Unreal (video game series) explained

Unreal
Genre:	First-person shooter
Developer:	Epic Games Digital Extremes Legend Entertainment
Publisher:	GT Interactive Infogrames Atari Midway Games
Platforms:	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
First Release Version:	Unreal
First Release Date:	May 22, 1998
Latest Release Version:	Unreal Tournament 3
Latest Release Date:	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.

Games

Titles in the Unreal series

Year	Engine	Title	Platform(s)
			Win	Mac	Linux	DC	PS2	Xbox	PS3	X360
1998	Unreal Engine 1	Unreal
1999		Unreal Tournament			^[1]
2002	Unreal Engine 2	Unreal Tournament 2003			^[2]
		Unreal Championship
2003
2004		Unreal Tournament 2004
2005
2007	Unreal Engine 3	Unreal Tournament 3
2014	Unreal Engine 4	Unreal Tournament

Anthologies

• Unreal Anthology (2006) contains Unreal Gold, Unreal Tournament, Unreal II, Unreal Tournament 2004, and a bonus soundtrack CD.^[3] 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",^[4] "First Console Game to Support Player Modifications"^[5] and "First Game to be Created Using the Unreal Engine".^[6]

External links

• Developer Epic Games website
• Liandri Archives containing a comprehensive history of the Unreal series

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unreal Tournament - Loki . Help.ubuntu.com . 17 May 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160616215540/https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games/Native/UnrealTournament . 16 June 2016.
2. Web site: Unreal Tournament 2003 . Liflg.org . 17 May 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160605140446/http://www.liflg.org/?catid=6&gameid=17 . 5 June 2016.
3. Web site: UAMUSICMG06 | A history of Unreal MUSIC . VGMdb.net . 2016-11-03.
4. Web site: First console game to receive a downloadable patch . . 2016-11-03 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160918062428/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-console-game-to-receive-a-downloadable-patch . 2016-09-18.
5. Web site: First console game to support player modifications . . July 28, 2017.
6. Web site: First videogame created with the Unreal Engine . . 8 February 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124932/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-video-game-to-be-created-using-the-unreal-engine . 24 September 2015.