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Quiver333

Dec 14, 2022 @ 9:12am

Aaand... it's gone

Yep, all Unreal/UT games got delisted from Steam + master servers for these are shutting down. Gotta patch UT3 again I guess

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Traveller Dec 14, 2022 @ 9:19am

No one played them anyway. UT3 is going F2P though.
It might bring some players in.

wedge

Dec 14, 2022 @ 9:38am

UT3 Black Edition is being renamed to UT3 X, is going to be free to play with crossplay between Steam, GOG and EGS. Not sure when it will be released.

Quiver333

Dec 14, 2022 @ 9:55am

whoah, I guess UT4 really didn't do well at all

BombermanGOLDEN Dec 14, 2022 @ 9:57am

Originally posted by Quiver333:
whoah, I guess UT4 really didn't do well at all

Because they didn't do ANYTHING with UT4.
Literally just sat on it when Fornite was released and took off like a rocket, so the pulled the dev team off of UT4 to focus on making more money via Fornite.

AsG_Alligator has Unreal Tournament 3: Black Edition

Dec 14, 2022 @ 10:24am

Originally posted by mebesara:
No one played them anyway. UT3 is going F2P though.
It might bring some players in.

Unreal 1 and 2 were singleplayer games and got delisted too. Epic is trying to regain the spotlight of being the worst company again.

The Asgorian Bugsong has Unreal Tournament 3: Black Edition

Dec 14, 2022 @ 10:36am

Knowing epic, I'll give em 1-2 years of trying to make ut3 work before they pull the plug on it and pretend the series never existed.

Last edited by The Asgorian Bugsong; Dec 14, 2022 @ 10:40am

Traveller Dec 14, 2022 @ 10:38am

Originally posted by AsG_Alligator:
Originally posted by mebesara:
No one played them anyway. UT3 is going F2P though.
It might bring some players in.

Unreal 1 and 2 were singleplayer games and got delisted too. Epic is trying to regain the spotlight of being the worst company again.

It says they were both multiplayer so again no one plays them.

Turning off servers to 22 year old dead games = worst company

Stop playing games made with their engine.

Quiver333

Dec 14, 2022 @ 10:40am

Originally posted by mebesara:
Originally posted by AsG_Alligator:

Unreal 1 and 2 were singleplayer games and got delisted too. Epic is trying to regain the spotlight of being the worst company again.
It says they were both multiplayer so again no one plays them.

Turning off servers to 22 year old dead games = worst company :cozybethesda:
Stop playing games made with their engine.

still not a great reason to delist them though, since people still have access to dedicated servers and even custom master servers.

shade00

Dec 14, 2022 @ 11:11am

still on gog for anyone who never got a chance to play them
sadly 3 black was never on there so its original is to be UPDATED unless we halt the updates on our end

sad we must work to keep what we bought

Ki11s0n3

Dec 14, 2022 @ 12:15pm

Looks like Unreal Tournament is officially dead.

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shade00

Dec 14, 2022 @ 12:19pm

Originally posted by Ki11s0n3:
Looks like Unreal Tournament is officially dead.

it shall remain, folks will make a server system for the games of there own, we dont need epic, theyll make a mod bypass to go too private server browser.
think they did this for the original

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EliteSarge has Unreal Tournament 3: Black Edition

Dec 14, 2022 @ 12:22pm

Epic crapping on the legacy of UT. What a surprise. Fortnite has been the worst thing to happen to Epic and the game industry.

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TheDeeGee

Dec 14, 2022 @ 12:44pm

Guess all Unreal games have now become abandonware.

Archive.org will take care of it.

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shade00

Dec 14, 2022 @ 12:51pm

Originally posted by TheDeeGee:
Guess all Unreal games have now become abandonware.

Archive.org will take care of it.

no no they still own the copyright
thats not how abandonware works, they still own the rights to the unreal series they never gave that up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware

Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, and for which no official support is available.[1]

Within an intellectual rights contextual background, abandonware is a software (or hardware) sub-case of the general concept of orphan works. Museums and various organizations dedicated to preserving this software continue to provide legal access.[2]

The term "abandonware" is broad, and encompasses many types of old software. Definitions of "abandoned" vary, but in general it is like any item that is abandoned – it is ignored by the owner, and as such product support and possibly copyright enforcement are also "abandoned".[3]

copyright enforcement has not ended, epic would sue if someone tried to give them away for free most likely

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