IMHO, Epic aren't promoting UT3 for the sake of profits - the engine is harvesting enough wealth in that regard, and Gears / Gears 2 are also very successful. They're promoting it in order to get more players involved.
UT3 Black "Free Weekend" on Steam... This Weekend!
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What's all the talk about UT3 being "dead" or past it's time? Even if people are tired of the original game new mods are coming out all of the time. For me at least, and I imagine many others in this community, UT3's reign lasts at least until the next UT comes out, and will continue kicking for some time thereafter. Some people are still playing and making new mods for Unreal and UT99!
But having said that I realize there is a large segment of gamers who flit from one game to the next; and for them a game is "old" the instant the next blockbuster comes out.
But having said that I realize there is a large segment of gamers who flit from one game to the next; and for them a game is "old" the instant the next blockbuster comes out.
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Dolla, Dolla. Holla, Holla.
Some say it's "dead" because not many people, admittingly, play it online. There's certainly not 3000+ people online like in UT's heyday... you're lucky if it's about a hundred or so at any given moment.
Midway are dead. Epic have no way of getting this game out to anyone other then steam because they don't have a publisher their to do it.
So if it's not going to really make a differance in cost to putting it out there, and if it's not bringing in the money they hoped for, wheres the harm, its only 2 days of free play anyway.
UT 4eva!
The game most played and favored. (in context this means, by Unreal Engine modders, not necessarily by "gamers" in general.)
I think it's a great idea! You get more people involved and after the free weekend, some people may actually go out and buy it. Also, the people that already have a computer that can run UT3 and haven't tried it yet get a taste. This also might get people interested in the mods and stuff.
I think it i only to give the regulars a few more online opponents for a few days.
It doesn't require some over expensive PC to run UT3 at max details even.
Easily less than 800 should do it if you have anything already (monitor, mouse, KB) etc that you could re-use.
Lets see Motherboard, CPU, memory, video card. PSU maybe.
Easily less than 800 should do it if you have anything already (monitor, mouse, KB) etc that you could re-use.
Lets see Motherboard, CPU, memory, video card. PSU maybe.