cpc464: I don't think anyone thinks much of Epic in terms of decency or respect after cancelling UT4 because they couldn't be bothered to have anyone work with the community to finish it.

OldUnreal do maintain the source code for Unreal and UT99 although I suspect the agreement they have with Epic is fairly restrictive. This of course does nothing to help Unreal 2, U2XMP or UT2004.

StalwartUK: If they pull the games off GOG then that's just spiteful. They don't even have any DRM and all have single player modes especially the two Unreal games are primarily single player games. All they're doing at that point is encouraging people to use "alternative means" to get them. Good thing I already bought all of them off Steam and GOG years ago.

natewrench: U2 PC has no multiplayer by itself you need XMP installed and the master servers are still working for that game and you can customize the master server list in the main menu

Unreal 2 Xbox I think you need system link or something

UT2004 OpenSpy is working, so really we got all bases covered, but UT4 the newest one is locked in a PAK file and the URL to run it is broken outside EGSL so well we can tinker with that but why since Epic clearly went with Fortnite.. I am surprised they are bringing UT3 here to gog because it uses a cd key to login and play online
natewrench: But Unreal is a Good Old Game (GOG) They listed Jazz Jackrabbit and older classics here why delist them geez

Jigsy1: Probably to force people to use, ugh, EGS.

tyl0413: They're being taken down from GOG as well.
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/delisting_unreal_games_unreal_tournament_2004_ut_goty_unreal_2_the_awakening_special_edition/

Kildeth: could someone please clarify if the GOG/Steam version are one and the same?

i already own all the Unreal games in Steam. i bought them a long time ago in an anthology pack.
but now i noticed that 2 games in GOG have a bit different title than Steam's:

Unreal 2: The Awakening Special Edition
Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition

the Steam titles dont have the extra special/editor choice edition wording.
are they different versions?
unfortunately they have already been delisted from Steam, and i dont know how else to compare them with GOG.

EnforcerSentinel: Hey,

To keep you guys in the loop, there's a bit more to this story than previously known. Epic removing the Unreal franchise from storefronts is in connection with them recently being sued half a billion by the FTC.

While Epic are totally guilty in this case of lining Fortnite with 'dark pattern' psychologies throughout the microtransaction system in Fortnite which mostly exploit (but not limited to) younger users, the FTC is also guilty too of driving the Unreal franchise off of storefronts.

As part of the FTC's punishment towards Epic, the FTC basically (in a heavy handed and non legal way) invoked COPPA, and are now claiming that "Just because a game is labelled as mature or has a mature age rating, does not prevent underage users from playing it", meaning the FTC are threatening Epic that an age rating is not enough anymore, and give or take threatened them to either add COPPA compliant overarching parental controls to these titles or remove them from being sold.

Over the past week or so, OldUnreal are trying to work something out with Epic in order to get the franchise back on storefronts in some way, Epic are on Christmas holiday for a while though and the community liaison will be back in a few days, but Epic are regardless keeping their lines of communication open with us.

TheBigCore: So if I understand this correctly, Epic needs to add COPPA-compliant parental controls on the Unreal games and that would allow Epic to reinstate those games on GOG, Steam, etc?