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Unreal Tournament III having a 360-degree summer

slumpy monkey | April 19, 2008 | News | PC Playstation 3 
Xbox 360 owners will finally be able to get a taste of Unreal Tournament 3 this summer, along with additions such as three new maps and new characters.
Fifteen months ago, Midway Games announced its competitive shooter Unreal Tournament III would be headed to the Xbox 360. The news came as a bit of a shock, as the game had previously been touted as a possible PS3 launch title, and was the console's answer to Gears of War, Epic's wildly popular 360 shooter. (Both games are also available for the PC.)

Later that year at the E3 Media & Business Summit, some ruffled feathers at Sony were smoothed by the news that UTIII would have timed PS3 exclusivity on consoles, with the 360 version not arriving until sometime in 2008.

For the next nine months, the 360 UTIII hung in limbo as its PS3 iteration narrowly made its Q4 2007 release target. Today, though, Midway and Epic announced that owners of Microsoft's console would finally get their hands on the highly-rated action game "this summer."

Though far from a definite lockdown date, the announcement means the game will most likely arrive between late June and early September. The Xbox 360 version offers everything released for the PC and PS3 editions, including all updates and patches, plus the split-screen play, three entirely new maps, two revamped maps, and three brand-new player characters.

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  • 0 thumbs!
    Donnelly | April 19, 2008
    Bleh. There are much better shooters on the 360 but it's worth a rent.
  • 1 thumbs!
    slumpy monkey | April 19, 2008
    Im a large fan of UT. SO ill be picking this one up.
  • -1 thumbs!
    Gamesta100 | April 19, 2008
    I got it on PS3 and I don't even play it.I'm probably gonna trade it in.
  • -1 thumbs!
    X_MANBEARPIG_X | April 19, 2008
    I got it on PS3 and it's the worst buy I've made tbh. The online play was unplayable, Epic wouldn't fix it or issue a statement despite the pages and pages on their forums complaining about it. And I couldn't play offline either because when it chucked me off the servers (every 5 mins, without fail) it would take me out of the campaign and back to the menu telling me I'd been disconnected from the servers (even though I was still signed in to the PSN) so I'd have to start the mission again.
  • -3 thumbs!
    Mnmfan | April 19, 2008
    360 players are welcome to UT3. Possibly the biggest waste of money out of all my games. Downright crap game. Could've been soooo much better but it's not.
    • 3 thumbs!
      Sereph | April 19, 2008
      Says the guy who never played HL2 when it was out, then rates it today as an "average" game.

      UT3 was awesome for UT fans. I just hope that the 360 version allows you to use a mouse-keyboard combination just like on the PS3.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Cdemon | April 19, 2008
    I also heard it'll have "a Gears of War nugget" included in the game.

    Possibly the ability to play as a locust?
    • 0 thumbs!
      jmac353 | April 19, 2008
      In the PS3 version you can play as the Master Chief, Spawn, the Locusts (berserker included), Cole, Marcus, the Crysis guy and even Cloud Strife.

      Ahh yes, the benefits of custom content.
      • 0 thumbs!
        Cdemon | April 19, 2008
        1. Who said anything about the X360 version not having custom content?

        2. It might be a map from the game-- not a character.

        GG voli
        • -1 thumbs!
          Final Blade | April 20, 2008
          Who said anything about the X360 version having custom content?

          One of the main reasons of it not being out on the 360 right now.

          But with that said Im glad its coming, gives 360 another shooter. But FYI the storyline is absolute crap, but the Multiplayer is awesome.
        • -1 thumbs!
          jmac353 | April 20, 2008
          Curtis. Microsoft doesn't allow custom user-created content on the XBOX360.

          GG

          Being such an avid supporter of the 360 I thought you would have known this.
        • 1 thumbs!
          slumpy monkey | April 20, 2008
          The reason its been taking so long is because they have been trying to get the custom content on the 360 version. So yes the 360 version does have custom content.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Xenctuary | April 20, 2008
          quote Wikipedia
          It is not yet known whether the release will support user generated content as the PS3 version does, as most DLC releases on Xbox Live since 2005 have been charged for. The issue over Microsoft's closed membership system and points cost for many downloads has sparked a debate over how the Xbox release will be handled. In an interview with Official Xbox Magazine at Midway's 2008 Gamer Day, Rein confirmed that mod content would be available in the 360 version, but said details were still being finalised.
          Fingers crossed. I hope it all turns out well (and free!). We really need a developer to set the precedent.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Nath | April 19, 2008
    I enjoy the PC version, myself. Maybe there were some issues with porting it. = / Hoping for this new stuff to be patched in to ours as well.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Gamesta100 | April 19, 2008
    I don't know if it happened in the American version, but in our version there was a delay between pressing the button and firing.That put me off the game.
  • 3 thumbs!
    iLLmatic | April 20, 2008
    Does anybody even care anymore?
    • -3 thumbs!
      Final Blade | April 20, 2008
      Yeah, 360 fanboys. But storyline wasn't even that good. Multiplayer is the only thing worth getting it for, similar to halo
      • 1 thumbs!
        Donnelly | April 20, 2008
        Sorry, what? Because someone has an interest in a game, that makes them a fanboy of that console?

        You're a *bleep*ing idiot.
        • 2 thumbs!
          Xenctuary | April 20, 2008
          Haha, if you own a gaming console you're automatically marked a "fanboy", regardless of age, sex or sanity.
        • -2 thumbs!
          Final Blade | April 20, 2008
          Where did i say this, are you a fanboy? I never specified who was, but most people who played it already like iLL doesn't really care for this news since he has both consoles. Usually Fanboys care cause its just another game they can gloat having.

          But from your response, i already know the answer. However its good the game is coming to 360, but i doubt its going to be a massive hit, consider alot of other games are going to be released, big game, that will over shadow it, similar to the PS3 version released
        • 0 thumbs!
          Donnelly | April 21, 2008
          iLLmatic asked if anyone cared. You replied "360 fanboys".

          Ergo, if you care about this game you're a fanboy according to you.

          Nice logic.
        • -2 thumbs!
          Final Blade | April 27, 2008
          Its good logic, Read my post. But sadly you've just proved my point thanks buddy
        • 0 thumbs!
          Donnelly | April 27, 2008
          At no point in that grammarless comment did you even begin to make any sense.
      • 1 thumbs!
        iLLmatic | April 20, 2008
        The storyline has never once been the focus of Unreal Tournament kiddo. The multiplayer has been the selling point.
        • 0 thumbs!
          slumpy monkey | April 20, 2008
          Most people who bought it, never bought the last ones. So dont understand the game. Everyone knows UT:III is a bot and multi-player game.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Xenctuary | April 20, 2008
          Bots just don't cut it. Multiplayer is where it's at!


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