Information that has just been release about whats in the UT3 Pc packaging for the collectors edition. Wow iam liking the Toolkit videos which are tutorials on coding mods for the game.
Sony dropped the bombshell that they would be getting Epic's Unreal Tournament 3 exclusive to the PlayStation 3 until the end of the year and with full PC-style user-made mod and map support. Late last week a post on the Official Unreal Tournament 3 Forums revealed one more small bonus that PS3 owners will receive.
a comment from Epic Games VP Mark Rein sparked controversy about the 2008-bound Unreal Tournament 3 for Xbox 360. Rein was quoted as saying the Xbox 360 version might not have as many maps on the shipped disc as on PlayStation 3 due to DVD size limitations.
I agree that the name change was not a good idea. Seeing as Unreal Tournament 2007 is far more impressive than Unreal Tournament 3. Of course, it won't probably affect sales at all.
By the way, I do hope the 360 version will be able to play with PC users (though... Mouse/KB->Dual Analog Controller).
The announcement that UT3 coming out on the XBox360 may have an interesting twist: could players play online across the different consoles (or PC) together?
Since the new Windows Vista is going to launch a service called Games on Windows Vista Live (similar to XBox Live), will cross-compatible online multiplayer be the norm, starting with UT3?
Hmm I don't think the name change is a great idea. I think for many franchises, people tire after a bunch of numbers (the classic feeling that a sequel will not be as good). I know after hearing Tomb Raider 3 or 4 or whatever the series sounded trite.
Using the year thing sounds like the update you have to get, which has been incredibly successful with Madden and other sports games.
If they are really trying to tie "Unreal Tournament III" with "Unreal Engine 3," I really don't think they are going to get any kind of synergy.
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