Unreal Tournament 3 release date confirmed - Bad choice perhaps?

It seems USA get to sample EPICs' offering of the latest Unreal Tournament 3 this year on September 3rd, whilst Europe has to wait until 28th September...

However it may seem either EPIC have forgotten something very important or they do not care as a top title exclusive to Xbox 360 hits this year on September 26th for Europe...Which is HALO 3!

[Ru]

I have All the BlockBuster Titles pre-ordered, and will be picking them all up on release date.
No matter if I have no time to play them all right away.

[gta_cb]

well looks like your going to be sorted all thru past september then =)

[SuperSaiyan4]

Far too many games coming out all too close together imo especially since having both a 360 and PS3. But common sense says but the games that I will play a lot and save the others to when I am bored so I have a choice later on.

But given the fact that HALO 3 is a huge AAA title its rather silly for EPIC to delay the game for Europe 2 days later.

If UT3 is region free like Gears of war I am sure many will just import it to wet their appettite until HALO 3 is released.

Note: The link works fine if it doesnt try this:

http://www.psu.com/node/114...

[Neutral Gamer]

Mate, I've tried the link you just gave and the source link and I'm just getting a webpage which has story titles none of which have anything to do with UT3.

I've attached a screenshot of the page I'm getting; I've selected the text otherwise it's hard to see. Don't know whether it's just a few of us who are having problems with the site.

[TnS]

Shame on everyone who approved with the broken link...
By the way, this is not confirmation, still guessing, and thus duplicate of: http://www.n4g.com/News-422...

[Neutral Gamer]

I see that you've updated the link in your comment and it works now. How about adding an update to the article to give people the new link straight away?

Cheers :)

[Husso]

halo sucks it looks like aold gen game, ur3 pwns it in every way.

[Antan]

Its comments like this that will lose you bubbles! Thats not exactly a reason to dislike now is it? Why dont you like it? speak like an adult.

[gta_cb]

yeh like Antan said, comments like this will loose you bubbles, maybe instead of saying that, say i dont like the way it looks like an old gen blah blah blah.... anyway back to the topic i dont mind when it comes out, i will buy all the games i like the look of, and well i dont mind having to choose between the good ones..... hopefully

[SuperSaiyan4]

What was the point of your post? Why is it the fanbabies always have severe difficulty in spelling and grammar?

And what on earth is ur3?? I think you meant UT3 *rolls eyes*

I hope EPIC delay the game or release it earlier, however sorry if I sound selfish as I know the game is for PS3 as well and many PS3 gamers will want this game early at best as its a top title.

But am sure more sales can be generated if the game was released at least a month or 2 after HALO 3.

Have updated the link:

http://www.psu.com/node/114...

If that still doesnt work do a search on PSU for Unreal Tournmanet 3 then its a few options down headed 'Unreal Tournament 3 to be very real in September...'

[MK_Red]

Epic wants to show people that UT is the true FPS not Halo. UT3 > Halo3.

[Sevir04]

Epic knows what they are doing... they had a game that sold plenty when it launched just10 months ago come september and they know their game is hotness. they arent taking a gamble because they are confident for with their title... and in my opinion i think they know they have nothing to worry about their game lookes better than Halo and juging from their experience in this genre it owns totally in multiplayer. like i said before, only the halo fanatics and there are alot (9 mill and counting are gonna be interested in halo 3) and thats practiaclly at the moment the xbox 360s entire install base, but who knows i'm sure come halo3 it'll have a bigger install base, it'll probably sell well like it did in 2006 with gears... but hey Gears was a run away hit why wouldnt UT3 be aswell, after all it's a Multiplatform game, it'll sell Millions on the 360 becaue Gears did, and it'll sell just as well if not slightly worse because the install base my not be there on the ps3, but then again this is another high profile game that even ps3 fans are waitiong for. so they might just fork it up and sell a few more systems as well. it'll be a good christmas holiday season. this year. both the 360 and the ps3 has a truck load of impressive games ready at that time and will totally generate well needed sales and revenue. consoles will be flying off the shelves for sure

[NikV3]

im sure they will both sell good, i myself dont like halo, i never realy understood what was so good about it, but thats only my opinion, everyone has there own. but for me it will be UT3 for the ps3, and i choose the ps3 because they already said they will let epic release all the free content they want, i doubt microsoft will allow that

[End1ess]

Halo will generate a lot of sales just because it's an xbox exclusive and it's held in such high regard by those who have played it or have a lot of friends who play it. But the ps3 users and the cpu users who now have a console will almost definitely swear by UT3. I loved the old Unreal series for the Dreamcast and Xbox so i'm interested to see how it turns out all next-genish.

Me personally? I only own a 360 now but I just can't get into halo at all. I'd pick UT or Counter-Strike any day of the week. But you're talking to a small voice in a crowd of many. I just think my money is better invested in Assasin's Creed and UT3 that's all.

BUT THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS that I really don't feel like it's going to matter when games are released in relation to halo, especially with the titles at hand. kbye

[Ru]

My bad. Sorry Everyone,I need to be more diligent.

[CrazzyMan]

then it`s really a good choice. =)
that game will provide a great online experience for ps3/pc owners. :)

[anh_duong]

this has just been denied by mark rein in the ut3 official website/forum

[FirstknighT]

This would be a horrible decision. For example, I am a HUGE FPS fan and love both franchises. But if the two would come out in the same time period, I would easily choose Halo 3 over Unreal. If they were maybe 4 months apart than I would buy both. Unreal is a great franchise but not on consoles. The unreal world belongs mostly in pc land so releasing the game during the release of the king of fps of consoles would be idiotic.

[Cartesian3D]

Unreal 3 is a HUGE title for PC and Ps3 (cuz of mouse and keyboard support).. and many Professional tournaments waiting for it.. u must be idiot if u compare halo(console FPS!!!) to U3(mouse and keyboard aiming)..

Halo is for just xbox users.. U3 is for millions of other users ( PC and PS3) .. u just see ur self

First person shooter is more professional than u think Firstknight, and U3 is a one and only realy nexgen choice for pros..

[FirstknighT]

Well I agree that Unreal is a huge franchise but it has also been around alot longer than Halo. I actually was ranked pretty high when I used to play Unreal 2004 on the PC. But most Unreal tournaments are pc based and 1vs1. And dont try to make a comment on the ps3 version since nothing is known about it.

"U3 is for millions of other users"
Halo is just as big as the Unreal franchise and Halo 3 will definitely expand on its popularity. The halo 3 beta has already clocked in a ridiculous amount of players and games. And if your talking about professional gaming than you must of forgotten one of the best and highly funded league named MLG (Major League Gaming) They have signed 4 player Halo teams to million dollar contracts. Halo has brought professional tournaments to the maintstream and MLG is already starting to talk to ESPN to bring live matches.

[Keyser]

FirtKnight, you're correct but UT3 appeals to all platforms (PS3, 360, and PC) For Halo, everyone will be playing on the 360 but almost everyone (Sorry Wii) will be playing UT3 because they won't have to spend $400 to play it.

If you have a 360, I'm sure most will get H3 (me) but UT3 will also be purchased especially since it comes out first.

[reaperxciv]

im getting crysis, ut3 & halo 3 nontheless!

[super bill]

fu@king europe getting shaft again.pissing yankee developers

[BIadestarX]

I will be getting both... Halo 3 & UE. I would like to point out... that this will be a good thing for people that own a PS3 since they will not be getting Halo 3... so to them... this is good timing.

[gta_cb]

good point.

[anh_duong]

go to the official unreal website. mark rein states that this post is false and also europe will get the game at the same time as the us

[Odion]

UT3 should come out in November so far nothing big has been announced for then.

Also just a note you can use a mouse and keybaord with the 360. Hence why the controller jacks are USB ports drrr

[Jay da 2KBalla]

I am seriously going to go broke this year. There are way too many games to get for 360.

UT3, Too Human, Half life 2 orange box, halo3, mass effect, bioshock, still got to get crackdown, GTA4 with all the exclusive content, and nba2k8, star wars force unleashed

Thats 10 games coming out around the same time except for crackdown but still damn.

And really where is UT3 going to fit. It is going to have to go up against big name games all through the holiday.

Aug.- Bioshock
Sept.- Mass Effect and halo 3
Oct.- Half life 2 orange box and GTA4
Nov.- Star Wars Force Unleashed

[Keyser]

Halo 3 had better watch out...

Why?

Everyone raves about GeoW's graphics and it's said that these are as good or better than GeoW. People may be turned off when they've been playing UT3 for 21 days straight and then the pop in Halo and it's not graphically on par.

I don't know, I think this was probably a good strategy for Epic to try and dethrone Halo as the serious FPS because its easier to go from rotary to touchtone than it is to go back.

[gta_cb]

i have faith, especially as they now have to deliver otherwise the game will prob have loads of bad news reviews etc.
but yeh i have faith in them, also got to say looking forward to the online play!

[Eldon3]

Yay! one of my favorite games comes out on my birtday! sept 3... lets see .. i'll be 21, so I guess i'll drink a beer and frag some people!

[gta_cb]

nice b'day present from Epic =)