In the all-new $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest, aspiring game developers create modifications ("mods") for the PC version of Unreal Tournament 3 in a range of categories including levels, characters, weapons, game types, tools, vehicles and more. Winnings exceed well over $1 million in value, consisting of one coveted Unreal Engine 3 license as a grand prize in addition to other cash awards and prizes. The 2008 "$1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest" will be judged in four preliminary phases and a grand final. Judging began in June 2008 and will conclude, with the grand final prizes being awarded, in late 2009.
"The Phase 3 entries in the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest demonstrate tremendous innovation and creativity," said Elliot Garbus, vice president Intel Software and Services Group, general manager Visual Computing Software Division. "Through Intel's Visual Adrenaline developer program, we continue to encourage software innovation in PC gaming by sponsoring contests such as this, as well as delivering the parallel programming tools and resources developers need to get the most out of Intel processors and platforms."
A special selection of original mods created for the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest are being showcased in Intel's theater at SIGGRAPH 2009 this week in New Orleans.
Lenovo is the exclusive hardware sponsor for Phase 3 of the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest. In addition to cash prizes awarded by Intel and Epic, Lenovo is providing HD monitors and high-performance workstations featuring Intel Core2 Extreme and Intel Xeon 5500 series processors and monitors to mod creators winning top honors in select categories. Each winner of a Lenovo workstation will also receive a license for Intel Parallel Studio, the end-to-end product suite for parallelism.
"Like Unreal Engine 3, Lenovo ThinkStation and ThinkPad W-Series workstations are about unleashing the creative potential in our users," said Tom Tobul, executive director, Enterprise Systems, Software and Peripherals, Lenovo. "ThinkStations are the hardware of choice for game development at Epic Games, and now contest winners will have the same performance tools to create content like the pros."
"We're amazed by the high quality and variety of the latest round of UT3 mods," said Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games, Inc. "The bar for gameplay and visuals is raised with each phase of the contest, and it's apparent that the Unreal mod teams have spent a tremendous amount of time honing their projects. There's everything from puzzle games to platformers to machinima, and we can't thank these talented developers enough for their hard work."
The Best First-Person Shooter (FPS) Game Mod winners are recognized as follows:
First place ($7,500): The Ball: Teotl by Toltec Studios
Bonus hardware prize: Lenovo ThinkStation S20
Second place ($5,000): Prometheus by Rachel "Angel Mapper" Cordone
Bonus hardware prize: Lenovo ThinkPad W700
Third place ($2,500): Angels Fall First: Planetstorm by Alex Drake and the AFF dev team
Fourth place ($1,500): Sanctum by Henrik Niku
Fifth place ($1,000): Crucible Weapons Pack by Nolan Richert and Arn Richert of RuneStorm
Winners of Best Non-FPS Game Mod are:
First place ($7,500): The Haunted by Michael Hegemann and The Haunted dev team
Bonus hardware prize: Lenovo ThinkStation D20
Second place ($5,000): UT2D Killing Time by the Killing Time/Game Wizards dev team
Bonus hardware prize: Lenovo ThinkPad W700
Third place ($2,500): Steam Racers by Default Games
Fourth place ($1,500): Coda by Nathan "Denrei" Aschenbach and the Coda team
Fifth place ($1,000): RoboFonics by the LudoCraft team
Winners of Best New Character / Customization Pack winners are:
First place ($2,500): Savior Character Pack by Nolan Richert and Arn Richert of RuneStorm
http://www.fileplanet.com/199809/190000/fileinfo/Savior-Character-Pack
Second place ($2,000): Polar and Dumon soldiers by Rodrigo Banzato
http://www.fileplanet.com/199267/190000/fileinfo/Polar-and-Dumon-soldiers
Third place ($1,500): Skaarj by Charles "EvilEngine" Jones and John "AgentX" Inman
http://www.fileplanet.com/200409/200000/fileinfo/Skaarj-Model-for-UT3
Fourth place ($1,000): Rankin by Chris "Legendary_Lee" Lee
http://www.fileplanet.com/200264/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---Rankin
Fifth place ($500): GoB-BA (GoBlins Battle Armour) by Ivan "iWaNN" Grudinin
http://www.fileplanet.com/203113/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournment-3---GoB-BA-
Winners of Best Deathmatch or CTF Level are:
First place ($2,500): DM-Foundry by Aaron "SmokeRingHalo" Woodland
http://www.fileplanet.com/200187/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---DM-Foundry
Bonus hardware prize: Lenovo L215p Wide monitor
http://www.makesomethingunreal.com/monitors.aspx
Second place ($2,000): CTF-Stratus by Bryan Sparksman
http://www.fileplanet.com/199794/190000/fileinfo/CTF-Stratus-V1.2
Third place ($1,500): DM-CBP3-Incapacitate by Daniel "Green" Rozański
http://www.fileplanet.com/200517/200000/fileinfo/DM-CBP3-Incapacitate
Fourth place ($1,000): DM-Chronomancer by Karl Kraft
http://www.fileplanet.com/200205/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---DM-Chronomancer
Fifth place ($500): CTF-Austere by Otto Rask
http://www.fileplanet.com/200247/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---CTF-Austere
Winners of Best vCTF or Warfare Level are:
First place ($2,500): VCTF-CBP3-Refuge by Chris "Plutonic" Blundell
http://www.fileplanet.com/200025/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---VCTF-CBP3-Refuge
Bonus hardware prize: Lenovo L215p Wide monitor
http://www.makesomethingunreal.com/monitors.aspx
Second place ($2,000): VCTF-CBP3-Artemisa by Daniel "KaMi" Diaz
http://www.fileplanet.com/199985/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---VCTF-CBP3-Artemisa
Third place ($1,500): WAR-Araja2 by Francesco Camarlinghi
http://www.fileplanet.com/199868/190000/fileinfo/WAR-Araja2
Fourth place ($1,000): VCTF-Octopus by Jesús Díaz González
http://www.fileplanet.com/200021/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---vCTF-Octopus
Fifth place ($500): VCTF-RocketForst by Toni Seifert
http://www.fileplanet.com/199926/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---VCTF-RocketForst
Winners of Best Level for a Game Mod are:
First place ($2,500): Forsaken Canyon (The Haunted) by Michael Hegemann and The Haunted team
http://www.fileplanet.com/192875/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---The-Haunted-Mod-v2.01
Second place ($2,000): Oztoc II (The Ball) by Toltec Studios
http://www.fileplanet.com/193016/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---The-Ball:-Teotl
Third place ($1,500): Breach (Prometheus) by Rachel "Angel Mapper" Cordone
http://www.fileplanet.com/200335/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---Prometheus
Fourth place ($1,000): Enslaved (Domination) by Cory "Spoondog" Spooner
http://www.fileplanet.com/200171/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---CDOM-CBP3-Enslaved-(For-the-UT3Dom-Mod)
Fifth place ($500): The Stronghold (The Haunted) by Toltec Studios
http://www.fileplanet.com/192875/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---The-Haunted-Mod-v2.01
Winners of Best Machinima are:
First place ($2,500): The Box by John Beswick
http://www.fileplanet.com/200149/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---The-Box-Animation
Second place ($2,000): DoubleKill by David Tyner
http://www.fileplanet.com/200163/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---DoubleKill-
Third place ($1,500): The Library by Sergey Tomych
http://www.fileplanet.com/200341/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---The-Library
Fourth place ($1,000): Community Bonus Pack Vol. 3 Trailer by Anthony "Drummer.unr" Guillou
http://www.fileplanet.com/200015/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---Community-Bonus-Pack-Vol.-3-Trailer(CBP3)-
Fifth place ($500): Apocalypsis Ex Machina by Andrzej Kozlowski
http://www.fileplanet.com/199293/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---Apocalypsis-Ex-Machina
Winners of Best New Weapon Set are:
First place ($2,500): The Haunted by Toltec Studios
http://www.fileplanet.com/192875/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---The-Haunted-Mod-v2.01
Second place ($2,000): Crucible Weapons Pack by Nolan Richert and Arn Richert of RuneStorm
http://www.fileplanet.com/199806/190000/fileinfo/Crucible-Weapons-Pack
Third place ($1,500): Ballistic Weapons by RuneStorm
http://www.fileplanet.com/200207/200000/fileinfo/Ballistic-Weapons---UT3-Port
Fourth place ($1,000): Angels Fall First: Planetstorm by Alex Drake and the AFF dev team
http://www.fileplanet.com/193254/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---Angels-Fall-First:-Planetstorm
Fifth place ($500): Unreasonable Tournament by Zach Brockway and Mandela Shabazz
http://www.fileplanet.com/200600/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---Unreasonable-Tournament-1.0
Winners of Best Graphics in Map are:
First place ($2,500): Forsaken Canyon (The Haunted) by Michael Hegemann and The Haunted team
http://www.fileplanet.com/192875/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---The-Haunted-Mod-v2.01
Bonus hardware prize: Lenovo L215p Wide monitor
http://www.makesomethingunreal.com/monitors.aspx
Second place ($2,000): VCTF-CBP3-Refuge by Chris "Plutonic" Blundell
http://www.fileplanet.com/200025/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---VCTF-CBP3-Refuge
Third place ($1,500): Oztoc I (The Ball) by Toltec Studios
http://www.fileplanet.com/193016/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---The-Ball:-Teotl
Fourth place ($1,000): VCTF-RocketForst by Toni Seifert
http://www.fileplanet.com/199926/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---VCTF-RocketForst
Fifth place ($500): Meudeverre (AFF: Planetstorm) by Alex Drake and the AFF dev team
http://www.fileplanet.com/193254/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---Angels-Fall-First:-Planetstorm
Winners of Best Use of Physics are:
First place ($2,500): TickyTicker by Miles Asvachin
http://www.fileplanet.com/199731/190000/fileinfo/TickyTicker
Second place ($2,000): Project Swing by Aaron "Charybdis" Ash and Scott Ash
http://www.fileplanet.com/200339/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---Project:-Swing-Multiplayer
Third place ($1,500): Light Toys by David Jenkinson
http://www.fileplanet.com/200173/200000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tourament-3---Light-Toys-Mod
Fourth place ($1,000): Steam Racers by Default Games
http://www.fileplanet.com/200415/200000/fileinfo/Steam-Racers
Fifth place ($500): The Ball: Teotl by Toltec Studios
http://www.fileplanet.com/193016/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3---The-Ball:-Teotl
Epic will begin accepting the last round of submissions of the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest within two weeks, and the Phase 4 entry deadline is August 31, 2009. Participation in previous contest phases is not required for eligibility in Phase 4.