Fun with numbers: 4th Unreal Tournament now called "Unreal Tournament 3"

Posted Jan 26, 2007 at 9:03PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Midway Games, Unreal Engine
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As reported by CVG, Midway Games has just recently announced it has decided to rename the fourth installment to the Unreal Tournament series, from "Unreal Tournament 2007", to "Unreal Tournament 3".

Many are, of course, confused by this sudden change, considering that before the announcement of the upcoming UT2K7, there were the original UT, UT2K3, and UT2K4 released before. Some are speculating that this may have been done so that the name of the game will match the game engine that it will be running on (Unreal Engine 3), while others note that UT2K3 was merely a beta of sorts for UT2K4, and therefore cannot be considered as a legitimate member of the series.

Either way, everyone is waiting for Midway to tell us why they decided to do this re-christening, while the rest of us may have to learn math all over again (those who've watched all Star Wars movies or followed all Final Fantasy games would know what we mean).

 
 
 

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by memoHDCV| - 2007-01-25 07:04
» UT3

To match with PS3. LOL



UT3 ... PS3 =D

by Huh!? - 2007-01-25 07:52
» ut2k8

It was either UT3 for UT2k8.



They used UT3 cause less ppl will catch on to when the release date of this game actually is.

by PCLBC - 2007-01-25 08:44
» AND B3CAUS3

Unreal Tournament was on Playstation 2 in the early years.

by dsafsd - 2007-01-25 09:12
» asdfsadf

Or maybe with "3"60. Hahahahaha. j/k Atleast it's confirmed for 360 too now as well.

by Vietone - 2007-01-25 11:20
» Since when

no one has confirmed it for the 360.

by Annony - 2007-01-25 13:52
» UT3 is right

UT2k4 was just an upgrade over UT2k3, not at all a 'brand new game'.



So, the title of 'Unreal Tournament 3' is spot on... unless you count the 'Unreal Championship' games...

by Re - 2007-01-25 21:41
» News by broken off the Square Enix unreal engine news

The Latest News By Broken.. :)



[CONFIRMED UT2K7 FOR THE 360....]



http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/758/758367p1.html



"the Chicago-based publisher today announced that the game formerly known as Unreal Tournament 2007 is now Unreal Tournament 3. And it's coming to the PC, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 in the second half of 2007."

by SD - 2007-01-25 21:46
» 360 version link

Devise, Link for 360 version.



http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/758/758367p1.html

by wildmatt - 2007-01-26 17:18
» UC3

It's because there were 2 Unreal Championships, now being a 360 game, they had to corespond with the 360 folk

by Shatterdome - 2007-01-26 19:39
» It's because it's unreal engine 3...

UT2007 was always just a working title....when the Unreal engine first came out, it was released with a single player game, same goes with the unreal 2 engine...so they are just following suit...obviously console gamers are going to want more then just tournament type progression.....so it is actually the 3rd Unreal with a typical type of level progression.....

by nik - 2007-02-01 05:26
» xbox 360 sucks testicles

ahah you 360 owners are pretty stupid you think xbox 360's so cheap ha what about the extra harddrive you gotta buy just to keep up with sonys what about the extra dvd player you have to buy just to watch a dvd what about the online fee thats bull***** what about the wireless adapter for the internet. ha thats about 1150$ you stupid morons ps3 comes with all that and its cheaper and the consoles newer and future proof so 360 fans enjoy your 1 year headstart that dident mean nothing and in a couple months ps3 will surpass your console with flying colours so kneel down and kiss the rings *****

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