Games apologized to everyone who wanted to, but did not have time to withdraw the director’s edition of Death Stranding, but noted that its agreement with the game’s publisher (505 Games) assumed exactly the standard version .
Epic Games is currently in talks with the Death Stranding publisher about how to proceed. Shortly after distribution on Reddit there were messages about the loss of the director’s edition from the library, but they have not been confirmed.
Image source: Kojima Productions
Be that as it may, the distribution of even the regular version of Death Stranding in the Epic Games Store has proved to be very popular. The store did not disclose specific indicators, but due to the influx of people, the first few hours worked intermittently.
Death Stranding debuted in November 2019 on PS4, in July 2020 it arrived on PC (Steam, EGS) and in August 2022 on Game Pass for PC. The director’s cut was released in September 2021 on PS5 and in March 2022 it appeared on PC.
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