Epic Games Pulls Plug on Unreal Series
Next year, the Unreal series games will lose access to online features, as will a handful of other titles, and they are already disappearing from sales.
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Epic Games Dance Central series, with the exception of the VR unveiling) and several other game will offer multiplayer only in local mode.
The company made this decision to focus exclusively on ing the free suite of services Epic Online Services, offering a shared friends list, s and other features.
Games losing network features
- 1000 Tiny Claws
- Dance Central 1-3
- Green Day: Rock Band
- Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess
- Rock Band 1-3
- The Beatles: Rock Band
- Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars
- Unreal Gold
- Unreal II: The Awakening
- Unreal Tournament 2003
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- Unreal Tournament 3
- Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
Epic Games has already begun to withdraw the above games and add-ons from digital distribution (including from Steam; example via SteamDB). For now, the Unreal series is still available on GOG.com.
In addition, Battle Breakers, which debuted in 2019.
Fortunately, the company also announced that eventually Epic Games will still return to the series, or that at least fans will bring back online features in the iconic shooter on their own.
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