Players have been wondering what the Epic Games Store Kestrel game is. It seemed to appear out of nowhere and fittingly, it has something to do with raccoons.
If you loaded up the Epic Games Store today looking to play another round of Fortnite, you might have found something new and different in the launcher. In certain cases, users are seeing Epic Games Store Kestrel show up in their account without warning. What is Kestrel and why are Epic Games Store users seeing it in their account? More importantly, is it safe to download and install on your computer? In this guide, we’ll explain everything we know about Epic Games Store Kestrel and where it came from.
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For those Fortnite players who are as of yet unaware, the Epic Games Store is a new Steam competitor that Epic Games recently opened through their launcher. Not only can you fight it out for a Victory Royale, but you can now also play games like Ashen, Darksiders 3 and Hello Neighbor: Hide & Seek. Other games coming to the service in the future include World War Z, Super Meat Boy Forever, and the PC port of PlayStation 3 classic, Journey.
As part of the introductory period for the storefront, Epic Games is giving out free games to its customer. Every two weeks, another game is added to the service, and it’s on the house if you grab it within that time period. As of now, the free game is Unknown Worlds’ Subnautica, an underwater survival game. Starting just after Christmas on December 28, you can grab the original Super Meat Boy free of charge in order to get ready for the runner sequel.
As the Epic Games Store is a brand new service, the available library is limited. In fact, outside of Epic’s own games, there are currently only 13 options.
