I'm bringing back the EA store and adding new things to the search engine
24/6/2025
With the Steam Summer Sale on Thursday, I preferred to wait to program demonic code because they will probably be the same old deals, but at the database level, I think this time I'll exceed a million operations per hour on a server with worse specs than any of your smartphones.
Now, the things I've done in the last week:
- I have largely restored support for the Electronic Arts store and the EA Play subscription. I have been able to access sections of their new API, although there are a couple of issues. I don't have access to all of their games through the new API (I managed to load 106 games but am missing 7), and the information given about EA Play doesn't specify whether it's access to the full game or if it's a trial of X hours of play. Although at least I can offer you direct links to the deals (something very useful with the EA website disaster) and not have to keep updating data manually because I don't have lackeys employed to handle this.
- Added a box with the latest additions to any of the subscriptions. Thanks to a suggestion on Subscriptions, I've added a box to show you the latest games being added to the subscriptions. Now the list is a bit bulky thanks to the recovery of EA Play.
- Added support for links in the search box. If you have a Steam, GOG, or Epic game link copied to the clipboard, you can now paste it into the search box and a result will be displayed if I have the game in my database.
- Added dynamic link support in the search box. In case you want to share your search with someone, I've added a copy button to the search box. This button copies a link to the clipboard, adds a tag to what you searched for, and can be loaded from any device.
- Added a new link format for games. In case you're too lazy to copy a link to my search engine, you can now also access the games by typing directly into your browser: https://pepeizqdeals.com/game/steam/[id steam], https://pepeizqdeals.com/game/gog/[slug gog], and https://pepeizqdeals.com/game/epic/[slug epic].
I've also fixed a couple of bugs related to real-time updates that were really bothering me.