Unreal Tournament 3 For Linux Confirmed

[Artificial Intelligence]

Well we all know that it would be a linux client for UT 3, but now it's official official!

http://www.phoronix.com/?page=news_item&px=NTk5MQ


While everyone was expecting Unreal Tournament 3 for Linux based upon Epic Games providing native Linux clients for their past Unreal Tournament titles, this week it was officially confirmed by Epic's Mark Rein that there will be a Linux client for UT3. Mark Rein is the VP of Epic Games as well as being their forum administrator. He had stated earlier this week: "We're a multi-platform company folks please come to grips with that. We like the PC. We like the 360. We like the PS3. We like the Macintosh. We like Linux. We will deliver UT3 for all of these platforms and it will rock on every one." You can read this statement in this Epic thread. Unreal Tournament 3 (previously known as Unreal Tournament 2007) is scheduled for release towards the end of this year.

[Golyadkin]

"We like the PC. We like the 360. We like the PS3. We like the Macintosh. We like Linux." this can be summed up in four words: "We like maximum sales". :) But still, it is great that they do it. I love the fact that I could put in the UT2004 DVD I played years on Windows into my Ubuntu box, and it would perfectly install itself :) Wow! On to a future of much more Linux games!

[JayEmm]

Given the sheer popularity of the Unreal engines as a base for other games, this is very promising for Linux users - it should mean many other games will support it!

[olejorgen]

yay! :)

[Sockerdrickan]

yay! :)
^

[olejorgen]

Given the sheer popularity of the Unreal engines as a base for other games, this is very promising for Linux users - it should mean many other games will support it!
Well, except most game devs are too lazy / don't care / no budget to write portable code. Even if the engine is portable.

[jacob01]

yay games

[Polygon]

Good news. Im seriously considering getting this game just to support it and linux game development, although it does look positivity kick-a** all by itself :D

[Hobo Joe]

AWESOME!

Wow that is really really cool!

And since I have a dual boot, I can compare DX9 with the newest openGL. I wonder who will win?

[KhaaL]

Good news. Im seriously considering getting this game just to support it and linux game development, although it does look positivity kick-a** all by itself :D

I can confidently say that it won't be a bad investment at all. Even if the game is not in your taste, there's TONS of mods that'll be out for it (at least if the make a modding contest as they did for ut2k4). And this time the editor will be out for linux too, so we'll get the whole cake this time - nothing will be left out :D

[GFree678]

Ownage.

EDIT: Or is that pwnage now? I can never seem to remember what the hip kids these days use.

[z0mbie]

SSSSWEEET! The trailer looks awesome: HD Trailer (http://www.unrealtournament3.com/video/UT3_Trailer_720p.wmv)

I think it's safe to say Linux will be a major platform for all future gaming.

[bluehue]

A little bit off topic, but does anyone know if there will be an Unreal 3 single-player game released as a sequel to Unreal II: The Awakening?