Mark Rein "Excited for Unreal Tournament Comeback"

[WGH]

I see. Thank you for providing the source.
Hopefully, it's not set in stone yet, because I doubt it'll work with hypothetical new UT.
Edit: additionally, it probably has been asked in the context of ordinary UE4 subscribers. Epic themselves and perhaps "custom licensees" may play by different rules.

 

[ambershee]

I'd imagine they intend to do it exactly like they say above - I can't see them having one rule for themselves and one for everyone else :/

 

[GreatEmerald]

Well, "Over time hopefully we can find a more polished approach" + they weren't working on a UT game just a while ago → at release they might have found a more polished approach.

 

[Raynor.Z]

It's live!
http://www.twitch.tv/unrealengine

 

[shoptroll]

It's live!
http://www.twitch.tv/unrealengine

Nice choice of music, sounds like an original composition that's very UT-esque.

EDIT: Development starting today. PC/Mac/Linux, "Free". Community-driven development via Epic Forums. Steve Polge is Project Lead / Sr. Programmer.

 

[Rambowjo]

Haha, "it's not F2P, it's free, everything Epic makes now will be free-" *stream dies*

 

[Argus]

Stream died due to all the crybabies in the chat, methinks.

 

[Psychomorph]

BEYOND UNREAL LIVES AGAIN!!!!

 

[Renegade Retard]

Hi Flak!

 

[shoptroll]

*stream dies*

Unreal: crashing the Internet since 2002

 

[DeathBooger]

I think they're doing it the right way. Having it completely free to play and having alpha builds open to try out will make a better game in the long run.

 

[Lostsoul]

Uh oh. My wife won't be happy.

Hi people

 

[shoptroll]

Having it completely free to play and having alpha builds open to try out will make a better game in the long run.

Depends on how well they listen. I recall they got a lot of feedback on 2004 and didn't really do much with it after the last patch.

 

[DeathBooger]

Depends on how well they listen. I recall they got a lot of feedback on 2004 and didn't really do much with it after the last patch.

It probably came down to money budgeted for development back then. They had to balance the cost of working on it with the odds of more people buying the game. This time they're just getting money from those who want to develop content. They probably have an allocated portion of the UE4 sales to use for development now. Since a lot of the income will be from people who don't even play UT they have no reason not to listen this time.

It could still suck, but I'm thinking it'll be much better. We'll have to see.

 

[Rambowjo]

Sticky on the new UT forum.

Here’s the plan:

• We’ve created a small team of UT veterans that are beginning work on the project starting today.
• From the very first line of code, the very first art created and design decision made, development will happen in the open, as a collaboration between Epic, UT fans and UE4 developers. We’ll be using forums for discussion, and Twitch streams for regular updates.
• If you are a fan and you want to participate, create a free account and join the forum discussion.
• All code and content will be available live to UE4 developers on GitHub.
• The game will be true to its roots as a competitive FPS.
• Development will be focused on Windows, Mac and Linux.

So what’s the catch?

• It will take many months until the game is playable by gamers. This is real development from scratch.
• When the game is playable, it will be free. Not free to play, just free.
• We’ll eventually create a marketplace where developers, modders, artists and gamers can give away, buy and sell mods and content. Earnings from the marketplace will be split between the mod/content developer, and Epic. That’s how we plan to pay for the game.

Sounds good.

 

[Raynor.Z]

Now very important question rises. If Epic builds the core DM gameplay mechanics then how it is gonna be. Original UT style or more like UT3?

 

[Al]

Now very important question rises. If Epic builds the core DM gameplay mechanics then how it is gonna be. Original UT style or more like UT3?

I believe the community decides.

 

[sneh]

Well.. Everything they said sounds awesome to me! Super Exciting!

 

[Rambowjo]

Epic will be getting feedback from the first line of code.

Remember Hi-Rez and Tribes Ascend? They pretty much had a similar situation, except they didn't listen to any feedback, made a crap game, then at the end of development life, they did pretty much everything that people suggested, game improved a ton, then they dropped it and focused on SMITE.
Hopefully Epic will actually listen.

 

[DeathBooger]

Now very important question rises. If Epic builds the core DM gameplay mechanics then how it is gonna be. Original UT style or more like UT3?

https://forums.unrealengine.com/sho...ling-the-splintered-UT-community-for-gameplay

Chime in.