India, Dec. 12 -- Epic Games has dropped one of its biggest free game surprises of the year. Hogwarts Legacy, the popular open-world role-playing game set in the Wizarding World, is currently available for free on the Epic Games Store for PC users. The catch? The offer is live only for a limited time.

If you claim the game during the giveaway window, it stays in your Epic Games library permanently, even after the promotion ends. You don't need a subscription, and you don't have to download it immediately. For gamers who skipped the title at launch due to its premium price, this is a rare chance to grab a major AAA release at zero cost.

Epic Games is a household name these days for its weekly giveaways of free PC games, but during the ho...