UT3 beta demo rocking your PC within two weeks

by Dan Dormer { Oct 9th 2007 at 6:55PM }

Unreal Tournament 3! Unreal Tournament 3! The sequel to Unreal Tournament 2004, which was preceded by Unreal Tournament 2003. Three cheers for Unreal Tournament 3! Epic's grand poobah Mark Rein recently posted on the game's official forums, dropping some details regarding the upcoming "beta demo" scheduled to come out within "the next two weeks." Rein revealed that the teaser will contain online multiplayer and instant action bot play; a perfect aperitif for the diehard UT fans. Non-alcoholic for the under 21 set.

It's certainly good to hear things are still on track for the PC version of the game, especially when the PS3 version is expected to slip into next year.

Tags: Beta, Demo, Epic, PC, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, UT3

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

TRUTH @ Oct 9th 2007 7:04PM

F-ING SWEEEEEEEEEEEET BIATCHEZ!!!!

Too @ Oct 9th 2007 7:11PM

It's funny that they're going to release the PC and PS3 versions independantly instead of together.

This would seem to imply they're looking to recoup some costs via the PC version. Thing is, if you buy the PC version, isn't that likely to kill some PS3 sales of the game?

sheppy2.0 @ Oct 9th 2007 7:16PM

Not for me. I'm buying both. I'll buy the PC version for the toolkits but let's put it this way, I spent between 40-60 hours a week on a PC. When I game, a couch is involved, a soda in reach, and a cat in my lap. While I respect the PC gaming community, because PC is my job, I don't relax on it.

Cabal @ Oct 9th 2007 7:52PM

Most developers see the PC platform entirely separate from the console platforms, and as such usually doesn't factor into exclusivity.

Besides, I'd still buy the PC version only if I had to wait several months after the console releases.

Shawn @ Oct 9th 2007 10:37PM

recoup the PC version? The PC version is going to do the best overall by far. UT is absolutely huge in the PC gaming community. I think UT could easily stand on it's own with a PC only release, but in these days, everything is multiplatform regardless.

If there's one thing that Sony's done right, it's how they handled UT and their whole attitude towards mods and the mouse/keyboard option. In fact, as primarily a PC gamer, I'm thinking about getting the PS3 version as well just to have the option of playing it everywhere in the house. Yes, i'm a UT freak.

sheppy2.0 @ Oct 9th 2007 7:17PM

I suppose an early release of the toolkit is expecting too much.... I want to work on my Nephilim for this game but have NOT idea of the workflow or requirements for character mods.

Xenn @ Oct 9th 2007 7:29PM

Is that a Nipple i see on her?

Jeff @ Oct 9th 2007 7:27PM

I am so excited for this.

Sam @ Oct 9th 2007 7:51PM

Can.Not.Wait.

Me and my friends have just busted out UT99, UT2k3 and UT2k4 and completed them on godlike in the past week because we were so hyped about this game.

Just seriously cannot wait.

FPSfan @ Oct 9th 2007 7:54PM

:O :)

CAN NOT WAIT!!! Time to start upgrading my PC again :P

the_game_master @ Oct 9th 2007 7:53PM

I use to think this was just going to be a base engine for other games to work off. So Epic has finally got to working this into a new sequel. Too bad I've become full console gamer thanks to Halo 3.

I do wonder what PC specs would be required to run this game, I've giving up being up to date with PC hardware long ago. I still use AGP.

FPSfan @ Oct 9th 2007 8:04PM

Minimum Requirements:
Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista
2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor
512 Mbytes of System RAM
NVIDIA 6200+ or ATI Radeon 9600+ Video Card
8 GB of Free Hard Drive Space

Recommended Requirements:
2.4+ GHZ Dual Core Processor
1 GBytes of System RAM
NVIDIA 7800GTX+ or ATI x1300+ Video Card
8 GB of Free Hard Drive Space

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