OK, Flak, if you say so... Would love it if you could give us the inside scoop on what's really going on over there and what their plan is to revitalize the UT-on-the-PC franchise. Perhaps my comments were a little rash and I didn't mean to imply that they don't care about it in terms of feeling affection or concern for their baby, but I meant it in more of a business and financial context.
There are reasons why things in the game are the way that they are, but it is NOT because they don't care about Unreal Tournament.
We've all speculated on "why things in the game are the way that they are" but have yet to hear an official exposition on how UT3 ended up being released the way UT3 was released. I suppose that it's possible we might never hear it for contractual reasons, at least not until Midway ceases to exist and perhaps not even then.
I'd be surprised if Epic ever leaves the Unreal series behind, though I can see them shifting away from the multiplayer only aspect of it.
At this point the Unreal series needs a complete reboot. Releasing a hyped, excellent, high quality single player game--an Unreal 3, might not be a bad idea at this point as a means of earning a new fan base. Once that has been established, then they could release a UT4 or a UT 2011.