While Funcom's survival MMO has been around for a while, it isn't on the Epic Games Store yet, and the free offer would have coincided with its launch. Now it's being held back until an unspecified date POE currency trade , and it won't be free.

The Epic Games Store team has decided that Conan Exiles will not be free, but will be available for purchase on the store at a later date.July 2, 2020

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Up until Epic announced the change, Funcom was still teasing it, so it seems to have been very last minute. Conan Exiles has been on Steam for years, so there shouldn't have been many surprises, but whatever the reason neither Epic or Funcom have offered an explanation.

Hue, however, is still up for grabs. It will be free until July 9, and which point it will be replaced by Killing Floor 2, Lifeless Planet and The Escapists 2, which was originally due to appear in June.

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Players have been struggling to play Conan Exiles since its latest update introduced what the community is calling an always-online requirement.

With Update 41, Funcom announced the introduction of "Funcom Live Services", while also removing the previous Denuvo DRM. While the removal of Denuvo is usually a guaranteed home run for any publisher, this update has been plagued by connection problems and other bugs, leading to accusations from players of Funcom hamstringing the game's offline play modes POE orbs .