I just wet myself
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I'm supposed to visit the front page?
I just go here and post stuff.
so the new game is free to play?
I called that shit
I just go here and post stuff.
so the new game is free to play?
I called that shit
let's make sure to suggest them 
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Unreal_Tournament
https://forums.unrealengine.com/forumdisplay.php?34-Unreal-Tournament
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Unreal_Tournament
https://forums.unrealengine.com/forumdisplay.php?34-Unreal-Tournament
It's not free to play. It's free.
The problem is that third party content could be charged for, which is really bad. The community would fragment into a billion pieces.
The problem is that third party content could be charged for, which is really bad. The community would fragment into a billion pieces.
The idea is that modders and content makers decide on their own volition whether they want to charge for the stuff they make.
StarCraft II uses the same model, except the game isn't free. Nobody really charges for their crappy mods or maps, and I doubt anybody will in the new UT. What concerns me is that I think the money influx from this business model will be incredibly limited. Granted, Epic will get a lot of money out of subscriptions still, but the game on its own probably won't make that much money for them.
StarCraft II uses the same model, except the game isn't free. Nobody really charges for their crappy mods or maps, and I doubt anybody will in the new UT. What concerns me is that I think the money influx from this business model will be incredibly limited. Granted, Epic will get a lot of money out of subscriptions still, but the game on its own probably won't make that much money for them.
I'm hoping people won't charge, but I guess we'll see. Can you imagine what it'll be like if you have to buy mods to basically join any server :/ ?
Would Red Orchestra happen in this context for free? Not so sure. Could still have MSUC to boost such efforts.
If the official UT platform throws a wide enough net and ensures there aren't too many hard-coded concepts in the base game types, the community could only get narrower, which is a good thing for those seeking niche game types.
I hope the netcode wars won't break everything. Unless.. "Epic Games discovers breakthrough in quantum physics in pursuit of fixing latency in Unreal Tournament." 
If the official UT platform throws a wide enough net and ensures there aren't too many hard-coded concepts in the base game types, the community could only get narrower, which is a good thing for those seeking niche game types.
I hope the netcode wars won't break everything.
Unless.. "Epic Games discovers breakthrough in quantum physics in pursuit of fixing latency in Unreal Tournament." 
Which I believe is the business part of the new UT. It may be free, but if they manage to make a game that interests gamers and the modding community raises, all the paying modders may be the cause of some good income.
Any bets it will be Unreal Tournament Live? Gotta give ole Quake Live some competition am I right? I honestly do not have high hopes for this even though it would be great to get back into some Arena pew pew. Be cautiously optimistic and nothing more that way when they do fuck you in your ass it won't be as painful
That would be awesome. I'd be all over a UTL browser game.
I'm in no mood to trust. Yet...
I'm just going to directly quote one of the comments on the PCGamer article:
Sums it up pretty well.
Epic have a fairly phenomenal amount of lost goodwill to make up for, so I really hope they're serious about this. Does Epic have the balls to actually do this right?
I'm just going to directly quote one of the comments on the PCGamer article:
Sums it up pretty well.
Epic have a fairly phenomenal amount of lost goodwill to make up for, so I really hope they're serious about this. Does Epic have the balls to actually do this right?
I hope so.
I think it'll be a PC game first because of the community side of things, Epic will want people jumping at the chance to mod for a UT again as that's part of what made such a great community.
If they start going on about Mobile and consoles they are going to have to take note of modders wanting a simple way to release content to them without having to jump through Apple, Sony and Microsoft shapes hoops
A modder having to subscribe to UE4 to develop content will be a pretty good motivator for them to want to recover costs. Also, if I were to try to join a server with paid-for mods running, would I then be unable to join that server until I also bought said mods?
Most likely. What will realistically happen though, is that unless your mod is a total conversion mod on the scale of what DayZ is for ArmA, then nobody will ever want to pay for it.
True, as I mentioned on the Epic forums, I am more than happy to support map pack makers like HOLP and CBP as it'll be much like paying for map packs now.
if you have a mod for UT, UT2004 you still get kicked from the server.
thats saying I can make "Dinwitty's Tournament" I cant call it UT at all.
EPIC doing this solves this and its official.