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Unreal Tournament returns, will be 100% free

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The insta-gibs are on the house

It’s official! Epic Games has a new Unreal Tournament game on the way, and it’s going to be completely free, moddable and developed alongside gamers.

“We’re happy to announce that we’re going to do this together, with you,” senior programmer Steve Polge said in a press release.

We know that fans of the game are as passionate about Unreal Tournament as we are. We know that you have great ideas and strong opinions about where the game should go and what it should be. So let’s do something radical and make this game together, in the open, and for all of us.

According to Epic, this is the current plan that they’re working with for the Unreal revival:

• 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.

Of course, there’ll be a catch or two, as the idea of a F2P Unreal Tournament no doubt has some of you feeling a familiar chill on the back of your neck. But Epic is at least aware of these concerns. According to the PR, the manner in which this version of Unreal will make cash for Epic is that a marketplace will be established where mods and other content can be sold.

Profits will be split between the artist/developer and Epic, essentially paying for the development and upkeep of the game.

“A lot of this is brand new for Epic, and we don’t yet have everything figured out. Things will probably definitely go wrong from time to time, and when they do, we’ll have to work through them together,” Polge said.

There will be a lot of tough decisions to make, and not every feature will make it into the game. But if you’re a fan of Unreal Tournament, a UE4 developer, or a future modder – or if you just want to learn how we make games – we hope you’ll join us. It’s going to be fun.

There’s a ton of love out there for Unreal Tournament still. Hell, I still play the 2004 game on Friday nights with a ton of mods installed. It’s an interesting strategy from Epic though. Instead of nickel and diming cash out of players with the usual F2P method, they’re making a genuine move to provide something that is proper free and playable.

Recouping some of the costs from the fan development side makes sense really. You’re given a set of tools from Epic, you pay your dues and you get to make some coin as well. It’s a solid plan overall, and everyone wins.

Last Updated: May 9, 2014

116 Comments

  1. So, Now Epic make it look like the only one in the way of UT was Cliffy B…. 😛

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    • Jedi JJ

      May 9, 2014 at 08:23

      I’m yet to meet someone who likes Cliffy

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        May 9, 2014 at 08:29

        Rince likes him. Talks to him all the time on that twitter thing.

        Reply

        • Jedi JJ

          May 9, 2014 at 08:40

          Rince wants to be associated with famous people. I don’t think he cares who it is. 😉

          Reply

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            May 9, 2014 at 08:43

            Cliffy is famous?

          • HvR - THE Average GAmer

            May 9, 2014 at 08:44

            Same way syphilis is

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            May 9, 2014 at 08:44

            ha ha ha….

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 08:48

            LOOOL

          • HvR - THE Average GAmer

            May 9, 2014 at 08:44

            Wonder how many pictures are there of Rince with Ronald McDonald?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 08:47

            Quite a few official ones after the children’s birthday party… incident.

  2. GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

    May 9, 2014 at 07:55

    as long as it can be played on a LAN, then it can be amazeballs, if not, then you can go bye bye

    Reply

    • Kromas

      May 9, 2014 at 08:01

      What is this Lan thing you are talking about? 😛

      Reply

      • Lardus-Resident Perve

        May 9, 2014 at 08:07

        It is the most important game mode ever!

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief in Space

          May 9, 2014 at 08:08

          Agreed!

          Reply

        • Kromas

          May 9, 2014 at 08:11

          Disagree.

          #Forever SP

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 08:13

            +1 millionbilliontrillionzilliongajillion upvotes

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 08:24

            Looks like only a few upvotes to me.

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            May 9, 2014 at 08:24

            Yeah like 5 or so

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 08:25

            I was too lazy to write out all the zeros.

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            May 9, 2014 at 08:13

            Aye, also true, however on LAN you can actually walk over and PK someone who is acting like a douche

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 08:14

            AH … good old DotA 1 Lan games. Little kid once stood up and swore at me. Never did he do that again after I was done with him. I think he only plays CoD now these days. 🙂

          • Kensei Seraph

            May 9, 2014 at 08:19

            That would explain a lot about CoD’rs.

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 08:20

            Wheaton’s Law reigns over CoD.

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            May 9, 2014 at 08:25

            Hahaha, good story

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            May 9, 2014 at 08:36

            Besides that, on the LAN play, you could actually see your friends get pissed off when getting owned, then just apply trolling and turn monitor off etc…

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 08:38

            My friend used to love planting pipe bombs or remote-detonated explosives then watch everyone else’s screens to see when best to detonate them.

          • HvR - THE Average GAmer

            May 9, 2014 at 08:40

            At our LAN’s he would have gotten a bloody beating with a McDonalds Cheeseburger

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 08:40

            Yea. That’s a big no with us too.

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            May 9, 2014 at 08:40

            ha ha brilliant

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            May 9, 2014 at 08:43

            best part was sniping the same friend 3 or 4 times in a row, cause he would not use headphones, but speakers when playing.. so you can hear the knob moving

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 08:47

            I really love bomb planting fun.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 08:49

            The 3 of us used to get very creative in Blood. Those proximity bombs were the bizniz yo!

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 09:12

            I am so used to DayZ sniping that I played a game of BF4 and only used C4 on quad Bikes to get kills cause the bullet drop is unrealistic. 😛

          • HvR - THE Average GAmer

            May 9, 2014 at 08:21

            #Forever_SP_except_UT

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 08:25

            And DOOM and DoTA (also every other MOBA) and DayZ.

            Speaking of MOBA’s I got 4 free copies of Dead Island something something if someone wants. Not really played it yet but it is Zombies and it is free (well 4 of them at least)

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            May 9, 2014 at 08:34

            man those were the days…Doom, Q3…
            so what is this something something zombie killem something .

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 08:37

            Not really sure. It is Dota with zombies or something. All I know is that it will be F2P but you can get Beta early access and extra copies if you own the other Dead Island games. So I have 4 extra copies cause someone sent me a copy before I got my 4. Now time to hand out mine.

          • Lardus-Resident Perve

            May 9, 2014 at 08:44

            Sorry, the most important multiplayer game mode ever. Though with UT it was more fun that the SP campaign. Still would need both for this game to be allowed on my PC.

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            May 9, 2014 at 08:45

            Agreed. If it does not have LAN playability, then i will just stick to PS2..

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 08:49

            I just want a new Unreal SP game. That first game was pure brilliance.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 08:50

            Yes. The less said about the 2nd one the better.

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 08:55

            I have no idea what you’re talking about 😉

          • Lardus-Resident Perve

            May 9, 2014 at 08:55

            I found Unreal 2, the SP game, to be awesome fun. Would be great if we sometime in the future got a new one!

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            May 9, 2014 at 09:06

            I also didn’t mind that game, I’ve played much, much worse!

        • Jedi JJ

          May 9, 2014 at 08:24

          Yessss

          Reply

      • HvR - THE Average GAmer

        May 9, 2014 at 08:09

        Online play as it was meant to be played.

        Reply

    • Jedi JJ

      May 9, 2014 at 08:24

      Agreed 100%

      Reply

  3. Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

    May 9, 2014 at 07:55

    Mmmmmm… Ok… They have my attention. The modding for cash idea seems cool. It may possibly work. Let’s see what happens. Tentatively enthusiastic

    Reply

  4. Admiral Chief in Space

    May 9, 2014 at 07:56

    Ahhhh, dem schweet UT mods!

    Reply

  5. Umar Returns

    May 9, 2014 at 08:05

    UT 2k4 for Community Let’s Play?

    Reply

    • Kensei Seraph

      May 9, 2014 at 08:10

      I think I have it installed currently.

      Reply

      • DrKiller

        May 9, 2014 at 08:55

        I’ll be waiting for you on DM-Rankin!

        Reply

  6. InsanityFlea

    May 9, 2014 at 08:08

    Very nice of them. Seeing as they will get tones of money from other developers who will be using the engine. This also serve’s as a nice advertising platform. Smart move.

    Reply

    • HvR - THE Average GAmer

      May 9, 2014 at 08:18

      Beat me to it.

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        May 9, 2014 at 08:23

        That’s what she said.

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief in Space

          May 9, 2014 at 08:25

          Oh snap!

          Reply

        • HvR - THE Average GAmer

          May 9, 2014 at 08:32

          Will teach her to hurry up

          Reply

      • InsanityFlea

        May 9, 2014 at 08:34

        This proves i’m not a lions supporter. They can’t beat anyone :p

        Reply

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          May 9, 2014 at 08:35

          Yes they did. AND TOO SOON! 🙁

          Reply

          • InsanityFlea

            May 9, 2014 at 08:56

            Sorry dude! No offence.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 09:04

            I’m not offended, I’m despondent. Silly Stormers.

          • InsanityFlea

            May 9, 2014 at 09:06

            ah dem Stormers, yeah, i’d feel violated. Good on paper, not so good on log.

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 09:08

            Quite. I just like dissing the Stormers, regardless. 😉

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 09:19

            Shut your filthy whore mouth!

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 09:23

            Mwahaha. Sorry. The GF also just about wants to murder me at this stage since I’ve lived most of my life here yet I still support the Sharks simply because that’s where I popped out of someone’s chest after he was face-hugged.

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 09:25

            Sharks all the way.

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            May 9, 2014 at 10:02

            Boooya

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 09:25

            Well if the only thing stopping her is what to do with the body, you can tell her there’s an awesome pig farm just down the N1 from you. She can have a nice breakfast there once she’s gotten rid of you too because the restaurant is great.

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 09:27

            At this moment I am very happy that she’s too busy to read this comment section today. Stop giving her ideas!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 09:29

            Why do people always want me to stop being helpful?

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 09:30

            LOL. Well, and this is just a guess, it could have something to do with the fact that your “helpfulness” is usually not entirely in their favour.

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            May 9, 2014 at 10:03

            [bookmarked]

  7. Alien Emperor Trevor

    May 9, 2014 at 08:11

    • Admiral Chief in Space

      May 9, 2014 at 08:11

      HOW DID THEY GET MY DNA???

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        May 9, 2014 at 08:12

        lol

        Reply

      • Unavengedavo

        May 9, 2014 at 11:30

        They needed a reference sample of what not to do O_o

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief in Space

          May 9, 2014 at 11:55

          In that case, must be your DNA then 😛

          Reply

    • Kromas

      May 9, 2014 at 08:15

      And no one is worried that they are genetically modifying a bacteria. Time to recheck my Zombie prep kit.

      Reply

      • Rincethis

        May 9, 2014 at 08:16

        Oh come now 😛 What do you think your now ineffective antibiotics are? 0-O

        Reply

        • Kromas

          May 9, 2014 at 08:19

          And they used frog DNA to clone Dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. That turned out well. 🙂

          Reply

          • Rincethis

            May 9, 2014 at 08:21

            kindda like getting bullshit DNA and a rabid dog’s to make Malema? 0-O What could go wrong?!

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 08:22

            Can’t agree more.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 08:22

            A nationwide epidemic of improper beret wearing.

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            May 9, 2014 at 08:26

            XD

          • Rincethis

            May 9, 2014 at 09:02

            Shhh, if OVG hears this he’ll got nuts!

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 09:10

            *more nuts
            He’s always been a bit of a social hazard, hasn’t he?

          • Rincethis

            May 9, 2014 at 09:18

            Ai, ever since he was a wee pup

      • Admiral Chief in Space

        May 9, 2014 at 08:26

        Hehe, have you played Plague Inc? I love killing off the people

        Reply

        • Kromas

          May 9, 2014 at 08:28

          Nope. It took me 2 months to finally start Bioshock burial at sea part 2. And after I went back to DayZ.

          Last night I drove on a bicycle along the coast blasting “Do you really want to hurt me” on repeat over direct chat. Only died 2 times.

          Reply

  8. Kensei Seraph

    May 9, 2014 at 08:11

    I’m a bit worried about who decides the mod pricing.

    Still looks like it has incredible potential.

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief in Space

      May 9, 2014 at 08:12

      With great power comes great potential for abuse

      Reply

      • Kensei Seraph

        May 9, 2014 at 08:18

        “This mod gives you a steampunk skin for your rocket launcher but will set you back $15.00.”

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief in Space

          May 9, 2014 at 08:26

          You know you are just giving them ideas now Sparkles

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 08:44

            People already pay for this, as my Steam Wallet funds from selling TF2 hats will attest.

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 09:12

            Haha. I did the same. Win for us, so I don’t mind.
            Speaking of Steam. With the Humble Spring Sale it’s making me anxious. Could Steam have one in the pipeline? And can I really afford Steam to have one now?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 09:17

            The summer sale is coming, and most of the stuff on special in the Humble store will probably be cheaper at some point too.

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 09:19

            Steam summer sale happens traditionally round about the second Monday of June so we have a while.

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 09:20

            Strangely though, we had a Spring sale last year around March/April.

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 09:20

            Yeah the spring sale got canceled for some reason.

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 09:21

            Well, I actually don’t mind because the sales over the end of last year were so close together it lost its flame when the second one came around. I think the next one is going to rake in some serious $$

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 09:24

            Also if you buy 5-10 games from one sale at least half of those will be in the next and you won’t be able to buy them cause you already have them.Meaning less items on sale you really want.

            Plus horrible B-Grade Indie pieces of crap and old CoD games no real gamers wants will be put up on sale. So really you might get 1-2 games on sale you actually want.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 09:28

            I want Metro Last Light, anything else will be a bonus. And they’re offering the complete version of that now on the Humble store for just under $10, so it’ll probably be a bit cheaper in a month or two on Steam 😀

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 09:29

            I’m also quite excited for that one. Also need to get a few games off the ol’ wishlist.

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 09:30

            Got it. Actually need to play it. Oh well.

          • Jedi JJ

            May 9, 2014 at 09:19

            Oh yes. Not bothering with the Humble Sale really.

          • Kromas

            May 9, 2014 at 09:14

            I bought FF14:ARR digital collectors edition from selling stuff on steam and still have $3 left in my wallet. 🙂

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 9, 2014 at 09:16

            Okay I didn’t get quite that much heh. It bought me my XCOM Enemy Within expansion though.

    • Rags

      May 9, 2014 at 08:29

      Mods are free. If they are not, they are not played.

      Reply

  9. Alien Emperor Trevor

    May 9, 2014 at 08:13

    This is a different idea. Going to be interesting to see how it works.

    Reply

  10. Hammersteyn

    May 9, 2014 at 08:18

    This sounds to good to be true, I even cried a little.

    Reply

  11. Rags

    May 9, 2014 at 08:32

    Ah that background music. <3
    Epic is awesome! They also released the UE4 roadmap to the public and you can actually vote on what they should prioritise. They are nuts!

    Reply

  12. ToLazyToLogInAvo

    May 9, 2014 at 09:05

    Hopefully we get a native Linux version as well

    Reply

    • Rags

      May 9, 2014 at 14:10

      “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.”

      Reply

      • Unavengedavo

        May 9, 2014 at 15:01

        I was just as lazy to read as I was to log in

        Reply

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  14. WeezyRSA

    May 9, 2014 at 16:01

    Steve Polge or Steve Carell? 🙂

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