by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 3:13 p.m. PST | Filed under
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In UT3, you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled by human contestants online or by AI, fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. While the PC version shipped to retail earlier this week, Epic's VP Mark Rein let us know that the PS3 edition has
passed Sony's certification, and could appear in stores as early as Dec. 10, 2007.
by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 6:35 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled either by human contestants online or by A.I. In December AGEIA will release a PhysX UT3 Mod-Kit offering modders everything they need to create PhysX-powered content. In the meantime AGEIA has released two new PhysX enabled maps.
by Rainier on Nov. 13, 2007 @ 1:35 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Sumthing Else Music Works presents Unreal Tournament 3: The Soundtrack. The 2 disc set will be released on Nov. 20th to retail outlets, featuring over 150 minutes of intense new tracks written and produced by "Need For Speed" veteran Rom Di Prisco and "Hitman" composer Jesper Kyd.
by Rainier on Nov. 12, 2007 @ 5:11 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In UT3, you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled by human contestants online or by AI, fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles.
by Rainier on Nov. 7, 2007 @ 5:47 a.m. PST | Filed under
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SouthPeak Games announced a studio license agreement with Epic Games for use of the Unreal Engine 3 in the development of its upcoming video game titles worldwide, across all major platforms including downloadable content.
by Rainier on Nov. 6, 2007 @ 5:21 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Destineer, formed by former Bungie Software executive vice president Peter Tamte, announce that it has licensed Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games, Inc., for a yet to be announced project.
by Rainier on Nov. 5, 2007 @ 5:31 p.m. PST | Filed under
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In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled either by human contestants online or by A.I, fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles.
by Rainier on Oct. 31, 2007 @ 5:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled either by human contestants online or by A.I. These contests are fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles.
by Rainier on Oct. 13, 2007 @ 1:05 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled either by human contestants online or by A.I. If you are experiencing the "Modified executable code is not allowed" issue at startup under Win XP 64bit or 2003, replace your exe.
by Rainier on Oct. 12, 2007 @ 11:10 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled either by human contestants online or by A.I. These contests are fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. This demo includes 3 maps (HeatRay, ShangriLa and Suspense), 2 modes (DM & CTF), playable against bots, and online.
by Rainier on Oct. 8, 2007 @ 11:05 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, A.I. or human, fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. In order to test the game on a variety of hardware configurations,
Epic's Mark Rein revealed that a Beta Demo will be released in the next week or two, allowing instant action play against bots as well as online multiplayer.
by Rainier on Oct. 3, 2007 @ 7:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled either by human contestants online or by A.I. These contests are fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles.
by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2007 @ 7:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled either by human contestants online or by A.I. These contests are fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. During a
community chat Epic VP Mark Rein revealed that there will be no PS3-PC cross-platform multiplayer at launch (and even a slim chance of it ever happening) due to the difficulty of making game code 100% compatible between the systems.
by Rainier on Sept. 24, 2007 @ 12:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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GameStop is offering a
Collector's Edition for Epic's sci-fi FPS Unreal Tournament 3, which comes packaged in a tin box, includes an art book and a bonus DVD with Unreal Engine 3 Toolkit Video Tutorials, History Of and Behind the Scenes of UT3 footage. As a bonus, GameStop is throwing in a free female IronGuard in-game character.
by Rainier on Sept. 13, 2007 @ 4:14 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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An action-horror-adventure story filled with self-discovery, Chadam will come to full 3D animated life via the magic of the Unreal Engine 3. The Internet series will serve as an incubator for future expansion of the Chadam universe, from additional online episodes to television, film, videogames and more.
by Rainier on Sept. 11, 2007 @ 2:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled either by human contestants online or by A.I. These contests are fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. Epic VP Mark Rein said that the previously mention November release date was a target and "there's no guarantee," they'll make it as they want to get "it right over getting it right now."
by Rainier on Sept. 10, 2007 @ 8:31 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Faramix Enterprises announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Epic Games, Inc. for use of Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 technology in connection with the development of its next-gen first person shooter.
by Rainier on Sept. 5, 2007 @ 6:20 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled either by human contestants online or by A.I. Midway and Epic Games are looking to the community and fans to name a never-before-seen-map in UT3, with the winner getting his name included in the UT3 game credits.
by Rainier on Aug. 15, 2007 @ 6:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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After we previously had one of the
PGR4 developers speaking out about their game being limited by the HD DVD (even though it was retracted shortly thereafter) Epic's VP Mark Rein made a similar statement. At the Edinburgh Interactive Festival
Rein stated, "We'll compress some things. But you know, we may have fewer maps on the 360 version...Blu-Ray has definitely given us a lot of legroom."
by Rainier on July 31, 2007 @ 5:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Virtual Heroes Inc. announced that it has signed a license agreement to use Epic's Unreal Engine 3 in the development of serious games and/or advanced learning technologies, giving Virtual Heroes access to a complete development framework including a vast array of core technologies, content creation tools, and support infrastructure.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 6:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In UT3 you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled either by human contestants online or by A.I. These contests are fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles.
by Rainier on July 22, 2007 @ 12:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Swedish developer Star Vault announced that it has licensed Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 technology in connection with the development of its next-gen MMORPG
by Rainier on July 19, 2007 @ 4:20 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Epic's VP Mark Rein revealed they have been served with a lawsuit by
Too Human developer Silicon Knights, but he refused to comment further on the matter, as advised by the legal department. Silicon Knights' president Denis Dyack, however, claims Epic's breach of contract forced them to proceed this way because "Epic simply refuses to acknowledge the inadequacies of the Unreal Engine 3 code it provides to its licensees," resulting in serious financial loss to SK and other developers. A
full 52-page transcript of the lawsuit can be read over at Gamasutra...
by Rainier on July 11, 2007 @ 1:57 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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During its E3 press conference, Sony announced exclusive third-party PS3 games and key partnerships with NCsoft Corporation, Ubisoft, Midway and Konami.
by Rainier on July 5, 2007 @ 7:01 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The latest issue of OXM has an in-depth article looking at Midway/Epic's upcoming FPS Unreal Tournament 3.
BeyondUnreal analyzed that preview coverage revealing that Epic has abandoned its initial idea to make gigantic maps utilizing UE3's streaming technology for up to 64 players, and instead went back to improving the original formula. The article also indicates that the retail game will feature 3 to 4 dozen multiplayer maps, with the single player portion exceeding that tally. The X360 edition will support 4-player co-op and 2-player split-screen in the singleplayer