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@Calton: you are going to need to elaborate why you think the advert and the notability tags are merited.

On the notability tag, we have several secondary, independent sources going in-depth about the store and how they believe it will be disruptive. GNG is clearly passed.

On the advert, this is effectively a product and I agree that we would need to avoid writing it like a promo, but the article's structure clearly talks about the store as a new digital marketplace that is competing with Steam. It hasn't been around long enough to general more discussion (is it successful or not, etc.) but what's there doesn't read as an advert to me. --Masem (t) 15:12, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Masem, both tags were obviously placed incorrectly here, so I removed them. Lordtobi (✉) 12:44, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Epic Games Launcher should be in history

Before the Epic Games Store, there was the Epic Games Launcher, which only launched Epic's products such as Fortnite and Unreal Tournament. This probably deserves a paragraph in the history section. Does anyone have any information about this? When did Epic Games create their launcher? Etc. Aaronfranke (talk) 08:28, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

List of Games that have been given by Epic Games Store

Would including this list be good for the page? Chris (talk) 13:37, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Generally no, since no one can take advantage of the free offer after the games are gone. If there was clear evidence of benefit by listed as free for two or more of the games, then we might consider it, presuming the same benefits go to those other games. --Masem (t) 14:21, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Number of games on the Epic Games Store?

Can we list the number of games available on the Epic Games Store? It would be a fairly useful statistic. Aaronfranke (talk) 20:35, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Addition of Controversies Section

Between the aggressive pursuit of exclusive deals (like Metro: Exodus) and the developing steam data snooping scandal, it might be in order to have a section for said controversies and others, moreso since it seems likely there will be more in the future. CommissarPat (talk) 07:05, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 Can we list the number of games available on the Epic Games Store? It would be a fairly useful statistic. [[User:Aaronfranke|Aaronfranke]] ([[User talk:Aaronfranke|talk]]) 20:35, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
+== Addition of Controversies Section ==
+Between the aggressive pursuit of exclusive deals (like [[Metro: Exodus]]) and the developing steam data snooping scandal, it might be in order to have a section for said controversies and others, moreso since it seems likely there will be more in the future. [[User:CommissarPat|CommissarPat]] ([[User talk:CommissarPat|talk]]) 07:05, 16 March 2019 (UTC)