 | Digital Release | PC March 17, 2008 – Steam November 25, 2008 – GOG.com |
| Delistings | December 14, 2022 – Steam December 23, 2022 – GOG.com |
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| Developer | Epic Games | |
| Publisher | Epic Games | |
| Available On | Retail PC (eBay) |
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| Links | SteamDB page GOG.com page [Archive] |
Delisting
Epic Games announced on December 14th, 2022 that they would be shutting down online services and servers for several older titles on January 24th, 2023. Alongside the announcement the publisher also began removing the games and accompanying DLC from digital stores.
Starting today, we will begin turning off out-of-date online services and servers for many older games in the Epic family as we move to solely support Epic Online Services with its unified friends system, voice chat features, parental controls, and parental verification features. Most titles will be playable offline, while some will no longer be playable. We apologize to the players affected by these changes.
The following titles will have all online services disabled on January 24, after which players can continue playing single or local multiplayer modes offline:
- 1000 Tiny Claws
- Dance Central 1-3
- Note: Dance Central VR online multiplayer will remain available
- Green Day: Rock Band
- Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess
- Rock Band 1-3
- Note: Rock Band 4 online multiplayer will remain available
- The Beatles: Rock Band
- Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars
- Unreal Gold
- Unreal II: The Awakening
- Unreal Tournament 2003 (not available to buy digitally)
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- Unreal Tournament 3
- Note: We have plans to bring back online features via Epic Online Services in the future.
- Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
We have started removing games that were still available from all digital storefronts and are disabling any in-game DLC purchasing as of today. We also removed the Mac and Linux versions of Hatoful Boyfriend and Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star from storefronts today, as well as the mobile title DropMix. Players who already own these titles will still be able to play.
Epic Games Announcement – December 14, 2022 [Archive]
Battle Breakers will shut down and no longer be accessible to players on December 30. We will automatically refund players for any in-game purchases made via Epic direct payment 180 days prior to today. Unreal Tournament (Alpha), Rock Band Blitz, Rock Band Companion app and SingSpace will be shut down and no longer accessible to players on January 24.
Thank you to all of the players and communities who have enjoyed these titles over the years.
Unreal Gold, Unreal II, Unreal Tournament, UT 2003 and 2004, and Unreal Tournament 3 were all removed from sale on Steam on the same day of the announcement. GOG.com was able to publish their own announcement on December 20th giving players just a few days to pick up the titles before they were also delisted there on December 23rd.
We’d like to inform you that due to the publisher’s decision, Unreal Tournament 2004 Editor’s Choice Edition, Unreal 2: The Awakening Special Edition, Unreal Tournament GOTY, and Unreal Gold will be delisted from our catalog on December 23rd (Friday), 2 PM UTC.
For everyone who purchased any of the games prior to delisting, they will remain in their GOG library.
GOG.com Announcement – December 20, 2022 [Archive]
As mentioned in Epic’s announcement, work was underway to bring Unreal Tournament 3 back online in 2023. The release leaked on Steam ahead of an official announcement with the existing game’s page being retitled to Unreal Tournament 3 X. Text on the page promised that the game would be free-to-play and would offer cross-play between Steam, GOG.com, and Epic Games Store players. However, development was stopped on this update and on June 5th, 2023 the changes to the game’s Steam page were reverted back to their original form. Relatedly, the free-to-play alpha release of the 2014 Unreal Tournament sequel was also shut down on January 24th. It is not tracked individually on the site as it did not make it out of this early access state.
Although the games themselves can no longer be purchased digitally, existing owners or those able to acquire physical copies can continue to play solo or local multiplayer modes. With the help of the open source GameSpy replacement, OpenSpy, owners of Unreal, Unreal Tournament, and UT 2003 and 2004 can also continue to play online with others today.
About the Game
Unreal Tournament 2004 is a multiplayer first person shooter that combines the kill-or-be-killed experience of gladiatorial combat with cutting-edge technology. Ten game modes – both team-based and “every man for himself” — provide even the most hardcore gamer with palm-sweating challenges through unbelievably detailed indoor arenas and vast outdoor environments. As the ultimate techno-gladiator of the future, players will take their fates into their hands, battling against up to 32 other players online in action-packed, frag-filled arenas.
- Assault Mode – Assault mode returns! Redesigned for UT2004, this fan-favorite mode sees teams face-off to defend and attack fortified bases, from fast-moving trains, barreling across an arid alien desert to a Skaarj mother ship, poised to attack the human home world.
- Onslaught Mode – Onslaught mode takes team combat to the next level! Opposing teams are pitted against each other to capture and hold strategic points in order to attack and destroy the enemy power core. Taking place in massive outdoor environments, here is where vehicular combat comes into its own. Flying and driving machines take combatants to the frontline and gigantic mobile battle stations serve as a platform from which to launch devastating attacks.
- Vehicles – Rev-up and ride out in an array of land-, air-, and space-based vehicles that play critical roles in a successful combat strategy in Assault and Onslaught. With vehicles ranging from single man fighters to five man behemoths, Unreal Tournament 2004 provides players with plenty of choices when shopping for a mechanized implement of destruction.
- Levels – More than 95 maps will be available immediately, including more than 45 brand new maps for all existing game play modes as well as new modes of play. Vast outdoor environments, deep space combat areas and tightly packed indoor techno-arenas are all waiting for the latest entrants to the Tournament.
- Weapons – The entire smorgasbord of frag-dealing weaponry from Unreal Tournament 2003 returns for the experienced player to wield masterfully against new contestants. Those armaments are joined by three new implements of doom: the Mine layer, which disperses spider-like bombs that chase and harass any enemy that comes within range; the anti vehicle rocket launcher, or AVRiL, which deals out a payload of massive rockets tuned to seek and destroy enemy mechanized units; the Grenade Launcher, which launches timed explosives that will bounce on the ground and stick to enemies and enemy vehicles, only to be triggered by the weapons altfire command; and, the return of the notorious Sniper Rifle from the original Unreal tournament, completely redesigned and upgraded to make heads roll.
- New Characters – Unreal Tournament 2004 introduces 32 new characters on four new teams: The human Thunder Crash, lead by Tournament hero, Malcolm; the Robotic Corrupt, lead by an upgraded Xan Kriegor; the Iron Skull, a team of merciless Skaarj warriors; and the Hellions — wreckless human mercenaries and pirates who delight in the thrill of the kill.
- New Technology – Unreal Tournament not only brings new content for hardcore fans to relish, it also delivers a tremendous technology update over its predecessor, delivering a faster, slicker, deeper experience than ever before.
Thanks to astrodomekid for submitting this game to the site