'No microtransactions and no strings attached. 'Unreal Tournament X supports crossplay between all PC players, whether they’re logged into their Steam, Epic Games Store or GOG accounts. 'Download and launch from where you want play with who you want,' the Steam page now says.

There's been no official announcement at this point and Epic declined to comment further (although in the announcement it did note that it has'plans to bring back online features' for UE3), but the Unreal Tournament 3 Steam page was updated earlier today with a new name, description, and functionality. Epic is apparently bringing back Unreal Tournament 3, originally released in 2007, as Unreal Tournament 3 X, fully free and cross-platform between Steam, EGS, and GOG. There is a spot of good news amidst all the darkness. That's not really a problem for a group of friends who want to get together online for some UT2K4 action, but it does mean that jumping into random pickup games is no longer an option. Players can presumably still set up dedicated servers that others can connect to and play on, but without a master server list for server browsers to access, players will need to know the IP of the server they want to join in order to get into a game. The end of online services for Unreal Tournament games isn't quite the same as it is for newer shooters. Players who made purchases in Battle Breakers using Epic's direct payment system within the past 180 days will be given refunds automatically. That includes Battle Breakers, which is shutting down on December 30, and Rock Band Blitz, the Rock Band Companion app, SingSpace, and the alpha version of the 'new' Unreal Tournament (opens in new tab) that was announced in 2014, all of which will be closed on January 24, 2023.

A handful of games will become completely inaccessible after the switch is flipped.

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