Unreal Tournament 3 Has Been Delayed

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US publisher Midway has confirmed that it is to revise its Q3 financial estimates after stating that it expects Unreal Tournament 3 and the PS3 version of Blacksite: Area 51 to both slip until the first quarter of next year.

Midway now estimates that sales will slip from $50 million to $39 million for the third quarter.

“While we regret that these delays will cause us to lose some valuable holiday sales in the near term as well as shift revenue for some of these titles out of 2007 and into 2008, we remain confident that our technology strategy and product plan position us to grow both revenue and market share as we move into the heart of this console cycle,” Midway's CEO David Zucker stated.

The publisher also confirmed it is planning to create further next-gen instalments of both its Mortal Kombat and Blitz franchises.

“We also expect to release several as-yet unannounced titles such as next generation versions of our hit franchises Blitz and Mortal Kombat, and two exciting new ambitious open world games,” Zucker added.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/28424/Midway-delays-PS3-duo

 

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PS3 UT3 may still see release in 2007, says Rein


Epic Games boss Mark Rein has stated that the PlayStation 3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 may still be released this year, despite publisher Midway confirming it has been pushed back into 2008.

As we reported earlier, Midway announced Tuesday that the company "expects" to deliver the PS3 port of the game some time in early 2008, leaving only the PC version on track for its intended release this November.

However, Rein has said that there is still a possibility the PS3 release may be delivered in 2007: "As a public company, Midway felt an obligation to its shareholders to let them know about the possibility of a delay," he told Next-Gen.biz.

"Our goal is still to get the PS3 version of UT3 in stores before the end of 2007. However, we will only ship it once it’s ready and is the best game we can deliver."

Even so, Rein pointed out that a delay would afford Epic more development time, ensuring all maps featured in the PC version would be included in the PS3 release.

"...A little extra time in development means that now the PS3 version will have all of the same maps as the PC version whereas we previously expected to ship fewer maps on the console”, he noted.

 

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

PLEASE make it this year!