Epic Games Store has been giving away free games since its inception, but recent weeks has seen the quality of the free games increase considerably. Instead of just giving away smaller indie games, the Epic Games Store has been giving away games like Grand Theft Auto 5 and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection for free as part of its Mega Sale event. Epic Games Store users were expecting to get ARK: Survival Evolved free next, but the free game has turned out to be something completely different instead.

A previous leak of the Epic Games Store free games accurately revealed Grand Theft Auto 5Civilization 6, and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection as free games, and that same leak claimed ARK: Survival Evolved was next up. However, the free game is instead the original Overcooked, which is free from now until June 11 at 10:00am CT. Overcooked will be replaced by another free game on the Epic Games Store next week, though its identity has yet to be revealed.

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It's possible that ARK: Survival Evolved will be next week's free Epic Games Store game, though that remains to be seen. It's possible that plans changed since that initial leak, or maybe the previously leak just wasn't as thorough. Whatever the case may be, Epic Game Store users can claim their free copy of Overcooked now.

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Overcooked is admittedly much smaller in scale when compared to the other games that have been made available for free as part of the Epic Games Store's Mega Sale event, but that doesn't mean it should be written off. Overcooked earned decent reviews at the time of its original release, and it is considered one of the better co-op games to launch in recent years. Some fans may have preferred to see the more fully-featured sequel, Overcooked 2, instead of the original game, but it's hard to complain when the game is free.

In the meantime, it's worth pointing out that ARK: Survival Evolved was the last free game leaked for the Epic Games Store Mega Sale promotion. However, with a new free game already confirmed for next week, it doesn't seem as though Epic Games actually plans on ending its free game giveaways anytime soon.

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