This week, air combat fans will get their money's worth

Anyone who reads air battles will probably first think of spectacular dogfights from flight simulations such as Ace Combat, Project Wingman or DCS World. However, the current free game of the week from Epic Games has little to do with that.

Instead of using airplanes, you fight in The Falconeer on a falcon. And we don't mean Han Solo's legendary Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, but a real bird of prey. We present you titles.

Free game of the week: The Falconeer

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The Falconeer – Game scenes from the air combat RPG

The Falconeer is a solo project by Dutch developer Tomas Sala, who role-playing game fans might know from his Skyrim mod Moonpath to Elsweyr. However, The Falconeer has little to do with the Elder Scrolls universe.

The Falconeer is set in a fantasy world called the Great Ursee, which is filled with beasts, rival factions, and secrets above and below ground. Here you take on the role of a Falconeer, a powerful warrior of the skies who travels the world to resolve disputes and uncover secrets.

On the back of a majestic warbird, you can engage in breathtaking aerial battles with pirates, octopuses and other threats. Oh yes: Your falcon can shoot lasers. With earned shards you can upgrade your bird and adapt it to your individual play style – so there's a bit of role-playing involved too.

For its artistic approach, The Falconeer 2021 was even nominated for a BAFTA Award by the British Film AcademyThe Unity engine serves as the technical framework for the game.

Click here to see the wings of the falcon

By the way: This year, the game even received a construction strategy spin-off called Bulwark: The Falconeer Chronicles. You can find out how it plays in our test by colleague Reiner Hauser:

What other games are free?

For the sake of completeness, we do not want to withhold from you the fact that GOG, the games marketplace of CD Projekt, also has There is a permanent selection of free titlesincluding the first two Elder Scrolls games, Daggerfall and Arena. It's worth checking in here regularly, especially for fans of retro games.

For a limited time, GOG is currently offering to pick up the action adventure The First Templar in the special edition. In it, you follow the adventures of a Templar Knight and a noble lady accused of heresy on their search for the Holy Grail.

To the free games at GOG

Is that all?

That's it for this week with the free games – but we have another really great way for you to get lots of great games for as little money as possible. Because the big Summer Sale has been running on Steam for a few days now with many super discounts.

Our colleague Daniel Hartmann has compiled twelve particularly affordable recommendations for you in a practical collection article:

You can find out more about Epic and current free games in the link box above. If there wasn't a free game that suited you this week, just come back next week when the next game giveaway arrives.