Epic Games, Unreal Tournament 3 sign exclusivity deal with Sony

[BrewCityUpstart]

Right alongside NC Soft, Epic signed a multi-stage exclusivity agreement with Sony to optimize use of the Unreal Engine 3 for the PS3. The big idea behind this was Unreal Tournament 3. Namely, making it a PS3 exclusive for this financial year. That's right -- the devs responsible for Cogs of Battle want to try their hand at making the PS3 the leading platform for their hot, hot, hotly anticipated UT3. What's really impressive about this announcement isn't necessarily the exclusivity agreement, but the fact Jack Tretton promised us the ability to bring user-created PC mods into the console version of the game via the PlayStation Network. Homebrew is happening, little by little, and we're very happy about that.
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[namehater]

im not to worried about UT3 at all now that CoD4 is on the horizon

[dmiller68]

That's a bummer I was looking forward to this one. I guess it doesn't mater as there is a ton of games coming out that I won't have time to play anyway. I guess PS3 will be the spot if I decide to do so.

[Wondermonkey]

UT3 is only a timed Exclusive. It drops in November 2007 on the PS3 and 2 months later on the 360. No fear, you'll still be playing it.

Sony seems to have left out the word "timed" when they talk of exclusives as of late. When you're nervous, you tend to talk fast and leave out words.

[namehater]

sony defined nervous at E3...

[BrewCityUpstart]

Someone lit a fire under the fanboy's asses...

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by BrewCityUpstart

Someone lit a fire under the fanboy's asses...

I think someone made them relax actually, and his name was Jack T.... wait, that's too obvious, let's just call him J. Tretton.

I think going into E3 fanboys were nervous that Sony was going to pull out some exclusives that they didn't let leak. 360Fanboy.com did a whole story about how much it would suck that UT3 was going to be an exclusive from EPIC. Probably would, but that's the point of exclusives, to sell systems - if you don't own multiple consoles, you just have to deal with it. Such is life. They even started a petition (perhaps fanboys aren't that bright - but sometimes they are driven!)

Then MS showed a UT3 trailer.

Then they showed some gameplay.

Then they said January 2008.

Then everyone relaxed.

I think that happened a couple of times, although nothing that any camp showed really impressed me. Except, and I hate to admit it, Scene It.

If there was a fire, it was definitely prior to E3.

[Crippler]

How do they announce crap like this when we already know it is hitting the 360? I was about to get pissed that I wasn't gonna be able to destroy all you people in epic Onslaught battles. Why don't they (MS and Sony) allow us to play cross-platform? Just let us play bitches. Now that would be a 'megaton' announcement and one that gamers would totally welcome.

[GoatMother]

The entire exclusitivy badging has been a joke since last gen. Agreed Crippler, just let us freaking play.