Keith Stuart of Guardian Unlimited writes: "Tomorrow evening I'll be interviewing Mark Rein, the outspoken vice president of Epic Games. High on the agenda - the PS3 iteration of Unreal Tournament 3 and the future of Unreal Engine 3. But what would YOU like to ask him? Add your question as a comment and I'll put it to him."
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Here is Three New Maps for the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament III(3).
That is correct Epic has just released the PS3ModTools patch for PC users to now cook mods for the PS3 version and you can download it from PSN at Home right now.
Fall, creator of the Action Cam mod for Unreal Tournament III on the PC, has cooked up his most wanted mod for the PLAYSTATION 3 version of the game with the new tools Epic release.
Today Epic Games sent out an email to an unknown amount of people on the Developer Mailing list, who now have access to the PS3 Mod Tools patch for there Unreal Editor. They have been ask not to "distribute it or make it generally available to the public." So PSN at Home will be giving you the best information without giving you the tools! Expect to see many downloads for PS3 version available at psnathome.com!
iD Tech Camps, an American summer computer camp is to use Unreal Tournament III and its mod tools to teach game design
Epic is very close to releasing an update to the Unreal Engine 3 editor, that comes with the PC version of UT3, that will allow UT3 mod-makers to cook their mods into the required PS3 format. Epic has been doing some internal testing and they hoping to expand to a wider group tomorrow or Friday. If all goes well then we should see the update released next week which is what Mark Reign expect's will happen. Obviously the process works, as Epic put out a few mods before Christmas and people seem to be playing them, but it is the update to the editor that Epic is testing.
Epic's Mark Rein has re-confirmed that he erm, cannot confirm a solid release date for Unreal Tournament III on Xbox 360.
Here it is a very useful tutorial for PS3 and UT3 owners on how to download mods using your PS3 internet browser.
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There are various posts on the official UT3 forums saying that one of the user created mods 'Cooked' by Epic games is crashing PS3's.
Downloadable now, 4 new maps available for download now, free of charge.
"The PS3 version didn't actually support mods at launch, and even now that they are patching in their campaign promises"