Unreal (video game series)

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.

This article is about the video game series. For its first release, see Unreal (1998 video game).
Unreal
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Developer(s)Epic Games
Digital Extremes
Legend Entertainment
Publisher(s)GT Interactive Software
Infogrames
Atari
Midway Games
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
First releaseUnreal
May 22, 1998
Latest releaseUnreal Tournament 3
November 19, 2007

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.

Games
Titles in the Unreal series
Year Engine Title Platform(s)
Win Mac Linux DC PS2 Xbox PS3 X360
1998Unreal Engine 1Unreal YesYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
1999Unreal Tournament YesYesYes[1]YesYesNoNoNo
2002Unreal Engine 2Unreal Tournament 2003 YesYesYes[2]NoNoNoNoNo
Unreal Championship NoNoNoNoNoYesNoNo
2003Unreal II: The Awakening YesNoNoNoNoYesNoNo
2004Unreal Tournament 2004 YesYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
2005Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict NoNoNoNoNoYesNoNo
2007Unreal Engine 3Unreal Tournament 3 YesNoNoNoNoNoYesYes
CancelledUnreal Engine 4Unreal Tournament YesYesYesNoNoNoNoNo

Anthologies
  • Unreal Anthology (2006) contains Unreal Gold, Unreal Tournament, Unreal II, Unreal Tournament 2004, and a bonus soundtrack CD.[3] However, 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 3 world records. These records include, "First Console Game to Receive a Downloadable Patch",[4] "First Console Game to Support Player Modifications"[5] and "First Game to be Created Using the Unreal Engine".[6]

References
  1. "Unreal Tournament - Loki". Help.ubuntu.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. "Unreal Tournament 2003". Liflg.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. "UAMUSICMG06 | A history of Unreal MUSIC". VGMdb.net. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  4. "First console game to receive a downloadable patch". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  5. "First console game to support player modifications". Guinness World Records. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  6. "First videogame created with the Unreal Engine". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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