Epic's Announcement removing support from all Unreal and Unreal Tournament Games:
https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/ne ... 9yUdPkKkXA
- As of December 14th 2022, All Unreal and Unreal Tournament titles have been taken down from online stores until further notice.
- Epic's PR Team created a lot of chaos within the Unreal Communities with the above news, making it seem they are erasing The Entire Unreal Franchise from the face of the internet.
- Master Servers are officially down, however thanks to new Community Master Servers, there are still ways to play online.
- As of February 2023 the Unreal communities have created new master servers for each UT game.
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Unreal Tournament GOTYE
- -Gain access to Community Master Servers by updating to the 469d patch available here: https://github.com/OldUnreal/UnrealTournamentPatches
- -Instructions from Buggie for 469d features or how to manually add additional Master Servers to older UT versions found here: https://ut99.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1 ... 63#p139905
Unreal Tournament 2004
- -Official Master servers have been shut down, but the new Community Master Server via Openspy is operational.
- -Follow this link for further instructions: https://ut2004serverlist.com/
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Unreal Tournament 3... X...3X?!]
- There is still no news from Epic about UT3X, and judging from this screenshot from Steam, we shouldn't count on it happening.
~Epic really screwed the pooch with this one~
-Since it is impossible to create a profile without access to a Master Server, you will need the Openspy patch.
-Download Openspy patches here: https://ut3-ultimate.com/
- -Manual Install:
- -The easiest and cleanest way to install the patch is to use the first option, which is to download the modified UT3.EXE on its own.
- -Open your "Unreal Tournament 3/Binaries" folder, make a backup of your default UT3.EXE ya know...in case UT3X does happen... or something...
- -Drag and drop this modified UT3.EXE into the folder to replace it.
- -You will then need to create a new account when you log in, which will register your login with Openspy.
- -Voila, you are connected to the UT3 Openspy Master Server re-enabling full access to UT3.
- (Don't forget to install MapMixer if you hate the horrendous Default UI as much as I do.)
Fun Fact: Last year UT3 Aficionado and regular Youtube Uploader DickBird(lol) discovered that it was still possible to directly join Epic's US UT3 servers via IP address despite Epic shutting down the master servers. I'll be checking this out for myself to see if it's still the case and report back when I can. Check out his video here:
[/size] - -Manual Install:
Unreal Tournament 4
- The UT4 Community at UT4UU (Unreal Tournament 4 Unofficial Update) has created a new Master Server and Community Patch with added pro-mode features.
- UT4UU Discord - contains all information you will need to update and join: https://discord.com/invite/2DaCWkK
Check out the video provided below for more details.
Edit - Feb 12 2024: typos, formatting, added search tags, additional info for ut3 & ut4
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