Epic Games to pull the plug on Rock Band's online servers, but the show's not over yet

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All good things must come to an end. The same can be said for Epic Games as it gears up to close down online servers for some of its legacy titles – including many Rock Band games – and completely remove some others

Fans of several key titles in the Rock Band series will see their online services disabled next month. For most of the games listed in Epic Games’ official announcement(opens in new tab), you’ll still be able to play them in offline mode after the servers go offline. 

That means if you prefer gathering your bandmates in the living room for some local multiplayer musical shenanigans, you’re safe. The same can’t be said for Rock Band Blitz players, however, as the game will be pulled from the Epic Games store entirely.

You have until January 24, 2023, to say a fond farewell to your online servers for the majority of Rock Band titles, including the original Rock Band trilogy, Green Day: Rock Band, and Beatles: Rock Band. The only exception is reserved for its fourth installment. When that day comes, perhaps after all this time you’ve spent owning those poor internet strangers in rock n ’roll gaming combat, you’ll consider actually learning to play guitar for real. (Yeah, right.)

Although five of its titles are set to go fully offline, Rock Band isn’t the only gaming series that’s being clamped down upon by the Epic Games team. The complete list of games that will see the removal of online servers is as follows:

Finally, Epic has also confirmed some titles that will be going into the ground for good. “Unreal Tournament (Alpha), Rock Band Blitz, Rock Band Companion app and SingSpace will be shut down and no longer accessible to players on January 24,” finishes Epic’s announcement.

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