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.
Digital games service Good Old Games is now offering its catalog of Unreal titles for a bit less money. Four of the games in the venerable series are 15% cheaper for the rest of the week.
The free Unreal Tournament III Black weekend announced by Epic Games has begun and is now available for anyone with a Steam account to play through Sunday.
From the dystopian corridors of BioShock's subterranean "paradise" to the Strogg-infested space stations found throughout the Quake franchise, First Person Shooters have found countless ways to establish themselves as rich, enjoyable experiences, capturing the hearts and trigger fingers of gamers worldwide.
Retro game digital distributor Good Old Games just nabbed the venerated Unreal series for its game library. They've entered an agreement with Epic Games to sell four games from the first-person shooter franchise.
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.
Epic Games and Valve have set off the PR fireworks this morning, revealing that the Unreal developer's vast catalogue of, erm, Unreal games are now available for purchase through Steam. The Epic shooters now available on Steam include Unreal Gold, Unreal II: The Awakening and every Unreal Tournament EVER made (apart from, oddly, Unreal Tournament 2003 - perhaps Epic wants to forget about that one?) You can get the lot of them in the Unreal Deal ...
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CVG reports: "Epic's Unreal Tournament III demo for PC will feature three maps and two of game's six multiplayer modes, it's being reported. Deathmatch and Vehicle Capture the Flag are the modes that will be included, Epic deciding to leave biggie Warfare out."
Punching home a message that Midway is coming to the next-generation with a full stable of goods, 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.
If Battlefield has taught us anything, developing a proper server browser isn't easy -- or maybe DICE just sucks at it. Anyway, Halo 2's pairings based on skill makes the process incredibly easy. Just some friends, set a few variables for match type and a minute or two later you're firing away. Turns out Epic Games thinks that might work for Unreal Tournament 2007, too.
Following the successful launch of 360Zine earlier this month, Cranberry Publishing has today launched the new PCGZine, a completely free to read games magazine for PC gamers, written by some of the UK's best games journalists.
Unveiling one of the most diversified and high powered lineups in its company history, Midway Games Inc., a leading interactive entertainment software publisher and developer, announced today its product portfolio to be shown at the annual Games Convention (GC), August 23-27 in Leipzig. This year's lineup showcases proven brands such as Unreal Tournament 2007 and Mortal KombatÒ: Armageddon; exciting new properties such as Stranglehold; kid's properties like Happy Feet and The Ant Bully along with full support for both handheld and next generation game systems.
Midway says the PC edition of its much-awaited shooter won't ship until "first half" of next year; PS3 version still TBA, more Xbox 360 hints dropped.
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.
theinquirer.net reports that Unreal Tournament 2007 will be pushed back at least for a quarter.