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Unreal Tournament III having a 360-degree summer

Midway's popular sci-fi shooter will finally arrive on Microsoft's console in a few months with split-screen play, three new maps, two revamped maps, and three new characters.

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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 PlayStation 3 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 fourth quarter 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.

For more information on Unreal Tournament III on consoles, check out GameSpot's brand-new preview of the 360 version or the full review of the PS3 edition.

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ok but what about mods? UT isn't UT without mods, plus on surprised its even coming to the 360, Microsoft does not like getting inferior versions of games on its system, case in point they finally let capcom make bionic commando rearmed file size bigger because the graphics were going to be inferior to the ps3, or that long speach they sent to gamepro after they concluded that recent multiplatform online games were better on the ps3

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hahahaha Lestater, that is very true.... remember our roots peoplez. aha it's Loucetios from Playstation again to bless us on why PS3 is better.

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It's interesting with people arguing between about the PS3 and 360 version, when anyone with more then 10 brain cells could easily point out that's it's better then both of those on the PC.

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Better late than never but a real shame the 360 can't have mods.

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i played it enough already on ps3 and pc. It runs pretty well but looks like crap compared to what they promised. the singleplayer was a bomb too. I'll still probably get it for collecting purpose

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Jeez, this is taking way too long. C'mon, Epic... I'll definitely get this game when it comes out, but, I mean, these types of delays are so freakin' lame.

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You keep working on it, Oldschool. Then maybe we can all be as bitter as you.

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I wonder how long it's going to take before someone makes a virus for the PS3?

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Actually, just thinking about the new characters for the 360...I wonder how many days it'll take before someone makes character mods for the PS3 of them. Hell, wouldn't surprise me to see someone just duplicate the "exclusive" maps. Which would basically make it so Epic wouldn't even have to bring any of the new stuff to the PS3.

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Miss_Wacy as far as I know they never said it was a timed exclusive because it takes longer to make on the 360 I mean by what you said every game takes longer to make on the 360 which I believe GTA IV was easier to make on the 360 if I remember correctly from some article on here a few months ago. They could not have started on the 360 version when they originally started making the game.

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Out of curiosity, how many 360 users plan on picking this up? As a PS3 owner, I just couldn't get myself to care about this title despite the great reviews.

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See, here's the thing. The new maps and characters could easily become DLC for the PS3 in the future, while no mods for the 360 means its an inferior version. Personally can't stand split screen play, so it wasn't a big loss for me. The PS3 is still clearly the superior version.

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No Mods???????????? No keyboard and mouse support??? I'd rather stick with The PS3 version...!! Screww split-screen and 3 new maps! Big deal !!

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this game is going to do better on the 360 but that dosent mean it will be better on the 360 on the pc and ps3 you can make your own maps for this game and on the ps3 you can play this game with a mouse and keyboard

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bout time

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n3ck how do you no wat type of FPS ps3 owners want, your pig ignorant, this game sold more on ps3 then it did on pc, if the 360 is so great then why has it taken it so long to come out?, alot of games i play on my ps3 are the same on 360 hmm i wondeer, why oh thats cos i play it on a DECENT PROPER SET UP

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To those who said there won't be any mods. I don't know if we can safely say that yet I mean look at Unreal Championship 2 the Liandri Conflict? Didn't it have mods built into it that had to be unlocked by playing singleplayer mode? Couldn't they do the same here? We haven't heard much in the way of any further details let's just wait and hear from Epic. So when will there be an Unreal Championship 3?

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I heard lots of things when it first came out for PC, and I was hyped now that the hype has gone away for me I will have to play a demo first. However, it's cool to see all this features added to the game for the 360 console.

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So, no mods then? Seems odd not to talk about that when it is what they have been fighting for these last couple of months...

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Was interested in this, but i doubt i will pick it up for 360, i've always preffered Unreal stuff to be on my PC. Maybe when i upgrade my PC to play Crysis sometime i will get this as well.

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MAN UT3 SUCKS bigtime UT2004 Is da bomb Best FPS FOr me man even though it has no story but it makes up in online frag matches. ALL OF YOU WHO DONT OWN A COPY OF UT2004 GO GET ONE NOW!!! or atleast the demo

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This game sold poorly on PS3, Should have been a 360 game all along, its what sells on 360, on PS3 i'd avoid FPS like this as its not the style of game PS3 owners want anyway. It's another blow for PS3 though as its another game thats inferior to the 360 version, too much of that going on.

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w00000000000000000t !!

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I guess waiting does have some perks. I feel kinda burnt not getting to play the Gears and the Mass Effect extras though, but these UT3 perks are small consideration since the add ons are pretty minor. I really cant wait for this game, UT 2004 was one of my favorite games.

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smsmith, mods > extra content. ALWAYS.

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I wonder if they will release a patch for split screen on the ps3?

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I think I got bored with this series after UT 2003. I actually had more fun playing the original Unreal Tournament. Not sure why.

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Ya heres to us PC gamers still waiting for UT 3.5 ... u know the not console crapatized version ...

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I have not got this game yet, but my 360 is not online so I would get it for my PS3 (if I get it at all, warhawk is good enough). But does this meant that the ps3 version has split screen as well? If not I will definately stick to warhawk as it does. though the mods look cool. I saw a lego one once that was fully destructable, with lego soilders that would be great.

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LOL at those who said 360 version would be stripped.

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The PS3 version wasn't very good, the whole mod thing didn't really add anything to the game, so it wan't fun. I doubt the 360 version will be much better. There will probably just be more players online.

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The 360 can get all of the different (read, NOT extra) levels they want the PS3 can easily mod them, hell, the PS3 already has Samus and Master Chief, plus at least two Multiplayer boards from Halo2 already; what can't the mods do?

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The 360 version is better than the PS3 version. I know which one to buy.

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Yes! I were waiting for this announcement! UT3 on X360 for president! :)

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I'd like to see a UT3 gold edition for PS3, which is $10-$20 cheaper, includes any updates or DLC they've put out, and maybe something else, and try and relaunch the damn thing. Such a great game, and it's so unfortunate it didn't sell too well.

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Worthless exclusive additions!

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i got it the same week it came out on ps3, and i just sold it recently....its TOOO hard to play online, and this is coming from a regular high scorer in cod4.....unreal tournament 3 is only for pros, there is a VERY steep learning curve....however the graphics and sound are nice:P

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im still up in the air about if i want this game or not

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I look to the day when the barrier of console exclusivity will fall and fanboys will unite as one. Until then, games like UT3 and CoD 4 lead the way.

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wait the PS3 got it first lol I didnt know that I thought it came out in every console when it did

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Reminds me of when ps3 games came out later with more features, like Oblivion. Feels kind of weird being on the other side of the fence.

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Xbox 360 gets no mods. Anyone who says only assumes, Mark Rein only said "If this version gets it or not..". It's a maybe, which will probably be a big no. @Timstuff: I agree

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With the competition as fierce as it is right now in the shooter market, why do people think that the 360 version on UT III will sell any better than the PS3 and PC versions? Particularly if Epic and Microsoft are ridiculous enough to launch it anywhere near their own Gears 2. UT III has no purpose being released on any more platforms. It just wasn't that good. Turns out, people don't like being sold a decade shooter that has just been dolled up with a new graphics engine.

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Mods > splitscreen + extra maps

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UTIII sucks anyway. No one even plays it on PC while UT2k4's servers are still rocking the clock.

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PS3 gets MODS, and Keyboard and mouse, so I really don't care about the very little extras the 360 is getting. It's actually kinda funny.

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Epic giving the 360 some more love.

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