Unreal Tournament 3 demo now available on PC, already benchmarked

by Ross Miller { Oct 12th 2007 at 1:30PM }

Call of Duty 4 isn't the only high-profile PC demo launching today. Epic Games has released a demo Unreal Tournament 3. The 741 MB download, currently available at FilePlanet, features three maps (two deathmatch and one vehicle Capture the Flag): HeatRay, ShangriLa and Suspense.

Unsurprisingly, there are already performance benchmarks for the game over various gaming rigs, such as this lengthy piece from PC Perspective. The demo description still lists UT3 as coming in November, although the game's publisher Midway doesn't have nearly as much confidence in that release window.

Gallery: Unreal Tournament III

Tags: demo, epic, epic-games, midway, unreal-tournament, unreal-tournament-3, ut3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sheppy2.0 @ Oct 12th 2007 1:38PM

What a wonderful way to follow up my beating Portal last night....

HELL YEAH!

KingOfGods @ Oct 12th 2007 1:51PM

Yeah Finished Portal last night as well, what a great game....Now just waiting on my copy for 360 to play TF2 with my Live buddies and for the Achievements of course

NIck NAmer @ Oct 12th 2007 2:02PM

Is there anywhere else to download this demo? Fileplanet is crap and you have to pay to download the demo.

bounchfx @ Oct 12th 2007 2:40PM

'Fileplanet is crap' true.

' and you have to pay to download the demo.' false

10% left! woot!

ryan @ Oct 13th 2007 5:10PM

you dont need to pay but to get a good speed and get ahead of the line you do have to but you can get it if your willing to wait longer

Mike @ Oct 12th 2007 2:04PM

I sure long for the days when demos where easy to get. I'm not going to "sign" up with a account to download a demo! Epic should host this demo for free with their servers. BULLSHIT.

Shawn @ Oct 12th 2007 2:06PM

there a ton of links to download the client over at the official forums. There is a big torrent running for it as well.

Shawn @ Oct 12th 2007 2:05PM

This is great! I know what's gonna take up a lot my time this weekend. This is my goty by far..

As far as the comment in the article, this is definitely coming to PC in November, I'm not sure what the deal is with the ps3 though. Mark Rein has stated on the forums several times that the pc is on target, hence the beta demo which has always come out right before Epic's release.

Mike @ Oct 12th 2007 2:09PM

oh.. my bad thanks Shawn for mentioning that. Shame the site didn't. >:(

Mike @ Oct 12th 2007 2:18PM

I take that back.. getting this demo is incredibly hard and not worth my time to do so. STUPID. There are NOT links at the offical forums.

Shawn @ Oct 12th 2007 2:21PM

jesus christ Mike!! Here is a link I found by using the powers of google!! :P

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/11252/Unreal+Tournament+3+Demo

Mike @ Oct 12th 2007 2:27PM

thanks Shawn.. but I have to 'sign' up there to download it. I finally found a truly easy place.. FileFront
http://files.filefront.com/Unreal+Tournament+3+Beta+Demo/;8780331;/fileinfo.html

My complaint is still valid however.. I shouldn't have to go through signing up and registering with some site to get a free demo that is promoting a game they want to sell.

JKeovichith @ Oct 12th 2007 2:30PM

if you use news groups, here's an nzb

http://nzbmatrix.com/nzb-details.php?id=175528

Arturo @ Oct 12th 2007 2:33PM

I'm getting it at filefront and I guess there's no wait. Running it fine on my machine is a diff story though... =/

Jeff @ Oct 12th 2007 2:41PM

How you live life as PC gamer not signed up to fileplanet or any of the affiliate sites is beyond me. Really not a big deal at all; I find the IGN download manager convenient.

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 12th 2007 2:55PM

i manage just fine without that shit

Billy @ Oct 12th 2007 2:51PM

Joystiq, I'm offended that you would even link to the hell that is FilePlanet. FUCK THAT SITE.

Everyone, here is a link to a FREE download on filefront.com, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED! I'm getting about 300KB/s right now :D

http://files.filefront.com/Unreal+Tournament+3+Beta+Demo/;8780331;/fileinfo.html

Synner @ Oct 12th 2007 2:53PM

No, having to sign up is bullshit. It especially sucks when you have to do it for a patch for a game you bought. The damn company can't even give you a fast easy link to fix their broken product. It's liks Mcdonalds sending you to wendys when they forget your coke at the drive through.