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• Unreal Tournament 3 for PS3 to bring keyboard and mouse support

  Published: August 4, 2007, 11:25 pm

  Tags: Epic, Fps, Keyboard Mouse, Keyboardandmouse, Ps3, Sony, Unreal Tournament 3, Unrealtournament3

  to your heart's content, but Epic wanted to level the FPS playing field just a bit, and is bringing keyboard and mouse support to its PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3. Epic VP Mark Rein was concerned that having multiple control methods would give some players an unfair advantage, but apparently those problems have been worked out. In addition

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• Play N Trade Announces $2,000 National Gears of War Tournament

  Published: August 9, 2007, 5:22 pm

  Tags: Gears Of War, Epic Games, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Game Companies, Bungie, Gears Of War, Play N Trade, Tournament, Xbox 360

  Ever wanted to try out your Gears of War skills at a tournament level? Are you an owner of the Xbox 360 who’s looking for a way to finance the purchase of a PS3? If so, we’ve got the answer for you. Play N Trade, the California-based franchise of game stores, has just announced their national Gears of War Tournament. Teams in the

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• Raequel Hoffman Stomps a 720 - 2nd Woman in the World

  Published: August 13, 2007, 3:22 pm

  Tags: General, Riders, Cwb, Epic Boats, Northwest Riders, Raequel Hoffman, Shawna Hoffman

  signing recently with EPIC Boats. CWB, EPIC Boats, Northwest Riders, Raequel Hoffman, Shawna

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• Epic Aquires Majority Shares of Painkiller Developer

  Published: August 20, 2007, 5:10 pm

  Tags: Epic Games, Games Industry, Gears Of War, Epic Games, Gears Of War, Painkiller, Pcf, People Can Fly

  Michael Capps, President of Epic Games. And their work was outstanding. The multiplayer levels they created for Gears PC look as good or better than the original. How could we not jump at the opportunity to work together on a long-term basis? . Epic and PCF are currently collaborating on a new intellectual property which Epic plans to

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• Unreal Tournament III: PS3 the Definitive Version?

  Published: August 23, 2007, 12:09 pm

  Tags: Epic Games, Unreal Tournament, Sony, Microsoft, Epic Games, Sixaxis Controler, Unreal Tournament Iii, Ut3

  Epic Games demonstrated Unreal Tournament III using the PlayStation 3’s new SixAxis controls at the Games Convention in Leipzig yesterday. The Redeemer super weapon, always a crowd pleaser, is now controlled in camera mode by tilting the PS3 controller from side to side. The hoverboard is also controlled by tilting the SixAxis controller,

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• Demo for Unreal Tournament 3 Coming to PC, But Not PS3

  Published: August 28, 2007, 1:20 pm

  Tags: Epic Games, Unreal Tournament, Sony, Microsoft, Computer, Demo, Epic, Ps3, Unreal Tournament 3, Xbox

  Rein from Epic Games has said that they will be releasing a demo of Unreal Tournament 3 on the PC, but won’t put out one for the PS3. He cited the fact that it is much easier to produce a demo on the PC than on Sony’s system, and that working on a demo for the PS3 would put them behind schedule: “What we told Microsoft last

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• Unreal Tournament 3 demo for PC before 2007 release, but none for PS3

  Published: August 29, 2007, 9:44 am

  Tags: News, Unreal Tournament 3, Unreal Tournament Iii, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Game, Videogame, Ps3, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Epic Games

  Epic Games’ boss Mark Rein has said there will be an Unreal Tournament 3 demo for PC before the game’s release on November 12 2007, but said you shouldn’t expect a PS3 demo. “We’ll have a PC demo for UT, [but] I don’t think we’ll have a PS3 demo before the game ships,” Rein told Eurogamer during

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• 'Truly Epic LULZ' - Fox News Blows The Lid On Hackers

  Published: August 29, 2007, 9:33 pm

  Tags: B3ta, Interweb, Truly Epic Lulz

  PREPARE YOURSELF FOR TRULY EPIC LULZ JOURNALISM. Even though we barely understand hacker speak at the best of times, we found - and it may be the sleep deprivation, folks - that some of the comments on the YouTube comments made us chuckle heartily too. - MAOR MOAR!!!! I WANT MOAR - domestic terrorists LULZ ... HIS GIRLFRIEND LEFT HIM

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• Gears of War Map Pack Becoming Free to Download

  Published: August 31, 2007, 12:30 pm

  Tags: Epic Games, Gears Of War, Microsoft, Gears Of War, Map Pack, Xbox, Xbox Live

  The most popular piece of Xbox LIVE Marketplace downloadable content is about to become 100% free. The Gears of War “Hidden Fronts” map pack has had nearly 500,000 downloads total, and on September 3rd it will be available at no charge. The pack contains four diverse multiplayer maps: Bullet Marsh, Garden, Process, and Subway. Gears

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• Gears of War sells 4 million copies worldwide! Free Hidden Fronts map pack on Xbox Live from today

  Published: September 3, 2007, 3:24 pm

  Tags: Videos, News, Gears Of War, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Map Pack, Maps, Fps, Game, Hidden Fronts, Epic Games, Microsoft

  Gears of War has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide, and continues to hold the title of most popular Xbox 360 game on Xbox Live. The FPS game recorded the most number of unique players among all Xbox 360 games in August 2007, as well as the highest cumulative number of hours played by Xbox Live members. Back in May, Gears of War on Xbox 360

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• Gears of War Map Pack Now Free

  Published: September 4, 2007, 2:03 pm

  Tags: Epic Games, Gears Of War, Microsoft, Downloadable Content, Gears Of War, Halo 3, Map Pack, Microsoft Points, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Marketplace

  After we discovered that Epic originally wanted the map pack to be free, this buy now or free later pricing scheme was put into effect to appease all parties involved. So if you've been holding out for these freebies (like I have), head over to the Marketplace and pick up these maps and enjoy them now. Chances are that you won't have a

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• November Unreal Tournament 3 Release Date "No Guarantee"

  Published: September 11, 2007, 1:14 am

  Tags: Sony, Unreal Tournament, Epic Games, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Computer, Game Companies, Marc Rein, November Release, Unreal Tournament 3 Possible Delay

  Marc Rein, Vice President of Epic Games, stated in a response on the official Unreal Tournament forums. “All we’ve said is that we’re hoping for a November release but as you know we value getting it right over getting it right now so there’s no guarantee of that.” There’s smoke, but is there fire? via Unreal

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• Silicon Knights Responds to Epic Games' Counterclaim

  Published: September 14, 2007, 1:27 pm

  Tags: Epic Games, Games Industry, Game Companies, Epic Games, Gears Of War, Silicon Knights, Too Human, Unreal Engine 3

  sufficiently alleged that Epic has ‘done much wrong.’ Consequently, Epic's Motion to Dismiss should be denied.” They also stated, “For Epic to attempt to dispute the merit of those allegations [of the original suit] under the auspices of a motion to dismiss is improper. Therefore, Epic's Motion to dismiss should be

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• No Cross-Platform Play for Unreal Tournament 3 at Launch

  Published: September 26, 2007, 1:27 pm

  Tags: Epic Games, Unreal Tournament, Sony, Computer, Epic Games, Mark Rein, Playstation 3, Ps3, Unreal Tournament 3

  as to why this is. MarkRein[Epic]: There will not be cross platform play at launch MarkRein[Epic]: Allow me to elaborate on this one… * MarkRein[Epic] is getting a can of soda MarkRein[Epic]: The biggest challenge in doing cross platform play is syncronizing the builds such that the build on the PC is 100% compatible with the build on the

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• UT3 Collector's Edition PC Details

  Published: September 28, 2007, 3:02 am

  Tags: Unreal Tournament, Epic Games, Midway, Computer, Game Platforms, Games, Game Companies, Collectors Edition, Epic Games, Epic Megagames, Special Edition, Unreal Tournament 3, Unreal Tournament 3 Collectors Edition, Unreal Tournament Iii, Ut3, Ut3 Ce, Ut3 Collectors Editio

  how the dedicated team at Epic Games crafted its return. The limited collector’s edition will be available in limited quantity at select retailers for a suggested retail price in the U.S. of $59.95, available November 2007. This limited collector’s edition will also be available across the UK, Europe, South Africa, Russia,

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