Borderlands: The Handsome Collection – FREE for a limited time!

As part of Epic’s plan to drive more players to its platform Epic gives away a game for free every week, occasionally Epic Games will give away multiple games but not every week. This weeks game being given away for free was last week kept a secret as a ‘Mystery Game’. Now Epic has revealed that this weeks game is none other than Borderlands: The Handsome Collection. That means you get both Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-sequel plus all of their DLC except the Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary DLC which is not included.

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection will be free to add to your library until the 4th of June so make sure to grab it while you can! A couple of weeks ago now you may recall we highlighted a potential leak for the upcoming ‘Mystery Games’. It seems that with the announcement of Civilization VI and now Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, that the source is absolutely correct and confirmed. Based on that information we already know that Ark: Survival Evolved will be next weeks ‘Mystery Game’.

Epic games has also revealed earlier today that they are also giving away Sludge Life for FREE to keep FOREVER for a whole year. You have until 28th May 2021 to grab yourself a copy.

Previous games Epic has given away for free during the 2019 period are as follows.

• Subnautica – 12th December 2018 – 27th December 2018
• Super Meat Boy – 28th December 2018 – 10th January 2019
• What Remains of Edith Finch – 11th January 2019 – 24th January 2019
• The Jackbox Party Pack – 25th January 2019 – 7th February 2019
• Axiom Verge – 8th February 2019 – 21st February 2019
• Thimbleweed Park – 22nd February 2019 – 7th March 2019
• Slime Rancher – 8th March 2019 – 21st March 2019
• Oxenfree – 22nd March 2019 – 4th April 2019
• The Witness – 5th April 2019 – 19th April 2019
• Transistor – 19th April 2019 – 2nd May 2019
• World Of Goo – 3rd May 2019 – 16th May 2019
• Stories Untold – 17th May 2019 – 30th May 2019
• RiME – 23rd May 2019 – 30th May 2019
• City Of Brass – 31st May 2019 – 6th June 2019
• Kingdom New Lands – 7th June 2019 – 13th June 2019
• Enter The Gungeon – 14th June 2019 – 20th June 2019
• Rebel Galaxy – 21st June 2019 – 27th June 2019
• The Last Day Of June – 28th June 2019 – 4th July 2019
• Overcooked – 5th July 2019 – 11th July 2019
• Torchlight – 12th July 2019 – 18th July 2019
• LIMBO – 19th July 2019 – 25th July 2019
• Moonlighter & This War Of Mine – 26th July 2019 – 2nd August 2019
• For Honor & Alan Wake – 3rd August 2019 – 9th August 2019
• GNOG – 9th August 2019 – 15th August 2019
• Hyper Light Drifter & Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden – 16th August 2019 – 22nd August 2019
• Fez – 23rd August 2019 – 29th August 2019
• Celeste & Inside – 30th August 2019 – 5th September 2019
• Abzu & The End Is Nigh – 6th September 2019 – 12th September 2019
• Conarium – 13th September 2019 – September 18th 2019
• 6 Batman games in Celebration of 80 Years of Batman – 19th September 2019 – 25th September 2019
  • LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame
  • LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes
  • LEGO® Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Batman: Arkham City
  • Batman: Arkham Knight
• Everything & Metro 2033 Redux – 26th September 2019 – 3rd October 2019
• Minit – 4th October 2019 – 10th October 2019
• Surviving Mars – 11th October 2019 – 17th October 2019
• Observer & Alan Wake’s American Nightmare – 18th October 2019 – 24th October 2019
• Layers of Fear & Q.U.B.E.2 – 25th October 2019 – 31st October 2019
• SOMA & Costume Quest – 1st November 2019 – 7th November 2019
• Nuclear Throne and Ruiner – 8th November 2019 – 14th November 2019
• The Messenger – 15th November 2019 – 21st November 2019
• Bad North – 22nd November 2019 – 29th November 2019
• Rayman Legends – 30th November 2019 – 6th December 2019
• Jotun: Valhalla Edition – 7th December 2019 – 12th December 2019
• The Escapists and The Wolf Among Us – 13th December 2019 – 19th December 2019
• 12 Days of Free Games seasonal event – 20th December 2019 – 1st January 2020
  • Into The Breach – 20th December 2019
  • TowerFall Ascension – 21st December 2019
  • Superhot – 22nd December 2019
  • Little Inferno – 23rd December 2019
  • Ape Out – 24th December 2019
  • Celeste – 25th December 2019
  • Totally Accurate Battle Simulator – 26th December 2019
  • Faster Than Light – 27th December 2019
  • Hyper Light Drifter – 28th December 2019
  • Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun – 29th December 2019
  • The Talos Principle – 30th December 2019
  • Hello Neighbor – 31st December 2019
  • Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair – 1st January 2020

Since starting the free game giveaways in 2018 and throughout 2019 Epic gave away 73 games worth approximately $1450 that had been claimed over 200 million times.

Previous games Epic has given away for free during 2020 are as follows.

• Steep, Darksiders I & Darksiders II – 2nd January 2020 – 9th January 2020
• Sundered Eldritch Edition – 10th January 2020 – 16th January 2020
• Horace – 17th January 2020 – 23rd January 2020
• The Bridge – 24th January 2020 – 30th January 2020
• Farming Simulator 19 – 31st January 2020 – 6th February 2020
• Carcassonne & Ticket to Ride – 7th February 2020 – 13th February 2020
• Aztez & Kingdom Come: Deliverance – 14th February 2020 – 20th February 2020
• Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate & Faeria – 21st February 2020 – 27th February 2020
• InnerSpace – 28th February 2020 – 5th March 2020
• GoNNER & Offworld Trading Company – 6th March 2020 – 12th March 2020
• A Short Hike, Anodyne 2: Return to Dust & Mutazione – 13th March 2020 – 19th March 2020
• Watch Dogs & The Stanley Parable – 20th March 2020 – 26th March 2020
• Figment, World War Z & Tormentor x Punishment – 27th March 2020 – 2nd April 2020
• Gone Home & Hob – 3rd April 2020 – 9th April 2020
• Close to the Sun & Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments – 10th April 2020 – 16th April 2020
• Just Cause 4 & Wheels of Aurelia – 17th April 2020 – 23rd April 2020
• For The King – 18th April 2020 – 30th April 2020
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent & Crashlands – 1st May 2020 – 7th May 2020
• Death Coming – 8th May 2020 – 14th May 2020
• Grand Theft Auto V – 15th May 2020 – 21st May 2020
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VI – 22nd May 2020 – 28th May 2020

Now that is one crazy games library if you grabbed each and every one of them for free while you could!