Unreal Anthology

Over the past few days Steam has seen a number of new titles and special offers. Game-Pad.net summarise some of the main releases and bargains this weekend.

Legendary Pictures, the film production company that is currently co-financing the Gears of War film adaption, is currently in talks to buy Gears developer Epic Games, according to Variety. The report has apparently been corroborated by multiple sources, though neither company involved has issued any official statements. Variety notes that if the deal closes, Legendary will become the first film financier to invest directly in a game developer.

If you were trapped at a deserted island LAN party and could only bring one game, what would it be? Well, after this fall, we'd have to say the Unreal Anthology, announced today from Midway. Paving the way for the over-the-top gib-fest Unreal Tournament 2007, Midway plans to share UT 's shooter heritage and history by reissuing the complete backlog of Unreal titles for under 30 bucks. Unreal Anthology will include the original Unreal and its expansion pack, Return to Na Pali, in addition to

An announcement from Midway that it's scored retail publishing rights to select existing PC games in the Unreal stable is accompanied by news on plans to release Unreal collection, Unreal Anthology. Scheduled for release in the autumn - in the US anyway, where it'll retail at 29.95 USD - Unreal Anthology contains the original Unreal FPS (including expansion Return to Na Pali), Unreal II: The Awakening, Unreal Tournament: Game of the year Edition and Unreal Tournament 2004: Editors Choice Edition.