UT 360 dev to begin in 08

By Tom Bramwell Published 15 November, 2007

They're a bit busy right now.

Mark Rein says that Unreal Tournament 3 is definitely going to come out on Xbox 360 - they're just not working on it right this second, and won't be "until early next year".

Rein was speaking to the capital letters fans at RIOTT when he was asked if the game is ever coming out on 360. "Oh yeah, absolutely," he said.

Once again he explained that while the PS3 "is an open system" and that the chaps at Sony "embrace user-created content", "there isn't really a way to do that on the 360".

"So our job, when we finish the PS3 version, and we've taken a little break, is to sit down with Microsoft and to figure out how we can do Mods on their system."

Work will start "early next year", he added.

In the meantime, the PC version is due out on 23rd November.

It will be followed first by the PS3 version, although Rein admitted in a separate interview with Eurogamer last week that localisation issues could prevent it from making it to shop shelves in Europe this side of Christmas.

Look out for a review of Unreal Tournament 3 in the very near future, or those of you who speak German can pop over to our sister site, Eurogamer.de, and read their 8/10 review right now.

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Comments (21) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • crozon #1 4 years ago

    any german speakers over here. if so why the devil did eurogamer.de give utiii a 8 out of 10. was expecting atleast a 9.

  • lambtron #2 4 years ago

    Err cos maybe they thought it was only worth an 8?

  • Decap #3 4 years ago

    What a stupid question. Yeah ofcourse they should have given it a 9 because YOU were expecting that.. And YOUR expectations are always the only way to go. D:

  • Dizzy #4 4 years ago

    >was expecting atleast a 9.

    Err???

    It is pretty old school... demo didn't impress me at all.

  • t8yman #5 4 years ago

    how come germany arent allowed anything remotely violent in their videogames, but they can have UT?
    Puzzling!

  • Darren #6 4 years ago

    So Epic haven't even started work on the 360 version and won't do until next year. Wow, that makes it sound like it won't see a release until late 2008.

    I understand the PS3 version is nearly finished and may even be released this year. Definitely going for that version personally as my PC ran the demo OK on high detail but didn't feel as smooth as I like and I'm loathe to spend hundreds of pounds upgrading my ageing one now just for one or two games. Besides I plan on buying a new 4 GB quad-core PC next summer anyway.

  • Dizzy #7 4 years ago

    >So Epic haven't even started work on the 360 version

    Err.. no.. 360 version is almost done. They just stopped at the mod point because they had some trouble getting it onto Live. The demo displayed a few years ago was a 360 version BTW.

    This is ofc the official point of view... behind the scenes it is just Epic not wanting to release against all the killer 360 FPSs and getting some extra $$ from Sony in the process.

  • menage #8 4 years ago

    Pff, who really cares about this, isn't everybody shooterdrunk already.

  • ElasticTangent #9 4 years ago

    Makes a change to see a release on the PS3 before the Xbox. I'm kinda getting sick of seeing realease dates and then finding out that the PS3 is weeks or months later.

  • legendmir #10 4 years ago

    try sticking the german review into a translator its hilarious, "adrenalin-pregnant vehicle combat" lol

  • NickyJD #11 4 years ago

    8/10, not as good as Halo 3, Bioshock, COD4, Sega rally revo, Uncharted then...

    If you take reviews seriously you need help, it's one mans opinion, a man you've never met, a man who likes different things than you, a man who's reviewing games to a deadline and for money.

    How the fuck can you base your purchases off of that shit?.

  • Xerx3s #12 4 years ago

    any german speakers over here. if so why the devil did eurogamer.de give utiii a 8 out of 10. was expecting atleast a 9.

    Because it yet again fails to be as good as UT'99?

    Makes a change to see a release on the PS3 before the Xbox. I'm kinda getting sick of seeing realease dates and then finding out that the PS3 is weeks or months later.

    Buy a 360/pc?
    Edited by 1 at 15/11/07 @ 11:48

  • Eighthours #13 4 years ago

    Why on Earth are they claiming that they basically haven't started the 360 version, when loads of people have seen it running very nicely? Remarkable!

  • bioreit #14 4 years ago

    @ Darren



    Despite what they have said, I suspect there will be at least a skeleton crew playing around with some of the code. I sincerely doubt that they have done absolutely NOTHING on a 360 version.

    And anyway, they've already pushed out Gears of War, so they have first hand experience of the engine on the 360 platform, so development times should be reduced.

    I reckon Rein may have been specifically thinking of the user-generated content when saying they haven't done anything yet, as like he said, they need to discuss it with Microsoft to find the best way forward.

  • ParanoidZombie #15 4 years ago

    It must be a six month exclusive, so I guess the x360 version will be released next summer, at best.
    Edited by 1 at 15/11/07 @ 12:50

  • CrunchinJelly #16 4 years ago

    This is bollocks.

    I'm sure OXM USA actually played the 360 version a few months ago.

  • JayeM #17 4 years ago

    My bet is the 360 version will be about 99% done by the time the PC version is released.

  • Pulsar_t #18 4 years ago

    Anyone who cares enough will buy it on PC or patiently wait until next year.

    As for me I'll be skipping this one thank you. UT2004 was hardly impressive.

  • gmmonkey #19 4 years ago

    Well, I wont be buying it until I can get 2nd hand in 2009 in 2 for £20 in game. I'll be too busy until then, washing my hair. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT! Mmh, yeah, you didn't like that, did you? Pricks!

  • TheWretched #20 4 years ago

    UT3 is out in Germany already on the PC :p

  • Hangman #21 4 years ago

    I really think this will flop on 360 anyway - it's to old school for it's own good in game mechanics, and with COD4 offering extensive legs for leveling up (like last years R6:V which is still being played) it'll be lost by the wayside.

  • zedzee #22 4 years ago

    My bet is the X360 version was the first to be written and finished.

    Epic just can't release it because of the timed exclusive period for the PS3 release, which by the way, is ideal for them as there are far too many FPS jostling for position under the Xmas tree this season already for X360 owners, [so I'm sure Epic don't mind waiting].

    [Also, does anyone know how timed exclusives work? Would EuroGamer take up this real journalistic challenge (rather than just Copy'n'Paste from news releases) and explain it please?
    What if a game gets delayed, like UT3, does that mean the exclusivity window is smaller?]

    [Finally], I am a bit puzzled by all these other terms; "Mod", "PS3 is an open system" and "user created content".

    What do they mean in this context?

    Is he talking about gamers providing content to things like level design?

    Anyone care to explain please?
    Edited by 1 at 15/11/07 @ 23:50