Unreal Tournament 3 gets a release, it's July 7th [update]

by Dustin Burg { Jun 12th 2008 at 10:30AM }

Update: Eurogamer just confirmed that Europe will be receiving UT3 a few days earlier on July 4th.

Yesterday, not hours after we posted about the new Unreal Tournament 3 screenshots and joked about still not having an official release date, Joystiq forced Midway between a rock and a hard place and asked, no demanded an UT3 Xbox 360 release date. With fear in their eyes and ice cold blood pumping through their veins, Midway conceded and confirmed that July 7th is in fact UT3's North American release date. That Joystiq crew, they get things done, because they don't mess. Maybe we should get those threatening Joystiq bloggers to convince Midway or Epic to include a better Gears of War 2 surprise ... oh yeah, genius.

Tags: epic, epic-games, unreal-tournament-3, unreal-tournament-iii, ut3, utiii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Crazy Nut BE @ Jun 12th 2008 10:50AM

Europe gets something early? What is this? Bizzaroworld?

Anyway, good stuff, this will be great to relax after my exams.

Gamertag: GOPAL892005 @ Jun 12th 2008 10:50AM

cool, not only do we Euro 360 owners get UT3 before our American neighbours, but we get it on an American holiday :)

SadisticHam @ Jun 12th 2008 10:54AM

This game is supposedly dead on the PC and PS3, i can't see it lasting to well on Live either. :P

JSBeckerist @ Jun 12th 2008 1:23PM

Don't be such a negative nancy. The 360 version will have split screen which is huge in my book. If they allow guests to play online a la Halo style, it will BE my new Halo (at least until Gears 2 comes out.)

Neon Jebus @ Jun 12th 2008 11:26AM

Everytime I see something about this game I keep telling myself, "just in time for everyone to continue not to care".

So far has there been one case of a long delay for a game out on other systems turing up to be a good thing? I keep thinking of games like Universe at War, Quake Wars, UT3. I have the same feeling about World in Conflict.

These games might have done well if they would have come out any time close to that of the other systems.

Neuromancer @ Jun 12th 2008 11:35AM

A good game is still a good game, whether it came out 6 months ago or in one week.

Instead of pretending to be industry analysts shouldn't we just care if a game is fun to play? Personally I like the UT series so it could be delayed for another 6 months and I'd still pick it up.

baby sea tuna @ Jun 12th 2008 11:45AM

I think Epic really shot themselves in the foot by waiting so long to release this on 360. I seriously do not know 1 person who is at all interested in picking this game up, myself included. I hope they made enough money on the PS3 version (and via Sony's payoff) to cover their development costs, because this game is pretty likely to bomb in 360 sales.

The one thing they could have done (maybe) to boost sales was to include a Marcus Fenix and a Locust skin but instead they're giving 360 owners "exclusive" Gears 2 *videos* that we'll all end up watching on the internet, for free, 5 minutes after this game is released. Good work, Epic.

On the other hand, include a Gears 2 demo or multplayer beta ticket...UT3 would break a million overnight. Oops...

Gemini Ace @ Jun 12th 2008 12:04PM

I'm going to pick up the PS3 version so I can get mods.

Gamertag: GOPAL892005 @ Jun 12th 2008 1:13PM

u'r a bit late arnt you?

Neuromancer @ Jun 12th 2008 1:22PM

What Epic needs to realize is that now we live in a post-UT world, a world where the series just isn't relevant any more. 6 months ago, it would have done good. Maybe even great. But now the world just doesn't need it anymore. We have great games to occupy ourselves with, like Iron Man, and Turning Point Fall of Liberty, and an upcoming summer full of hits like Hail to the Chimp, and Space Chimps.

JerkfacedFed @ Jun 12th 2008 5:12PM

are you serious wiht those game title shout outs??

how bout games in somewhat a similar genre?

these go up to the end of 2008:

-battlefield bad company
-brothers in arms hells highway
-mercenaries 2
-world in conflict
-star wars force unleashed
-saints row 2
-dead space
-fallout 3
-fracture
-gears of war 2
-huxley
-left 4 dead
-chronicles of riddick sequel