BeyondUnrealBeyondUnreal - The premier Unreal and Unreal Engine related news site on the web!BU Poll! Axon Vs. Necris Vehicles- June 23, 2008 Putting the previous poll behind us, in which the majority believes Cliff "don't call me CliffyB" Bleszinski would be best served with an unpronouncable symbol for a new nickname, we move on to the latest. Anyone who has played a handful of Warfare or VCTF matches has had the opportunity to pit one class of vehicles against the other. In one corner, we have the Necris vehicles. Though you may have fewer vehicles from which to choose, they all pack quite a punch and are quite versatile. In the..http://www.beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=11898 This is Vegas Interview- June 23, 2008 Alan Patmore, the studio head of Midway-owned Surreal Software, discusses with Gamasutra the challenges of creating an open world game. Here he discusses how Midway is using Unreal Engine 3 technology among their internal studios. A very interesting read. AP: It actually has had huge advantages for our studios. Unreal gave us a great head start. It allowed us to start prototyping, and building next-gen content really early. As a matter of fact, some of the casinos that are in the game were...http://www.beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=11897 48 Hour Madness: Mass Effect and Rainbow Six: Vegas 2- June 22, 2008 More UE3 titles make their debut in GoGamer's 48 Hour Madness sale. This week, the new and highly acclaimed Mass Effect (PC) can be yours for a reasonable $37.90 while Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is priced at $24.90. RTS fans might be interested in Company of Heroes GOTY Edition (not UE3, of course) at $9.90.http://www.beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=11896 The Ball : Pehua Update- June 22, 2008 Good news and bad news... it doesn't look as if this singleplayer UT3 mod is going to make it out this weekend. The good news is that we've got a progress update and the first minute of gameplay (WIP) on video. We are not making the planned weekend release because like always, things take longer than expected, but the good news is that we are pretty close to a beta now. There are 15 issues left, and 13 of those are really easy to fix. The mod will be about 130 MB large, and this first release.http://www.beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=11895 Gears of War PC Deal- June 22, 2008 If you haven't already picked up Gears of War for the PC, you may consider doing so this weekend at Circuit City should you have one nearby. They are advertising the game for an all-time low of $19.99. Currently, multiplayer isn't exactly hopping, but the singleplayer experience is a nice ride, and even better in co-op if you can coax a buddy into picking one up too.http://www.beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=11894 UT3 Map Mixer 3 Alpha Release- June 22, 2008 Alpha 3 of Map Mixer 3 for UT3 (whew) has been released! For those of you who are not familiar with Map Mixer, let me borrow a bit from About screen of the UT2004 implementation: Working in both single and multiplayer modes, it gives you extended control over your game by managing the options that maps are invoked with. It allows you to easily personalise settings for each map in a session, including Game Type, Mutators, Player Counts, Bot Skill and Bots, with optional rule and mutator...http://www.beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=11892 Pitbull Shotgun Released- June 22, 2008 Following the successful launch of their Thor Lightning Gun, RuneStorm unleashes a second weapon modification for Unreal Tournament 3 - the Pitbull Shotgun. The 'Pitbull' shotgun is a classic, close range weapon, easily capable of dispatching enemies in close quarters. Use primary fire's dangerous single fire mode, or the deadly, double shot secondary fire mode to obliterate an enemy at close range. The Shotgun replaces all Flak Cannons by default by means of a mutator. The Shotgun also works.http://www.beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=11891 Unreal Demolition Update- June 22, 2008 Unreal Demolition updates with a new render of a the PSI boost pickup (see pic to the right). Also on deck at their site are four screenshots of an unexpected remake: Also, as a special treat for fans of the game, I will be releasing sporadic bonus maps from games that have inspired me to create UD. The first of these will be BlockFort from Mario Kart 64, complete with the original stylings from the classic game.http://www.beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=11890 PhysX Support: Coming Soon To A GeForce Near You- June 21, 2008 Sure, we've all seen that PhysX cards can increase framerates in UT3, there's the PhysX map pack that was released, and we've also seen that PhysX support is in nVidia's latest GPUs, such as the 9800 GTX+, GTX 260 and GTX 280. But did you know that eventually this support will be added to all GeForce 89 series cards Apparently so: The really good news: PhysX for the GeForce 9800 GTX, 9800 GTX+, and GTX 260280 cards will be enabled by the ForceWare 177.39 driver, timed to launch with the GTX+...http://www.beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=11889 |