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Epic Games Store Now Requiring Two Factor Authentication For Free Games

April 29, 2020 by Dennis Patrick

Secure your account further and enjoy some free games.

When it comes to two-step authentications, it’s usually a good practice to use them on whatever you may have an account on. It’s just another means to secure your account and keeping a tighter privacy measure over potential hackers. As a result, most services offer a means to enable authentication though it’s usually just a bonus measure available rather than a requirement. That’s however not going to be the case for Epic Games Store, at least for a brief period of time. 

It was recently announced that if you wish to claim free video games going forward until May 21, 2020, you will have to enable the two-step authentication. This is something you can do right now or you will get prompted to set up a two-step authentication when the next free game is offered and you attempt to claim a copy. 

Interestingly enough, it’s not a requirement forever as it’s just a short period of time in hopes that the prompt and a few weeks is all users need to secure their accounts even further than just the standard email and password. While it’s only a matter of time before you’ll have to go through the prompt in order to get a free game, it’s likely something that most will have no problem with.

All this will do is require another step in logging in or authenticating your account such as having a message sent to your phone with a login code. At any rate, right now the Epic Games Store is offering For The King until tomorrow when the new free games will be Amnesia: The Dark Descent along with Crashlands.

Source: Epic Games

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