Welcome to the Rumour mill, VideoGamer.com's run-down of the big rumours currently doing the rounds in the video game industry. Every week they'll hunt down the juiciest stories and give their opinion on how legit they are. So, whether you want the ridiculous or the plausible, read on.

Movies and TV coming to PS3

The Rumour: Downloadable TV shows and full-length movies will be available on the PlayStation Store for the PlayStation 3 this summer.

Verdict: Sony isn't likely to sit back and let Microsoft mop up the downloadable content market. According to the LA Times Sony will offer premium content video this summer, and it makes perfect sense. While Sony is pushing Blu-ray hard as a point of difference to the Xbox 360, the PS3 currently doesn't have an option for the rental market - presumably what the download service would offer.

Plausibility rating: 4/5
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Apr 21, 2008

Update: Cliffy B Unbans User, Looks into "Stolen Map"

360 News from N4G | Unreal Tournament III

360 - Unreal Tournament III - Update: Cliffy B Unbans User, Looks into

Well Cliffy B. Has just unbanned "EpicJon" from the UTIII forums along with giving an update to the whole incident.... According to cliffy the maps are most likely a coincidence since the new map is a remake of Koos Galleon and goes on to say that in the past they've not only given credit to map creators but also paid them for their maps if they were officially released in Epic's games. Also don't forget that the User created map was only released about a month -> a month and a half ago.... a map that was made for an official release from Epic would have been in development far longer then that.

"Not just "with permission" but we've actually gone out and paid folks to license their maps when we've included them in one of our bonus packs or within one of our games.

I've got to catch a plane early in the morning but I told Jon we'll look into it and get him a response in the next day or two."
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Apr 21, 2008

Epic Didn't steal Anyone's Map

360 News from N4G | Unreal Tournament III

360 - Unreal Tournament III - Epic Didn't steal Anyone's Map

A recent story has popped up about a user created map on UTIII suppository being stolen by Epic and added to the 360 version of UTIII do out later this year, however besides the actual Setting of the map the 2 maps are nothing alike, here's several screen shots proving the actual Layout and even textures of the maps are not even remotely similar.
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Apr 21, 2008

Epic Steals a User-Created Map for their next release?

360 News from N4G | Unreal Tournament III

360 - Unreal Tournament III - Epic Steals a User-Created Map for their next release?

"I'm sure many of you already seen the new UT3 360 trailer, but what most of you don't know is that one of the maps shown there ( DM-ArcticShipment ) is actually a user created map done by a member that goes by EpicJon on the Epic Forums.

The map, while not being exactly the same, is a blatant rip off, it's a cargo boat, in the middle of the Artic ocean, with snow falling and with icebergs on the background. When EpicJon posted about his discontent in the Epic Forums he got banned and his thread deleted..."
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Apr 19, 2008

Mark Rein confirms mods will be coming to Unreal Tournament 3 on 360

360 News from N4G | Unreal Tournament III

360 - Unreal Tournament III - Mark Rein confirms mods will be coming to Unreal Tournament 3 on 360

Talking to OXM at the Midway Gamers Day in Las Vegas, Epic president Mark Rein confirmed that the best mods will be available to players of the Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3, although details are still being worked out. "We know some of these great mods are going to play a role on Xbox 360, even if we have to get some people and bring them over ourselves," he said. "We'll figure it out."
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Apr 19, 2008

First glimpse at Unreal Tournament 3 achievements

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360 - Unreal Tournament III - First glimpse at Unreal Tournament 3 achievements

OXM writes: "OXM took a cheeky picture of the achievements screen for Unreal Tournament 3, allowing you the first ever glimpse at how to grab gamerscore from Midway's FPS.

You can see the achievements in the attached picture (viewable at the source), with the Lock And Load achievement unlocked after we completed Chapter 1 of the storyline - essentially the tutorial mission for the game.

The achievements shown are:

# Lock and load
# Soldier's blood
# Does not compute
# Not in Kansas anymore
# Just business
# Bag of bolts

There are 50 achievements in total for Unreal Tournament 3 and as you might expect, a heavy handful of them are spread across multiplayer as well as single player."
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Apr 19, 2008

Unreal Tournament 3 Coming to Xbox 360 this Summer

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360 - Unreal Tournament III - Unreal Tournament 3 Coming to Xbox 360 this Summer

Midway announced today that the Xbox 360 would finally be receiving Unreal Tournament 3 this summer. Unreal Tournament 3 will come with some new content, featuring two new characters and five new expansive maps. Aside from some minor additions, the game will come with split screen capability for multiplayer; this will be an Xbox 360 exclusive feature, so if you don't have Xbox Live you can still enjoy multiplayer fun.
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Apr 18, 2008

Mark Rein: No chance of PS3 UT3 split-screen - PS3 owners "should be happy" with user-generated mod support

360 News from N4G | Unreal Tournament III

360 - Unreal Tournament III - Mark Rein: No chance of PS3 UT3 split-screen - PS3 owners

PS3 owners can forget about split-screen coming to Unreal Tournament 3, Mark Rein has told VideoGamer.com.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com at the official unveiling of the Xbox 360 version of the game in Las Vegas this week, Rein said that PS3 owners "should be happy" with the inclusion of user generated mod support.

When asked if split-screen will ever come to the PS3 version of UT3, Rein replied: "I don't think so, because this is what's in this (the Xbox 360 version) game. I think it would be a big job to go back and retrofit that game for split-screen. I just don't think we have the resources to do that unfortunately."

Rein did, however, reveal that Epic hopes to "make some improvements" with mod support on PS3 "some time down the road", although he didn't want to commit to specifics.
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Apr 18, 2008

UT3 better looking on 360 than PS3, Epic boss hints

360 News from N4G | Unreal Tournament III

360 - Unreal Tournament III - UT3 better looking on 360 than PS3, Epic boss hints

UT3 on Xbox 360 will have better graphics than on PS3, Epic chief Mark Rein has hinted.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com at the game's official unveiling in Las Vegas this week, Rein said that because Epic has spent more time on the 360 version compared with the PS3 version of the game it had benefited from more optimisation, and said that gamers "can draw your own conclusions from that".
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Apr 18, 2008

UT III 360 gets exclusive content

360 News | Unreal Tournament III

Epic Games has finally opened up on the Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament III, which is set to ship with exclusive maps and characters that the PC and PS3 versions didn't get.

Although it still doesn't have a firm release date, Epic confirmed at Midway's Gamers Day that the 360 version will contain five exclusive maps, two new characters and it will also include a two player split-screen mode.

It looks like the PS3's ...

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