Hogwarts Legacy is the first of Epic's annual Holiday Sale, which includes discounts, 20% back on purchases that you can use on other purchases, and finally, gifting. That's right, seven years after the Epic Games Store launched and 18 years after Steam figured it out, you can now buy games on Epic and give them as gifts to your friends.

There was a scramble when this freebie was revealed at The Game Awards, leading to Hogwarts Legacy being unavailable for some - but that's settled down.

Epic Games is giving free rewards through the Epic Games Store, which can be accessed on a browser or their launcher. To claim these rewards, players have to visit the Epic Games Store and scroll down to the Epic Extras section. Here, 13 rewards will be listed, and players must claim them individually by pressing the Get button.

Epic Games Store typically offers a free weekly game, but next week it will be a little different and special. Here's why.

If you want to pick up Hogwarts Legacy for free, all you need to do is log in to the Epic Games Store and claim it. It will be free until Thursday, Dec. 18 at 11 a.m. EST, when the next mystery game will be revealed.

The Epic Games Store is down right now, which is unfortunate for PC gamers trying to claim the latest free game. Every Thursday, Epic Games Store users have the chance to claim new free games for their digital libraries. Typically, the Epic Games Store free games are given away in the morning, but the latest EGS free game was delayed.

Hogwarts Legacy is free on the Epic Games Store for a limited time. Once claimed, it stays in your library forever and can be downloaded anytime.

The Epic Games Store has a new free game this week. This time users are getting one of the best roguelites around.

Apple persuaded a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to reverse parts of a court order requiring the iPhone maker to make changes to its lucrative App Store to promote greater competition, but lost its bid to overturn a sweeping injunction.

Hogwarts Legacy has been made free to claim for a limited time on the Epic Games Store. The game is currently free to claim, but the offer will end on December 18. The deal also marks the start of the Epic Games Store Holiday Sale.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has said that he will never agree to share revenue with Apple for external purchases linked from iOS apps, even after a U.S. appeals court ruled that Apple is entitled to charge a reasonable fee for such transactions.