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www.destructoid.com/epic-just-keeps-getting-exciting-new-exclusives-for-its-store-547078.phtml
Epic buys more exclusives, tho some of the games will also be available on Windows 10 Store and/or Humble Store, looks like it's just for the sake of it not appearing on Steam.

I freaking hope they do run out of money! I also hope more gamers will not support EGS. Do we want to be corral like sheep?

baaaaaaaaa! 

I really hope enough PC gamers are smart enough not to enable this stupid console war on PC... This shit needs to stop!
But knowing how little impulse control a lot of people have, they must have the new shiny right now. So launcher number 342 it is. After all, it's an easy click away! *sigh*

www.pcgamesn.com/cyberpunk-2077/cdprojekt-new-rpg
CDPR plans to release 2 games by 2021, one of them is CP2077, which means it could release this year or 2020.
There's no info on the other game, just speculation that it might be another Witcher game that's focused on Ciri.

www.pcgamer.com/au/epic-on-pulling-metro-exodus-from-steam-we-dont-want-to-do-that-ever-again/
In GDC 2019 Epic claims they want to avoid exclusives like the Metro Exodus where the game was already available on other platforms, except that in the same event they just announced exclusive games that were previously going to be on Steam lol.

Afterparty
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Control
Industries of Titan
Kine
Phoenix Point
The Cycle
The Outer Worlds
The Sinking City

Sinking City? I was looking forward to that one. I liked the Sherlock Holmes games developed by Frogwares and Sinking City seems interesting. Damn
First game that Epic took from me.

Do you think these tweets are something or nothing? I think there is room that it can be both. Hudson retweeted an IGN story of the Game of Thrones guys doing a Old Republic trilogy.

Found this online ( heavy sarcasm alert):

Tencent owns 40% of Epic games, making them a huge shareholder in the company. Tencent also happens to be the biggest video game company on the planet. In other words, I'm confident that we're perfectly safe giving our information to a launcher that feeds user info to the Chinese government.

It is developer and publisher friendly since it gives more of a cut to the devs (Epic's 12% vs Steam's 30% cut). Just ignore the fact that Valve said that it would lower its usual 30 percent take to 25 percent for any game's earnings beyond $10 million (including "game packages, DLC, in-game sales, and Community Marketplace game fees"). Or the fact that the platform fee reduces further to 20 percent for earnings that surpass $50 million. In other words, it would only be an 8% difference in profit (And Steam would outsell Epic anyway so it would end up as more profit for the devs and publishers). Just ignore all that.

Exclusivity is the same as competition, obviously. Letting Metro Exodus sell in multiple stores would be terrible since Epic Games is obviously the superior breed. It would only humiliate everyone else. Steam has been a reliable, well populated, and established distribution platform for too long. Don’t you want to split up that obnoxiously large game library into separate launchers? Just download Epic Games Launcher, and you can play a whole 20+ games! WOW! Plus its got like… 4 exclusives or something. AND F0RTN1T3!@#$

Epic Games launcher has amazing benefits to users. 80 million accounts were compromised due to a security “flaw” that allowed hackers to log into accounts without needing a password! This means you get FREE EXPOSURE ONLINE. Get ready to become rich and famous! If you don’t want the free exposure (But why?) just contact customer service. They will get back to you in a measly 5 months or so.

Feature-wise, yes, Steam might have some (tiny) advantages. But it’s nothing important really. Epic Games Launcher is only missing a few things like cloud saves, user profiles, user reviews, friend activity, forums, mod distribution, groups, item trading, library sorting, account sharing, streaming to other devices, broadcasting, screenshot capture/sharing, controller support, user-created guides, wish lists, automatic refunds, achievements, anti-cheat support, 3rd party keys, etc.

Other than that stuff, it’s pretty much Steam but better.

You can’t play games offline on Epic Games Launcher! I mean, why would you want to anyway? It’s not like offline games are worth playing anyway unless you’re online. I’m confident Metro Exodus will be vastly more fun when you’re online vs offline.

Their refund policy is EXACTLY like Steam. Except it’s not automatic, you have to go on a browser and go to their website, contact customer support, and wait 5 months. Oh, and they can refuse refunds even if you meet the criteria.

www.polygon.com/2019/3/25/18281063/doom-eternal-fallout-76-youngblood-pc-steam-version-release-date
Bethesda games are still coming to Steam, maybe they're doing it intentionally so Epic throws more money at them for exclusivity.

www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-03-25-bethesdas-giving-away-free-morrowind-copies-to-celebrate-25-years-of-the-elder-scrolls
Morrowind is temporarily free to celebrate TES being 25 years old, but it's only free on Bethesda's store/launcher.
bethesda.net/

Observation by Devolver Digital and No Code is now Epic exclusive, they even unlisted their trailer, getting lots of dislikes lol.
steamdb.info/app/906100/

Future Devolver Digital games might also be exclusive, so look out:
Eitr
Gato Roboto
Heave Ho
Katana Zero
Metal Wolf Chaos XD
My Friend Pedro
Paradise Never
Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass
Sometimes Always Monsters
The Talos Principle 2
Weedcraft Inc

www.trustedreviews.com/news/exclusive-skybound-games-ceo-walking-dead-opted-epic-games-store-exclusivity-3684656
The entire The Walking Dead series by Telltale is now exclusive to the Epic store, buy Telltale games now before they will also become exclusive.
store.steampowered.com/developer/telltalegames

Epic store is like aids, you can do something to protect yourself. It's up to you.