Epic Games Store has checkout issues for holiday sale, free Shenmue 3

The Epic Games Store’s annual holiday sale kickoff, leavened with an offer of free Shenmue 3This has brought in a great deal of traffic to the marketplace. Users are advised that there may be delays and errors when they checkout.

Possibly aggravating the situation is the fact that the Epic Games Store — which is still just 3 years old — only added a shopping cart feature last week. That’s right: You can now buy multiple things with one click. (“We know, we know,” Epic said in a tweet Dec. 9.)

Multi-item carts are key in getting the best value from a $10 coupon. This applies to any game that is priced at $14.99 and more. That means folks buying three $14.99 games would get a combined $30 off — in such a case, that’s buy one, get two free.

Many games are priced higher (and some others don’t meet the threshold), but still, so many are taking the deal that Epic had to place a 50-game limit on checkouts for the sale, which runs until Jan. 6.

This filter shows everything that’s $14.99 and up, but if you’re looking for three good ones that are within range of that figure, Death’s Door Is $14.99 The Forgotten City It is $18.74 Hitman 3The price of a deluxe version is just $23.99, which is a little more than the original. But all three are among Polygon’s 50 best games of 2021.

If Hitman 3’s price is too much, there’s always Sid Meier’s Civilization 6 Starting at $14.99 Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 For $19.99 or more, Hades At $16.24.

Current releases have been reduced by 30% to 40% due to the holiday sale Battlefield 2042, Far Cry 6, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Marvel’s Guardians of the GalaxyAnd Back 4 BloodThese can be found in the range of $35-42.

These are all presumptions that your cart can be picked up, packed, and checked out. Epic Games Store’s official Twitter account said support staff are “actively investigating and working to scale.”