Unreal (video game series)

Unreal
Genre	First-person shooter
Developers	Epic Games Digital Extremes Legend Entertainment
Publishers	GT Interactive Infogrames Atari Midway Games
Creators	Cliff Bleszinski James Schmalz
Platforms	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
First release	Unreal May 22, 1998
Latest release	Unreal Tournament 3 November 19, 2007

Unreal is a series of first-person shooter video games developed by Epic Games. The series is known for its exhibition of the namesake Unreal Engine that powers the games and is available for other developers to license.

Publishing rights for the series have changed hands several times. GT Interactive was the original publisher and would be later succeeded by Infogrames, Atari, and Midway Games.

In December 28, 2022 Epic Games made the decision to delist every Unreal game from all major digital storefronts following their move to support their own Epic Online Services ^[1] , since then the games continue to be preserved and distributed for free on the Internet Archive with permission from Epic Games ^{[2] [3]}

Games

Titles in the Unreal series

Year	Engine	Title	Platform(s)
			Win	Mac	Linux	DC	PS2	Xbox	PS3	X360
1998	Unreal Engine 1	Unreal	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
1999		Unreal Tournament	Yes	Yes	Yes [4]	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
2002	Unreal Engine 2	Unreal Tournament 2003	Yes	Yes	Yes [5]	No	No	No	No	No
		Unreal Championship	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
2003		Unreal II: The Awakening	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
2004		Unreal Tournament 2004	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
2005		Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
2007	Unreal Engine 3	Unreal Tournament 3	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
2014	Unreal Engine 4	Unreal Tournament	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No

Anthologies

• Unreal Anthology (2006) contains Unreal Gold, Unreal Tournament, Unreal II, Unreal Tournament 2004, and a bonus soundtrack CD. ^[6] Missing from Unreal Tournament are the improved S3TC textures which came with the original release of the game. Also, the internet connectivity of Unreal in this collection is isolated by having a master server different from that of the original game.

Reception

Guinness World Records awarded the series with three world records. These records include, "First Console Game to Receive a Downloadable Patch", ^[7] "First Console Game to Support Player Modifications" ^[8] and "First Game to be Created Using the Unreal Engine". ^[9]

References

1. "Epic is turning off online services and servers for some older games".
2. "Unreal And Unreal Tournament Are Free On Internet Archive, With Epic's Blessing". GameSpot. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
3. "Epic Allows Internet Archive To Distribute For Free 'Unreal' & 'Unreal Tournament' Forever".
4. "Unreal Tournament - Loki". Help.ubuntu.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
5. "Unreal Tournament 2003". Liflg.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
6. "UAMUSICMG06 | A history of Unreal MUSIC". VGMdb.net. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
7. "First console game to receive a downloadable patch". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
8. "First console game to support player modifications". Guinness World Records . Retrieved July 28, 2017.
9. "First videogame created with the Unreal Engine". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

External links

• Unreal Tournament current official website from Epic Games
• Developer Epic Games website
• Liandri Archives containing a comprehensive history of the Unreal series