Without Unreal there would be no Gears of War, as evidenced by the super-sized Malcom that presides over the lobby at Epic Games' North Carolinian office. And while Gears is substantially more profitable, the successful studio isn't about to turn its back on Unreal Tournament III, the latest release in the ten-year-old franchise. Having spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, and thousands of man hours, Epic is ready to unleash the Titan Bonus Pack, a free Unreal Tournament III expansion, due for release March 5th on PlayStation 3 and PC. Planet Unreal was there to preview its contents, as were several other outlets from across the world.
Epic Games has great news for mod developers: Custom sounds can now be imported for Unreal Tournament 3 mods for PLAYSTATION3 using Epic Games' ATRAC3 mod tools, which are free of charge and available now.
Previously, custom sounds for Unreal Tournament 3 mods have only been supported for PC. Thanks to cooperation with Sony, Epic Games is able to offer its QA-tested and approved PS3 sound conversion tools to mod authors.
What this means is that...
The Haunted and PlanetStorm would be an awesome score. There's alot of great mods for UT3 and any coming to the PS3 would be a welcome addition.
Examiner: A trend in gaming that has caught on lately is user generated content. Levels, designs, and even characters created by players are shareable for everyone to take advantage of. User created content not only extends the replay value of a game, but it also gives players a creative outlet while allowing them to share their work with the rest of the world.
Unreal Tournament is a series that has been around since 1999 on the PC, 2000 on the PlayStation 2 and 2001 on the Dreamcast. I remember losing hours of my time to this game with a bunch of friends huddled around the television. Being deemed "Godlike" with everyone around to see how skilled you are is so satisfying.
This popular series finally made its way over to the PlayStation 3 back in December of 2007 in the form of Unreal Tournament III (3), one of the few games that came out on the system before releasing on the Xbox 360. While it was a good game when it released and had mod and online support, there was no splitscreen and trophies were not even a consideration at the time. If I had reviewed it when it first came out, I'd have given it a 3/5. But with the recent Titan/2.0 patch and DLC content, this game is seeing a lot more playtime on my PlayStation 3.
The Titan Pack makes this a lot more enjoyable now, still not the best in the UT series (UT2K4 for me) its still a great blast to jump in on.