UT3 already works on Xbox 360

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 19th November 2007
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The Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3 has been in a playable state since spring, apparently.

The Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3 has been in a playable state since spring, apparently.

The release dates for the various versions of Unreal Tournament 3 are starting to confuse me, seriously. If I've got all my facts straight though, the PC version will be out later this week, the PlayStation 3 version wil be out in December or some time next year depending on who you listen to and the Xbox 360 will get a port at some undefined point in the future.

What's weird though is that Mark Rein has recently fessed up and said that the game is already playable on the Xbox 360 - and has been since last spring!

In a comment to Joystiq, Mark Rein clarified earlier reports on the state of the 360 port.

"What I probably should have said was 'start working on it again'. We had the game up and running on all three platforms up until last spring...We stopped working on the 360 version so we could concentrate our efforts on shipping the various PC and PS3 versions."

Unreal Tournament 3, which we recently chatted to Mark Rein about ourselves, was originally announced as a PlayStation 3 console exclusive but that changed at E3 this year.

"Once we get the PC and PS3 versions out of the way, and take some time to enjoy the holidays with our friends and families, we'll start working on the 360 version again...There's still a decent bit of work to do. For example we have simple LAN play but no Xbox Live implementation yet and we need to work with Microsoft to figure out how to accommodate mods on their platform." Rein said, clarifying the status of the 360 version.

With the question about which version will prove most popular still unanswered, we put it to you: Which version will you be picking up and why? Let us know in the forums.
Quote cjoyce1980 19th November 2007, 10:06
OMG!.......this a 5 minute job for any programmer, and the mods are just a formailty.

i now wondering just how much sony paid to get a console exclusive for a good few months
Quote Faunus 19th November 2007, 10:31
If you think this is a 5 minutes job for any programmer (developer, level designer, code sanitizer, playtester, graphical artist ... the list goes on) - then you are sorely mistaken.

And the reason why this is being released on the PS3 before the Xbox 360, is because because work on the PS3 version was started before the 360 version. There is hardly any point in having 3 incomplete versions of one game when you can release 2 versions, get some cash coming in, and work on the third at a later date.

I don't believe that Epic games would be silly enough to release anything as a PS3 console exclusive - it's just not financially viable (or good for marketing, come to think of it).
Quote CardJoe 19th November 2007, 10:35
Quote:
Originally Posted by cjoyce1980

i now wondering just how much sony paid to get a console exclusive for a good few months

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/07/04/sony_won_t_buy_exclusive_games/1
Quote wuyanxu 19th November 2007, 10:46
haha, pwned.

they are right in releasing PC version first. because that is what UT is about: pure ownage on PC.
Quote DougEdey 19th November 2007, 11:07
It's working now because they probably did it at the same time as GoW.

Personally, I'm getting dissapointed by UE3 games. They should have forced a seal of quality on.
Quote Henk 19th November 2007, 12:00
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Originally Posted by DougEdey
It's working now because they probably did it at the same time as GoW.

Personally, I'm getting dissapointed by UE3 games. They should have forced a seal of quality on.
Requesting shop of the Epic logo with this image:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Original_Nintendo_Seal_of_Quality_%28European%29_%28Custom%29.JPG

:D
Quote phat-ant 19th November 2007, 12:09
PC all the way for me.
Any one know if the physx cards are coming out with pci-e?
ive run out of normal pci slots :(
Quote Flibblebot 19th November 2007, 12:10
Quote:
Originally Posted by wuyanxu
haha, pwned.

they are right in releasing PC version first. because that is what UT is about: pure ownage on PC.
Yes, but I thought that the whole point of XNA was that Xbox games could be developed alongside PC games. Surely it would have made more sense to release PC & Xbox close together, and spend more time on the PS3 version because the architecture is so different. But just because it sounds logical, doesn't necessarily mean that it is...

TBH, I've never really paid much attention to the UT games - I'm not much of an online player (mainly because I get pwned so quickly), and the engine's already been used in so many other games that even the technology isn't exciting any more.
Quote cjoyce1980 19th November 2007, 13:37
Quote:
Originally Posted by phat-ant
PC all the way for me.
Any one know if the physx cards are coming out with pci-e?
ive run out of normal pci slots :(

they already are
Quote cjoyce1980 19th November 2007, 13:40
Quote:
Originally Posted by Faunus
If you think this is a 5 minutes job for any programmer (developer, level designer, code sanitizer, playtester, graphical artist ... the list goes on) - then you are sorely mistaken.

And the reason why this is being released on the PS3 before the Xbox 360, is because because work on the PS3 version was started before the 360 version. There is hardly any point in having 3 incomplete versions of one game when you can release 2 versions, get some cash coming in, and work on the third at a later date.

I don't believe that Epic games would be silly enough to release anything as a PS3 console exclusive - it's just not financially viable (or good for marketing, come to think of it).

sony have a poor catalogue compared with the 360 so why would they not pay for it...... they gave rockstar a shed load of cash to stop the 360 version of GTA 4 coming out before the PS3 and the 360 version is complete, it just the silly PS3 version that is holding it back till easter
Quote HugoB 19th November 2007, 16:46
Quote:
Originally Posted by Henk
Requesting shop of the Epic logo with this image:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Original_Nintendo_Seal_of_Quality_%28European%29_%28Custom%29.JPG

:D
Quick and crude:
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3476/sealofqualityepicfq2.jpg
Quote devdevil85 19th November 2007, 16:58
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Originally Posted by cjoyce1980
sony have a poor catalogue compared with the 360
according to you maybe....for only being a year since it's debut, I think it's got a very good catalogue of games.....that's not considering PS2 games that you can also run on it....o & btw nobody should buy Logitech's Cordless Precision PS3 controller because they are now denying that it can do rumble even though on the box itself and on it's website (until Sunday morning) it said it did. Just a head's up.....
Quote phat-ant 19th November 2007, 23:04
Quote:
Originally Posted by cjoyce1980
Quote:
Originally Posted by phat-ant
PC all the way for me.
Any one know if the physx cards are coming out with pci-e?
ive run out of normal pci slots :(

they already are

got any links havent been able to find one :|
Quote DougEdey 19th November 2007, 23:38
They were meant to be out this year (announced about 12 months ago) but I think the poor uptake is affecting it
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