UT3 map competition for beginners

By Robert Purchese Published 5 June, 2008

Cliff Bleszinski and money on offer.

Level design hotspot 3D Buzz has decided to run its very own map-making competition for Unreal Tournament 3.

It aims to give beginners a shot at the big time by disallowing any custom content such as home-grown textures, models, and all that. The only bits you can use come as standard with the level editor.

Star prize is an impressive bounty of USD 1000, a PlayStation 3, plus an Epic-autographed copy of the game.

Better still, silky-haired Epic poster-child Cliff Bleszinski will do a video review of your level. As will the 3D Buzz team.

Runners-up get a PS3 and an autographed game.

The very first contest is to design a deathmatch arena, and you must keep a work-in-progress diary on the 3D Buzz forum.

This competition sits by the Epic-run Make Something Unreal event, which asks the community to make a mod for UT3 and then showers them in prizes.

The best bit from a neutral standpoint is that all the creations will be made available to download and play.

Head over to the Make Something Unreal website to get involved.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (4) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • nickthegun #1 4 years ago

    I once played a UT2k4 map that was basically a big room with the walls and floor covered in Porn.

    I dont know how it made it onto the server rotation, but it was fun to play on...

  • Eraysor #2 4 years ago

    Does anyone play UT3 anymore? I bought it, but I'm pretty sure it bombed. Certainly for PC at least, everywhere sells it at budget price.

  • Nithron #3 4 years ago

    @Eraysor: I'm pretty sure it came out at a fairly budget-friendly price to begin with.

    Although from the way CliffyB was whining about the PC market, i don't think it sold too well either...

  • CunningLinguist #4 4 years ago

    I got it for PC. There's like 1 server with players on it. The controls feel very console like. Most people still play UT 2004 as far as I know.