Leaker drops cryptic hints about last Epic Game Store free game of holiday season
After the Christmas Day Epic Games Store free game leak turned out to be inaccurate, MeguminShiro has stopped dropping hints about the upcoming game giveaways for the holiday season. Another credible leaker, Billbil-kun, appears to be filling the shoes of MehuminShiro, and the tipster has recently been accurately revealing what the free title will be moments before the official unveiling.
Today, however, Billbil-kun has shared cryptic hints about the free game that will be available on Epic Games Store from January 2 to January 9 . Like MeguminShiro, Billbil-kun didn't explicitly share what the title will be. Instead, the leaker has dropped clues about it.
Given the cryptic nature of the clues, it's not really clear what the free game will turn out to be. However, the leaker did respond to a comment, saying that Epic Games Store users would need to wait until 2025 to see the title being revealed in the giveaway section.
The image shared by the leaker has the number 16 on it. This hints that the free game Billbil-kun has shared hints about is the 16th giveaway for the holiday season, which, as mentioned above, will start on January 2, 2025. The leaker has also shared a broken Epic Games Store link as a clue, which has "OlderThanMG9-XXX0X6" in it.
As for the "OlderThanMG9," the leaker is possibly implying that the 16th free game will be older than the mystery title number 9, which is Ghostrunner 2. That game was released in 2023, so the last giveaway will be an older title, but there are tons of games that match this description.
Regarding the "XXX0X6" part, it could simply be implying that the game was released in 2016. Another clue that the leaker has shared is: "G\V3A^A§ #16." This could be decoded as "giveaway #16," which again suggests that the hint is about the last giveaway.
While nothing solid has been guessed by anyone yet, X users are speculating that this free game on Epic Games Store could be Assassin's Creed Mirage. Some are even guessing it to be Grand Theft Auto Trilogy. However, none of them were released in 2016.
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