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Epic boss Mark Rein has confirmed that the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 will not be out in Europe this side of Christmas.
Word came from a statement on the official forums, revealing that the North American offering had been cleared by Sony and would be out before the end of the year.
"We got news last night that Unreal Tournament 3 has been approved by SCEA and has been released to North American manufacturing," Rein stated.
"My guess is that Midway will start shipping the title to North American retailers on Monday December 10 and it could show up in stores as early as December 11, but more likely toward the middle of that week."
However, it doesn't look like the game will make it over here until 2008.
"For PAL territories, specifically UK and Europe, we have a few localisation-related tasks to complete and then we should be starting the certification process pretty soon," continued Rein. "My best guess is early next year (January or February) for the game to ship over there."
The PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 was originally due to be released alongside the PC version sometime this month, making it a console exclusive until the end of the year. A 360 offering is in the works for 2008.
However, due to certification and development hold-ups it missed a simultaneous launch and Rein would only offer that Epic was working as hard as it could to release the game before Christmas.
Good news for some, then.
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DonnieDarko333
22/11/07 @ 09:31
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Why not just delay the US release and do it worldwide when it's ready for all of us?
I'm sick and tired of all these delays just for Europe! Absolutely Pathetic. Then these game companies wonder why the games don't sell as well as they should have here...perhaps we bored of waiting? |
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The PC version is not an option for me I'm afraid as I have a 22" 1680x1050 TFT monitor and the game runs OK but not as smoothly as I'd like on my 2 GB, Athlon64 X2 4200+, 512 MB GeForce 7900 GT, Windows XP-based PC, and I'm loathe to reduce the graphics settings to less than High. The PS3 version will undoubtedly run and look better on my 32" 1366x768 Sony Bravia HDTV than it does on my PC.
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tonynibbles
22/11/07 @ 09:41
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I might give this a go over the PC version, mainly as it will probably look better on PS3 (unless I give my PC some serious upgrading).
/imports
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Mentalist(air)
22/11/07 @ 09:49
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@Darren
Just hook up your PC to your TV and the lower resolution should speed things up nicely :) You'll probably save yourself a tenner as well. |
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The PC version is £25 at Gameplay and the PS3 version is £32 from Movietyme so it's only an extra £7 which is better than running the game on my HDTV, which would be more hassle than its worth as my PC isn't anywhere near my TV.
I've heard that the PS3 version of UTIII supposedly runs very well and the video footage I've seen seems to confirm that. It appeared to run better than on my PC and looked better to boot which is what I'm based my comments on. Obviously I lose the ease of using mouse and keyboard controls (although the PS3 version does support them) but then I prefer the controller for movement anyway; I'll only miss the precision of aiming with a mouse that's all. |
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Crashmasters
22/11/07 @ 10:19
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I demand an apology by the Eurogamer staff.
I was looking forward to a not so sparsely filled PS3 games Christmas. A lot of the games in your 'Christmas shopping list' are coming out in 2008. Thanks for making us happy with a dead parrot! I guess I can scratch the Orange box also from my list...
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homerramone
22/11/07 @ 10:34
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Its good to live in one of, if not THE most important territory for these folks !
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"Silly me, I was always under the impression that the UK was part of Europe. ¬_¬"
No, we're singled out for a special fucking over, despite the fact our "localized" version will be the US version character-for-character. What I don't get is that UT3 is just grunts and shrieks yeah? So how come MS can release Mass Effect over here in the same week as the US version, yet "global single SKU disk Sony" take months and months? Or do they just hate us? |
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DonnieDarko333
22/11/07 @ 10:49
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Beano i can import it as well, but it would just be fairer if it was released everywhere at the same time!
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Set of complete wankers.
Why the fuck does the USA get the game before us. Role on pirating. Im going to download the PC version and not pay a penny. Serves the jack ass American gimps right. I hope it sells shit over here in the UK because they deserve it. World releases should be standard now, its a fucking joke. TWATS TWATS TWATS! |
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How many games have come out in US at more or less the same time as Europe these past few months? Let's see:
Call of Duty 4 (All formats) Assassin's Creed (All formats) Super Mario Galaxy Halo 3 UT3 - PC version Gears of War - PC version Mass Effect PGR4 The Orange Box To name but a few. Why is it that these games are released at the same time in US and Europe and not PS3 version of UTIII? With the PC version being released at the same time this can only point to SCEE being difficult. God knows why considering the fact that they have so few titles available for their precious console this Christmas you'd think they'd be dying for some more titles! *sigh* |
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@darren - good luck fixing the poor/low widescreen FOV on the PS3 version, at least on pc you can use 'fov 100' to workaround it so you are not at a disadvantage to 4:3 users (you see less top and bottom on the widescreen thanks to yet another UE3 game borking the FOV for it).
BTW over 100fps on 8800gtx all on high details @1440x900 (higher than my hdtv) or if I put it through my tv @ 720p even better performance (plus I can tweak it, plus you get the editor and easier to use custom content... and a mouse/keyboard control as standard) |
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"@darren - good luck fixing the poor/low widescreen FOV on the PS3 version, at least on pc you can use 'fov 100' to workaround it so you are not at a disadvantage to 4:3 users "
I think PS3 owners will be just happy to have a game that (a) isn't on the 360 yet and (b) doesn't run like absolutle crap. I don't think they're gonna attempt to play it or anything, cos like multiplayer-only games? How quaint. |
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Second class citizens again, When are people going to realise that sony don't give flying f**k about the uk and europe, Japan and the US is there first aim always has been, have you all noticed there's never a problem getting a blueray movie out on time. Game & Gamestation always seem to have more movies than games on the shelf, hmmmmm format pushing anyone :O(
PS: not a very happy ps2 owner |
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"That has nothing to do with it. :|"
It has nothing to do with it if you don't mind a United States of Europe. Sony cannot be bothered with UK, because it puts it in the same category as the rest of the continent, even though we speak English...similar but not the same language as the Americans do! If Sony can't be bothered to convert from American English to English English, then I don't mind have a game come out sooner with American English localisation, than have to wait until every single version for the continent is also ready. And hence why many gamers will import the American version before Xmas. But like I said, we're now part of Europe, whether we like it or not. Brussels ahoy! |
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