This week in games: Epic gives away six games at once, Rockstar tosses another launcher onto the fire

I hate publisher-specific game launchers. I want to play Red Dead Redemption 2. These two truths are definitely at war this week.

That news, plus Epic goes big on Batman, John Wick Hex and Disco Elysium nail down release dates, Anthem calls it (at least temporarily) quits, Total War goes to Ancient Troy, and more.

This is gaming news for September 16 to 20.

Batman begins

First Epic gave away one game per week. Then, two. Now? Six.

Okay, it’s still “two” technically, but Epic’s giving away two collections this week: Rocksteady’s Arkham Collection trilogy and the three Lego Batman games. There’s at least one stinker in the collection, and it’s Arkham Knight—but still, that’s a hell of a lot of video game for free. Maybe you’ll even be tempted to try out that new “List Mode,” eh?

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