Mark Rein from Epic Games epic games today updated the official forum with some news about their upcoming UT 2003 Demo. We grabbed the whole posting that you can read below.

Just so you know Epic is the company with final approval on when the game is done. It was the same for UT. I'm the guy at Epic charged with the job of communicating that approval to our publisher but the whole company is involved in determining it.

Reload with Unreal Tournament 2003 – the sequel to 1999’s multiple ‘Game of the Year’ award winner – Unreal Tournament. We just got another eleven Unreal Tournament 2003 screenshots, bringing the total in our archive to - spookily - 2003. More or less. Check them out below!

UPDATE: On the infogrames forum, Mark Rein just tossed up following information for the upcoming beta:

The demo WILL include bots so you'll be able to play offline against bots. The single player campaign is more elaborate than choosing a level, a bot skill level, number of bots, etc. To play a botmatch you simply choose Instant Action whereas to play online you choose Multiplayer.

We just recived 28 screenshots from Infogrames and their upcoming title Unreal Tournament 2003. Check them out below!

Infogrames has today announced that the Atari-branded Unreal Tournament 2003 will now be released on PC-CD ROM across Europe in July 2002. The successful release of Unreal Tournament 2003 is extremely important to Infogrames. The decision has therefore been made that Unreal Tournament 2003 will be released in July 2002 so that the title is of the highest standard when released. Infogrames, EPIC and Digital Extremes are fully aware of the anticipation for this product from the huge Unreal fan base and want to produce something that will blow fans and newcomers away. The Unreal brand is an enormous license and all relevant teams want to adhere to the quality that has been achieved in the past.

Unreal Tournament 2003 is the sequel to 1999's multiple 'Game of the Year' award winner. It uses the very latest Unreal Engine technology - where graphics, sound and gameplay are taken beyond the bleeding edge. The official website has just been opened, not a lot of "new" stuff there but it DOES contain some sweet looking screens, info and a FAQ!

Unreality.dk "German site" tossed up a Unreal Tournament 2003 preview video "43MB" today, showing some action from the Kalendra Icefields map. The full movie from the presentation can be expected later..

UPDATE: Hit read more below to grab our smaller 20.5MB VIDEO version!!

Been so busy with this new Sof2 multiplayer demo that one would forget to post other news and screens ... These rolled in a little while ago .. Some new screens from Digital Extremes highly anticipated UT 2003.

GIGA Games tossed up five DivX movies "135MB" from Unreal Tournament 2003 this morning showing some studio footage with Mark Rein answering questions about Digital Extremes' multiplayer shooter. (Thanks Blues). Mirrors over at BonusWeb.

Everybody loves Unreal Tournament 2003 (ok ok ... not everybody, but you're on your own now ;P) so here are some new screenshots for you to enjoy ... looks like a beauty ;)

Unreal Center got a couple of exclusive Unreal Tournament 2003 screenshots for you to look "drool" at from GDC. Check them out!

There is some FAQ posted today about Unreal Tournament 2ºº³ on cleaned beyondunreal. They have collected all known information about this upcoming game by Digital Extremes, in cooperation with and under license / supervision of Epic Games, the makers of U1.

Can today's PC hardware stand-up to the increasingly complex and intense computer games of tomorrow? Although game designers continue to push graphical detail and performance, hardware manufacturers are testing their wares against the existing standards of yesterday. Until now... Leading game and technology developer Epic Games today unveiled the Unreal Performance Test 2002, the first and only game benchmark indicative of the future of gaming.

Tiscali Games got a new Unreal Tournament 2003 video posted today. The movie is 55 MB to grab and runs over five minutes showing off a couple different levels. Grab it here!

There is some new Unreal 2 screens available to check out on BousWeb. Unreal 2 is Legend Entertainment's upcoming first person shooter. Bring them on.

Update: There are more Unreal II shots posted today on Tiscali "taken from E3 beta and other sources" Check them out.

Today Giga.de tossed up four UT2 movies on their site. The movies are zipped and come in divx format. Here is the links: UT2 Tech Special-Physics 5.78 Mb, UT2 Tech Special-Editor 10.4 Mb, UT2 Tech Special-Design 13.6 Mb and UT 2 Tech Special-Animation 10.9 Mb.

The official site for Unreal 2 has today been updated with a new screenshot and there is also a update in their download section with a nasty new wallpaper.

Good evening or morning, whatever.. I'm back after the big holiday, X-Mas and New Year.. Hope you all had a good vacation.. Now back to the news shall we ;). Well i just scoured around for Unreal Tournament 2 news and found some interesting scanned screens from next issue of PC Gamer. I snagged them for your viewing pleasure and tossed them up with some other UT2 in-game screens. Check them out. Enjoy!

Seven new movies in DivX AVI format is now available which show the Infogrames press event where Unreal Tournament II was unveiled to the press. The movies offer plenty of ShakyCam footage shot off computer monitors that illustrate various new features and aspects of the game's design along with gameplay action, as well as a few bits on Unreal II and Unreal Championship. Here they are. Thanks thanks blues..

We managed to get a few scanned in screenshots from the upcoming Unreal 2 release by Infogrames. You might have seen them and some havent.. These screens give us some more insight in the brilliance of this game .. More REAL screens to follow shortly. (thanks mike)

In case you haven’t had enough new Unreal 2 screenshots this week, Gamesxtreme.de have tossed up 60 new exclusive screens from Unreal 2..

Infogrames confirms Unreal Tournament 2 in the making by Digital Extremes. As rumored all week online, the co-creators of Unreal and Unreal Tournament are currently working on the sequel to the infamous 1999 Game of the Year... Read more below for full story, game description and key features.

It's like christmas for all Unreal fans nowdays. PlanetUnreal let us know that the Dutch/English site GamePower got 5 new Unreal 2 screens posted on their site. Bring it on.

The Belgian site JIM.be posted up the press kit for Unreal Tournament 2 that Infogrames were handing out. Screens here and Artwork here.

We just received a 32 Mb movie from Unreal 2. The movie includes a interview with Mike Verdu and Matthias Worch and a movie of a visit at Legend, also showing dynamic fogg, a bot-fight and Aida. Side-note : half of the video are interviews with Mike Verdu and Matthias Worch, in German. Grab this movie here! Our server is heavily overloaded at the moment, mirrors is available below..

UPDATE: Here is the sites that help us mirror this movie.. link #1 PlanetUnreal, link #2 Fragzone, link #3 Unreal Sector, link #4 tiscali.cz .. Thanks to Spenser, Phat, James and jd for your help!

A French gaming magazine by the name of Joystick has featured Unreal Tournament 2 in the January issue of their magazine. The facts come from a hands on account of playing UT2, so you can be certain that this game is not a simple rumor. PlanetUnreal got the full scoop, check it out!