Possible Delay for Unreal Tournament 3
According to a forum posting by Mark Rein himself, Unreal Tournament may not come out in November as thought. It looks like they are shooting for November, but it is not set in stone. The exact quote from the Unreal Forums over at Epic Games says the following:
We do not know exactly when the game will be completed. All we’ve said is that we’re hoping for a November release but as you know we value getting it right over getting it right now so there’s no guarantee of that.
For all this time, I was certain that Unreal Tournament was coming out in November for PS3 and the PC. There was never any mention of a delay until today, so I have to wonder if they are running into some of the issues with the engine that other companies have mentioned, or if this is just damage control for the inevitable delay of the title that many online gamers have been waiting to play. It would be funny if it gets delayed til the 360 version comes out, but I don’t see it being pushed back that far.
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when does the 360 version come out????
Mark Rien hits PS3 for Massive Dammage !
The PS3 and PC versions were scheduled for November and the 360 version was scheduled for Feburary of 2008. Most are wondering how factual this is, but I look at it as they had all the time in the world to announce it might be delayed and they waited until two months before launch to finally say something.
Actually Mark Rein had already mentioned this the moment the “November release date” was revealed. They’ve always been about getting it right, rather than getting it done on time. The November release date wasn’t set in stone from the beginning, just an educated guess on Epic’s part.
Actually, the 360 version was not scheduled until Q2 2008, which means July of 2008 at the earliest for the 360 version.
And even this does not point to a definite push for the ps3/pc versions. But either way, I do want them to release a well polished product that runs better than Gears did.
I foresee the PC and 360 versions coming out at the same time, with the PS3 releasing late. Epic realizes they need to make money and the damn problems they run into on the PS3 version prohibits a timely release, so they just screw it.
The game’s looking so good that not knowing when its exact release date will be is probably causing more palpitations with other publishers trying to put out shooters before or after the game’s launch window to avoid getting clobbered by it.
I have plenty to play on my PS3 and PSP if I have to wait, but I don’t burn through games that quickly.
Another PS3 game being delayed. Does anyone sense a pattern?
Well you would have to be nuts not to see a patern, pretty much every game worth talknig about on the PS3 has been delayed at some point. This is getting scarey because I just bought a PS3, I assumed it was the one to get since playstation 1&2 were so great, I should have researched first, but I work long hours and have little time to spend on the internet. Now I have time to catch up on things and I find out PS3 games are all delayed and are not as good as 360 games! just my luck, I thought PS3 was the most powerful console ever made?
“Another PS3 game being delayed. Does anyone sense a pattern?” LOL ooo i c it
He only said UT3 may be delayed. It still could be released in November.
LOL, yes poor PS3, people see what they want to see, its being delayed on PC also, nothing to do with the PS3. X-box 360 games only look better because they are ported, so they don’t really take full advantage of the hardware, or you could lool into it this way, game dev’s have had 1 whole extra year in programing on the 360.. nothing to do with the hadware… Look at Folklore, MGS 4, Gran Turismo 5 and so on take a look at those exclusives and you’ll see the power in the machine. Everyone jumps to conclusions way to fast before looking into things a little more.