Unreal 2: The Awakening Steam news

• Latest observed players2 · 8 October 2026 - 13:22:42 UTC
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• Units sold (VGI)No data available
• Revenue (VGI)No data available
• Review score67% positive
• Total reviews645
• Release dateMar 17, 2008
• DeveloperEpic Games, Inc.
• PublisherNot available

Genres: Action

Company pages: Developer: Epic Games, Inc.

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• Epic Games' classic first-person shooter Unreal is free right now - 22 May 2018

  Epic Games is currently celebrating the 20th anniversary of its seminal first-person shooter Unreal - and you can get it for free on Steam and GOG while the party lasts. Unreal, if you're unfamiliar, launched in 1998, and was the very first game to be released using Epic's cutting edge Unreal engine - the same engine that, some two decades and four major iterations later, is powering the likes of Epic's own battle royale juggernaut Fortnite, as well as Sea of Thieves' glorious waters. The original Unreal was quite a revelation at the time, particularly on the visual front - the gaming world hadn't seen anything quite like Unreal's striking landscapes, vibrant skyboxes, dazzling lighting, rich textures, and evocative medieval-sci-fi architecture before. Look! Read more…

• Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney enters AIAS Hall of Fame - 8 December 2011

  Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney is to be the newest member of the notable AIAS (Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences) Hall of Fame. Sweeney's name will rank alongside the likes of Nintendo icon Shigeru Miyamoto, id Software mastermind John Carmack, Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime and Sims creator Will Wright. The AIAS acknowledged Sweeney's "technical innovations" in Unreal Engine, which powers many of today's biggest games, as well as his work on the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War series of games. He's the nerdy backbone of Epic Games, in other words. The posh term for this is technical director. "Tim's vision has changed the face of gaming with the advent of the Unreal Engine and the commitment of Epic, as a studio, to bring both consumer and industry-facing technology to new heights," said AIAS president Martin Rae. Sweeney receives his AIAS 2012 Hall of Fame Award in February. Coll…