Epic Games will pull the plug on servers of older game titles on January 24, 2023
Epic Games will pull the plug on servers for some older game titles on January 24, 2023, including Rock Band 1, 2, and 3 and Unreal Tournament: GOTY. The games, and the accompanying DLC, are no longer for sale in the digital storefront of Epic Games as of today.
According to Epic Games are the online servers of 1000 Tiny Claws, Dance Central 1-3, Green Day: Rock Band, Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess, Rock Band 1, Rock Band 2, Rock Band 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, and Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition.
The game Battle Breakers will no longer be playable on December 30 and Rock Band 4’s multiplayer mode will remain available for the time being. Epic Games also reports that it is no longer offering the Mac and Linux versions of games Hatoful Boyfriend and Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star for sale. The mobile game DropMix is also no longer available for purchase.
Most titles can still be played offline, according to Epic Games, while some can no longer be played at all. Epic does not provide further details on this. The company has removed the games and DLC from its digital sales platforms. Epic states that from now on it only wants to support games with Epic Online Services. That online service includes a unified friends list, voice chat and parental control functions.
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