Unreal Tournament III will be completely free to download and play on Steam this weekend. This free version, called Unreal Tournament III Black, will include all the new content that was added in the Titan Pack in March, as well as a recent patch, taking the version number up to 2.1. You can pre-load the game right now, in preparation for a weekend of Unreal goodness.
Sure, the game may not be as fresh as it once was, but free is free and Epic has to find some way to draw in interest from the now reinvigorated Team Fortress 2 crowd. At least it will give you something to do while you're waiting for all the E3 news to begin on Monday.
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Reader Comments (22)
Posted: May 27th 2009 1:39AM Nytemare said
I played TF2 for the first time during the free weekend, ended up buying it cause I played so much.
I wonder if I'll do the same with this.
I wonder if I'll do the same with this.
Posted: May 27th 2009 1:49AM iHavePants said
I did the same thing last free weekend of UT3, but it doesn't seem like anyone else did. After the free weekend was over there was NOONE left to play with on Australian servers.
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Posted: May 27th 2009 1:41AM Nadril said
Fresh Meat!
I'll probably play during this free weekend even though I already own the game. Everyone seems to be so skilled (the ones who own the game) and I usually get rocked on servers. All of the new people trying it out will be a nice change of pace.
I'll probably play during this free weekend even though I already own the game. Everyone seems to be so skilled (the ones who own the game) and I usually get rocked on servers. All of the new people trying it out will be a nice change of pace.
Posted: May 27th 2009 2:15AM Sly C said
I WILL BE THERE.
WITH WEAPONS.
WITH WEAPONS.
Posted: May 27th 2009 7:12AM (Unverified) said
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Posted: May 27th 2009 8:56AM (Unverified) said
I bought UT3 a few months ago for 10 bucks at EB. I loved it but the community is pretty dead. I guess it was the high system requirements that did it in.
Posted: May 27th 2009 12:30PM Haboobee said
/*Rant warning*/
Imho it wasn't the computer specs that killed the game, it was god awful user interface, horrendous game browser and total lack of patches or updates that would address that. Yeah I am pissed, I ve spent 50 on Unreal Pack and I played Unreal Gold more than UT3. The game has great visuals and gameplay but its like in the middle of a pool of sh1t. One must go through all the crap to play a match. CliffyB has still a chance to fix it.
And after the free weekend there wont be any players left on it.
And that is the other thing, when you join a server to play you better have a bunch of friend to play with you because usually the servers have only a few players who are near newbies drawn to the game by mistake. Forget about quality gaming. Its quite frustrating playing VCTF with people who rush to the vehicles and have absolutely no clue about team play.
UT3 is a bastard and forgotten child of Epic and the hope of them fixing it is slim to none. They are probably busy making another GOW.
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Imho it wasn't the computer specs that killed the game, it was god awful user interface, horrendous game browser and total lack of patches or updates that would address that. Yeah I am pissed, I ve spent 50 on Unreal Pack and I played Unreal Gold more than UT3. The game has great visuals and gameplay but its like in the middle of a pool of sh1t. One must go through all the crap to play a match. CliffyB has still a chance to fix it.
And after the free weekend there wont be any players left on it.
And that is the other thing, when you join a server to play you better have a bunch of friend to play with you because usually the servers have only a few players who are near newbies drawn to the game by mistake. Forget about quality gaming. Its quite frustrating playing VCTF with people who rush to the vehicles and have absolutely no clue about team play.
UT3 is a bastard and forgotten child of Epic and the hope of them fixing it is slim to none. They are probably busy making another GOW.
Posted: May 27th 2009 12:58PM R Planteer said
all the crap to play a match?
Start game.
Mulitplayer.
Join game.
Go to favorites tab.
Click favorite server.
Play.
Takes me like 2 min to get into a game after unreal 3 loads....
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Start game.
Mulitplayer.
Join game.
Go to favorites tab.
Click favorite server.
Play.
Takes me like 2 min to get into a game after unreal 3 loads....
Posted: May 27th 2009 8:57AM StormEagle said
Or own it for >$20!
Posted: May 27th 2009 9:34AM XGM said
Yea the game isnt bad with ll the updates, especially since its been 10$ for almost a year now at EB Games
Posted: May 27th 2009 9:34AM BinaryTB said
I bought UT2k3 later in its "cycle" cause it was cheap. Turned out that the only people left playing were pretty much the best... so I could barely even get one kill in per map.
Won't be doing the same with UT3. Plus if I want Unreal Engine action, I've got Killing Floor on Steam.
Won't be doing the same with UT3. Plus if I want Unreal Engine action, I've got Killing Floor on Steam.
Posted: May 27th 2009 12:40PM R Planteer said
I dont get with all the unreal 3 hate, its my most played game on my pc right now after Guild Wars.
The server I play on is always populated at night, and during the weekend it even gets full, and its a 32 player server. Offical Epic Warfare server #2 in america, come play sometime.
The server I play on is always populated at night, and during the weekend it even gets full, and its a 32 player server. Offical Epic Warfare server #2 in america, come play sometime.
Posted: May 27th 2009 12:41PM R Planteer said
I dont get whats with all the unreal 3 hate, its the most played game on my pc after Guild Wars. The server I play on is always populated at night and it even gets maxed out on the weekends, and its a 32 player server.
Offical Epic Warfare #2 in America, come play with us sometime.
Offical Epic Warfare #2 in America, come play with us sometime.
Posted: May 27th 2009 12:42PM R Planteer said
bah. ghost this and the above into oblivion please.
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Posted: May 27th 2009 12:49PM doom saber said
I bought the game recently on clearance for around four bucks and l love the mods
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