Epic paid devs nearly $12 million for 9 months of Epic Games Store free games '); } Epic Games paid out nearly $12 million to game developers and publishers in an early effort to use free game promotions as a way to drive new users to its then-fledgling Epic Games Store. This data comes straight from Epic Games itself, and is one of the many documents shared as part of the legal battle between Epic and iPhone-maker Apple that finally went to trial today. The document, shared by GameDiscoveryCo founder Simon Carless, takes a look at the first nine months of the Epic Games Store's free game promotions, and breaks down how much Epic paid to feature a game, how many folks it brought into the platform, and how much Epic ended up paying per new user.