E3: Mark Rein talks Unreal Tournament 3

Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 4:51PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3, PC Gaming Tags: Epic Games, Mark Rein, SIXAXIS
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The folks over at GameSpot managed to have a chat with Mark Rein and they squeezed out some juicy info from Epic Games' big man himself. In this video, Rein talks Unreal Tournament 3 exclusivity, downloadable content, and more.

As we all know, the game will be a timed exclusive hitting the PS3 this November. According to Rein, it will also come to the PC on the same month.

After Gears of War put everyone in awe with sheer graphics, Mark Rein was very happy to report that UT3 will surpass the game that came a year before it. The Epic guys are going to utilize the full power of the PS3, along with some help from SIXAXIS to deliver the best UT3 experience yet. From Rein himself, SIXAXIS will be used in driving hoverboards and it will be a blast.

PS3 and PC owners going head to head is technically feasible, but Rein highly doubts that it's necessary. Being a company known to be strongly supportive of their fans, Epic doesn't see users wanting such feature. Asked if we'll see interconsole carnage between the PS3 and Xbox 360, Rein said "We'll have to wait and see."

Unreal Tournament was always about crazy mods, and this installment is no different. "PlayStation 3 is the only home console that's gonna let us bring mods," said Rein. Free downloadable content will be available on both the PS3 and the PC, but Epic is also looking at charging players for some stuff. No need to worry though, this could only mean something like user-created mods going on sale.

Take it from the jolly man himself, here's Mark Rein:

 



 
 
 

Comments

by - 2007-07-15 17:50:38
lmao

mark rein is awesome. i liked seeing the tension in the GS dude's face when he started to talk about exclusivity and that it will "probably" be released on 360 "sometime." You can't hide it anymore GameSpot! we all know you're 360 fanboys!
by - 2007-07-15 18:25:45
666

So True!
by - 2007-07-15 19:14:52
word

lmao agreed throughout the whole interview he was looking every where as if he didnt even care about what he was really saying but when he asked the guy about 360's release he was looking at him with alot of tension and then he got sometime lol gamespoe + funny
by - 2007-07-16 02:47:15
me too

i thought that i was the only one that thought gamespot was a ps3 hater site. anything that ps3 did good gamespot will say that it was stupid like home and that mgs4 was confirmed that it was going to 360. i hate that f@ckin site because they think that ***** is true. all they talk about is 360 and that the ps3 is already starting to die. i hope that this will ***** them the f@ck up!
by - 2007-07-16 04:06:24
Indeed..

Gamespot and 1UP are two of the most well known sites to advertize for the 360 and detest the Wii....any respectable gamer should avoid these 2 sites if his words are true and PC mods are available to the PS3 only [and i believe him....the PSN is an open-source network in the end unlike MS closed lag-fest netwrok]..this is a yet another lethal hit to the 360 i dont need to tell you all....UT3 is the most addictive multi-player FPS in the PC,and should they manage to port the controls well to the PS3 version,it will do the same to consoles hopefully they will allow Key-board and mouse controls....this is so great looks like the PS3 version will be the one to own.....watch out for november
by - 2007-07-16 04:32:22
my...

"advertize for the 360 and detest the Wii" that would be detest the PS3.. i guess the idea of UT3 makes me get carried away...in the end i am an UT addict
by - 2007-07-16 05:35:45
yes

apparantly it will support keyboard and mouse which would make it an awesome purchase to have
by - 2007-07-16 07:51:04
...

You heard it strait from his mouth, UE3 is running better on the PS3 than the 360, this means that Gears COULD be done on the PLAYSTATION 3
by - 2007-07-16 12:09:24
Long live the PS3!

WoW the excitment in the guy talking just makes me want it even more. You can tell this is going to be a great game when it comes out. The user mods on a console is definitely what Unreal has always been about and now it can be done on the amazing PS3. The 360 is already old, and breaking a lot. haha to the ms crowd.
by - 2007-07-16 14:12:31
PC VS PS3!

I want to be able to verse people on the pc. Some of my friends dont have a ps3 but are getting UT3 for PC. I want to be able to verse them. Also will this game have 4 player offline?
by - 2007-07-16 14:47:08
Actually that's not what he said.

As usual, gamers like you find comprehension VERY difficult. He said, UT3 is running better on the PS3 than GeOW was running on the 360 last year. In otherwords, they have improved the engine sufficiently to get more out of the console, and a year or so later with their next game, it will again be running better on the 360 and PS3 than UT3 will on both consoles. It's called progress. "this means that Gears COULD be done on the PLAYSTATION 3" Well duh! Let's see, it's generally agreed that both consoles are similar in terms of power with the PS3 having an edge with Cell and the 360 an edge with it's GPU, but overall about the same. So remind me why this would have meant Gears of War couldn't be done on the PS3? Or should I say, why are you surprised? I don't get it (unless you spend all your time argueing with 360 fanboys instead of seeking out the facts).

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