PS3 Unreal Tournament 3 in 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Until about a month ago, it looked like Unreal Tournament 3 (UT 3) for the PS3 would ship -- not before next year.
But all that has changed with Epic Games Chief, Mark Rein's announcement that the game will ship this year itself -- that too ahead of the upcoming holiday season -- but only in North America.
In Europe and PAL territories, Rein said UT 3 for the PS3 would ship possibly early next year. The reason being Epic Games needs time to wrap-up some issues related to localized content in these regions.
All said, Rein's confidence is remarkable. Earlier on, he had said the same thing -- that despite game publisher, Midway Games' pessimism, he is confident that the game will arrive in 2007.
The SCEA seal of approval for the game was obtained just a few days ago, along with news that it had been released to North American Manufacturing.
Currently, Midway is co-ordinating with retailers to come up with some definite date for shipping the game, which according to Rein, will mostly be around Dec 10, 2007.
Meanwhile, the PC version of UT 3 has just arrived this week. However, Midway had also announced plans to bring UT 3 to Microsoft's Xbox 360 sometime next year.
All in all, it's going to take some waiting for the game -- either which ways!