Epic Video games has introduced server closures for a number of video games, together with numerous Rock Band and Dance Central titles, and is already within the technique of delisting some from digital storefronts.
As per an announcement from Epic Video games, the writer will shut down on-line providers for Dance Central, Dance Central 2, Dance Central 3, Rock Band, Rock Band 2, Rock Band 3, Inexperienced Day: Rock Band, The Beatles: Rock Band, Rock Band Blitz, and Unreal Event 3 on January twenty fourth, 2023.
“Beginning as we speak, we are going to start turning off out-of-date on-line providers and servers for a lot of older video games within the Epic household as we transfer to solely assist Epic On-line Companies with its unified mates system, voice chat options, parental controls, and parental verification options. Most titles will likely be playable offline, whereas some will now not be playable,” Epic Video games says. “We apologise to the gamers affected by these modifications.”
Epic Video games server closures set for January twenty fourth, 2023
So far as we are able to inform, it seems that not many of those video games characteristic online-only achievements. Plainly simply Rock Band, Rock Band 2, and Unreal Event 3 are the one video games with achievements that you will have to unlock earlier than they’re discontinued.
Epic Video games additionally notes that it has “plans to carry again on-line options through Epic On-line Companies sooner or later” for Unreal Event 3. Whether or not this is applicable to the Xbox model of the sport is presently unclear, as Epic has introduced a brand new free-to-play PC model of the first-person shooter.
The writer has additionally began delisting video games from digital storefronts and has disabled in-game buying of DLC packs. “We now have began eradicating video games that had been nonetheless out there from all digital storefronts and are disabling any in-game DLC buying as of as we speak,” Epic says. Nevertheless, Harmonix has confirmed in its Discord that Rock Band DLC will nonetheless be purchasable through digital shops.
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