Epic Games Store tries to be like Steam: Plans to add Mods, User Reviews, Cloud Saves and more
With weekly game gifts, the Epic Games Store promotes new users. Also in terms of features, the online store will be greatly expanded in the future - to catch up with other platforms such as Steam.
Mid-term projects include user reviews, wish lists and mod support for games.There is now an updated roadmap that provides an overview of the upcoming functions:
The project is deposited at Trello.com. The features listed there are divided into short, medium and long-term projects.
New Feautres in July (this month):
- Cloud Saves
- Offline Mode Enhancements
- Game Libary tweaking
- Reduced Ubisoft Install Size
- Brazillian Currency Support
- Imoroved Store Video Hosting
- Store Page Reworked Design
- and more
Improvments the next 4 - 6 Months
- User Reviews
- Wishlists
- News Feed (with option to follow certain games)
- Price Adjusting Bundles
- Additnial Payment Methods for many regions
- Additional Currencies
- Mod Support for Games!
- and more
In More than 6 Months
- Achievements
- Shopping Cart
- Direct Carrier Billing
- General Social Overhaul (e.g. Friends-Function)
No Date Announed yet, but planned
- Automated Refunds
- Gifting
- Android Store
Previously, Epic Games had published a search engine for genres and improved DLC support for the store. In addition, launcher crashes have been fixed under various setups.
Torchlight is currently available for free in the Epic Games Store. From the 18th of July you get the full version of Limbo. Epic Games wants to give away a PC game weekly by the end of the year.
