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 companies 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 Match 3 on January twenty fourth, 2023.
“Beginning right this moment, we’ll start turning off out-of-date on-line companies and servers for a lot of older video games within the Epic household as we transfer to solely assist Epic On-line Providers with its unified pals system, voice chat options, parental controls, and parental verification options. Most titles shall be playable offline, whereas some will now not be playable,” Epic Video games says. “We apologise to the gamers affected by these adjustments.”
Epic Video games server closures set for January twenty fourth, 2023
So far as we will inform, it seems that not many of those video games function online-only achievements. Plainly simply Rock Band, Rock Band 2, and Unreal Match 3 are the one video games with achievements that you’re going to have to unlock earlier than they’re discontinued.
Epic Video games additionally notes that it has “plans to deliver again on-line options by way of Epic On-line Providers sooner or later” for Unreal Match 3. Whether or not this is applicable to the Xbox model of the sport is at the moment 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. “Now we have began eradicating video games that have been nonetheless accessible from all digital storefronts and are disabling any in-game DLC buying as of right this moment,” Epic says. Nonetheless, Harmonix has confirmed in its Discord that Rock Band DLC will nonetheless be purchasable by way of digital shops.
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