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Epic Games, Inc. is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded by Tim Sweeney as Potomac Computer Systems in 1991, originally located in his parents’ house in Potomac, Maryland. Following its first commercial video game release, ZZT (1991), the company became Epic MegaGames, Inc. in early 1992 and brought on Mark Rein, who has been its vice president since. After moving the headquarters to Cary in 1999, the studio changed its name to Epic Games.

Epic Games
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Weekend Gamer here to report some free games for you, this first week of July 2026. Over at Epic Games, their free weekly games includes I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream and River City Girls 2 – free until July 9th. So be sure to login and claim these games.

According to my Epic Games library, I have claimed about 650 games, so far. Some of those games, I did end up buying on Epic, simply because I try and support them whenever I get a really good free game.

Both of these games (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream and River City Girls 2), I previously own on GOG and Steam… but always happy to add more to my Epic library.

Check back next week (starting Thursday, July 9) to get Nova Lands and Tattoo Tycoon.

Also, briefly: GOG (Good Old Games) is giving away Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. Offers ends July 6th, 2026, at 1 PM UTC.

If you have Amazon Prime (actually it’s been renamed to Luna) below is a list of free games for the month of July 2026.

CyClones (July 2, GOG)
LoneStar (July 2, Epic Games Store)
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga (July 2, Epic Games Store)
Still There (July 9, GOG)
Regular Factory: Escape Room (July 9, GOG)
Poly Vita (July 16, Legacy Games)
Framed Collection (July 16, GOG)
Escape Academy (July 16, Epic Games Store)
In Sound Mind (July 23, Amazon Games App)
Mystic Academy: Escape Room (July 23, GOG)
Zoria: Age of Shattering (July 30, GOG)
Weakless (July 30, GOG)

Hyperwired
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Hyperwired is the new 2-D roguelike shooter from Sidralgames and Entalto Publishing. The game can be yours for the low price of $7.99 (with a 10% off first week – except for physical disc hater PlayStation). If you’re still not sure, there is a free demo you can try-before-you-buy demo on Steam.

Some key features:

Hold the controls tight and do not get stranded in the void!
Plug in to recharge your energy and manage your resources.
Be Careful! Once plugged, you’ll only be able to move within the range of your cable!
Space is plunged into darkness, activate the spacesockets to clear a level and travel to the next sector.
Choose between 10+ different ships with different gameplay modes!
Blast your mega-laser!
Form an army of rescued stranded ships that will fight alongside you!
Destroy the stages and defeat a large variety of enemies!
Encounter dangerous and challenging BOSSES after each galaxy in your quest.
Holding the breach, dodging enemy bullets, and piloting through narrow hallways shouldn’t be a problem, BUT just in case…
Your ship is equipped with a futuristic Slow-Mo System that you can use almost whenever you want!
Luckily for you, it recharges by collecting energy from dead enemies!
Pick up BATTERIES and discover +250 combinations of bullet modifiers!
Get CHIPS of temporary upgrades by destroying enemies!
Choose between more than 40 upgrades for your ship.
Optimize charge times, improve your firepower, get more cable length…
Become invisible to enemies.
And more!