Epic Games is starting to shut down online services for a large selection of its older games, including rock band 1 by means of 3, The Beatles: Rock bandand Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004. The company is making the changes because “we are moving to exclusively support Epic Online Services with its unified friend system, voice chat features, parental controls, and parental verification features,” as stated in a blog post on Wednesday.
The closures begin Wednesday. For the games below, online services will be completely disabled on January 24, but you will still be able to play single player or offline multiplayer. Epic is also starting to remove the games from digital stores (where you can still purchase them) and disable in-game DLC purchases.
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-propelled combat vehicles
Unreal gold
Unreal II: The Awakening
Unreal Tournament 2003
Unreal Tournament 2004
Unreal Tournament 3
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
If you are disappointed to see Unreal Tournament 3 on the list, I have some good news: Epic says it plans to bring back online features to the game in the future. As spotted by deals expert Wario64Is there already a Steam page called for a game Unreal Tournament 3 X, and according to the listing, it will be free with crossplay between Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG.
confusing, Unreal Tournament 3 Xs the release date is listed as November 19, 2007, and there is a message that the game is “no longer available” in the store. But given that Unreal Tournament 3 originally launched that same day, it looks like Epic is repurposing the older game’s Steam page for the newer release. Epic declined to comment.
As regards Rock bandthat Epic picked up as part of its Harmonix acquisition in 2021, the studio says rock band 4 online multiplayer will remain available. But with the closures to the other Rock band games are on the list, you will not be able to purchase DLC songs, which means you will not be able to expand your song libraries once DLC purchases are completely disabled.
Epic is also making changes for a few other games and apps. On Wednesday, the Mac and Linux versions of the avian dating simulators Hateful friend and Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star and the mobile game Drop Mix will be removed from storefronts. Impact breakersa free-to-play RPG, will be discontinued on December 30. Unreal Tournament (Alpha), Rock band Blitzthe Rock Band Companion app and VR karaoke game SingSpace will close on January 24.
