Unreal Tournament III gets price drop: to be $40 everywhere

by Andrew Yoon { Apr 17th 2008 at 12:30PM }

For one reason or another, Epic's PS3-early Unreal Tournament III never found the success of its previous titles, like Gears of War. Midway is giving the multiplayer FPS another chance at retail, with a rather significant price drop. Originally $60, the game is now a mere $40 new at game retailers, such as amazon.com and GameStop.

With a recently released free map pack and a growing collection of user-generated mods, there's never been a better time to jump into the UT community. Hopefully, this price drop will give the game the attention it never received at launch.

[Via GT Forums]

Tags: pricedrop, unreal, unreal-tournament-3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

True_Darknight @ Apr 17th 2008 12:34PM

Come on people get some UT3!!! download the maps and get the Master Chief mod!!!

Let's get to the battles!!!

UT Server: VCTF
Name: UT RULES!!
Admin: ME!!!

Come get dead!

thinkofmeasmra @ Apr 17th 2008 12:46PM

Ill be there if you can handle it son.

KillaRizzay is the name, killin you is my game....

lol gay i know but i laughed..

mccomber @ Apr 17th 2008 12:43PM

I'd say part of why it never had the sales of Gears is it never had the advertising, and it launched during a very busy point in the year. If you don't let people know your product is out there, you shouldn't act surprised when they don't buy it instead of the heavily promoted and talked about stuff.

RazLeboL @ Apr 17th 2008 12:53PM

Or that maybe it's just isn't as good at all.

mccomber @ Apr 17th 2008 2:47PM

I've played both, and Gears is better, but it's not the orgasmic experience all xbox owners would have people believe. They're completely different play styles for one, so the only reason they ever get compared is because they were made by the same people.

Carlos @ Apr 17th 2008 12:45PM

i'll stay with CoD4 for now and the new maps coming next week....... anyone have both? (is it worth it?)

Seminole @ Apr 17th 2008 12:47PM

I have both, but I'll admit I never touched UT3. I got it at Christmas time, I played against the bots for an hour or two, but I found Call of Duty way too addicting to even try UT3 online. With the summer coming up and more time, I'm gonna try to give it a chance.

thinkofmeasmra @ Apr 17th 2008 12:52PM

I also have both, and never really played UT3 so much cause of COD4. However, I started playing with the keyboard and mouse in UT3 and it makes it sooooo much more fun. Not to mention playing Shipment in UT3 is craaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzy! Thats some really fun stuff. But I mean, if for one 1 reason, you should buy UT3 for the fact it'll never get old with all the maps, mutators (tiny mods), mods, player models, etc. I dont think i've ever played the same map like over and over and over like in COD4, theres ALWAYS a new map to try in UT3. You know, things should stay fresh on the UT3 side

Carlos @ Apr 17th 2008 12:59PM

@thinkofmeasmra ....

yeah that's a good point... I wish at least one of my friends had it ... to give it a test run before getting it....
That real mouse/keybourd deal is not bad.... but I use FragFX with CoD4 and I love it ... gives me that playing with the mouse feel....

Carlos @ Apr 17th 2008 12:55PM

@Seminole...

thanks man... that's the reason i haven't got it.... i don't even touch any of the games that i've got since I started playing CoD4 the day it came out........ (is sick I know)....

@tretle .....

maybe ... I have never played the single player on CoD4... so that would not make a difference for me...

reson8er @ Apr 17th 2008 12:59PM

Hmmm, I wonder if it would have fared better on the 360 if released under the same circumstances (next-to no press, last minute release, busy holiday season...etc.)

My guess is not much better...

brettjr @ Apr 17th 2008 1:11PM

I was excited about this game when it was announced but then I heard it had NO multiplayer splitscreen so I blew it off. Tell them to add that and I may buy it.

usagi704 @ Apr 17th 2008 1:14PM

I just picked up UT3 a few days ago for $35 and I thought I got a great deal, but now I know why it was so low.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 17th 2008 1:27PM

Looks like 360 will be getting a pretty good version afterall. Still with no mods I guess =/

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/867/867258p1.html

ryan @ Apr 17th 2008 1:35PM

i think they are worried about hackers since 360 doesn't have a browser either.

but really, you are still play UT 3 either way. which can be a good or bad thing....

brettjr @ Apr 17th 2008 1:48PM

Forget the mods! I would rather have the splitscreen and five other maps...this annoys so much I'm definatly not picking the game up.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 17th 2008 1:57PM

Yeah I hear you. I would love me some splitscreen. I might trade this in and get me the 360 version when it drops. I DO have more friends on LIVE than on PSN anyway and I havent gotten any mods so who knows. Have to see if any of my buds are gonna get it.

Phoenix8387 @ Apr 17th 2008 1:39PM

"Epic's PS3-early Unreal Tournament III never found the success of its previous titles, like Gears of War."

I wonder if this had anything to do with a lack of a REAL story and single player experience. I know UT is mainly the multiplayer experience... but with making such an excellent story (and game) in Gears, they kinda dropped the ball here.

Haiddasalami @ Apr 17th 2008 1:47PM

I technically have the game as my friend never plays it but now I can get it. YAY! This plus Gran Turismo makes me happy.

Kodros @ Apr 17th 2008 2:08PM

I hate how every official Atari host has Keyboard and Mouse enabled. So in order for me to play on a server that doesn't have a 200 ping, I have to play against people using Kb&M.

True_Darknight @ Apr 17th 2008 2:25PM

Ok so I have both.... CoD4 i got later.. i know , i know!!

But hey i have so much fun with the mods.. i stay downloading maps and chars!!!

Metroid next!!

hehe

besides they patched it pretty good which is easier for mods

I go back and run my server and pick on some people!!!!

ofc when I'm not slicing people on CoD4!!

come in the fun.. never hurts :)

just wait until one of these guys makes a Chaos Mod or something.. and forget it it's like having a new game :)

Aysir @ Apr 17th 2008 2:32PM

No proper single player and no progression through multi-player was always going to confine this to second best to games like COD4 and Rainbow6 Vegas 2. I've got R6 and Unreal and it just seems far more worthwhile playing R6 because of the ranking system. Unreal ends up feeling like a fun way to pass the time, but never anything deeper.

foe1one @ Apr 17th 2008 2:32PM

How about some fuckin split screen? that's all I gotta say...

tretle @ Apr 17th 2008 2:37PM

My personal view is that the main reason its not very successful is the lack of single player campaign. Its just not on par to gears of war.
They hyped it up and made people think it would have a proper single player campaign but it doesn't.
Thats the main reason in my view. I'll buy it anyway, Im a huge fan of unreal and have every game from unreal to unreal tournament 2004.
For the next unreal I hope they realize that the fps space has evolved over the years, other deathmatch games also have good single player campaigns and they should do something about it.
Maybe have an Unreal Tournament campaign similar to Ureal Tournament 1 including the great intro through the subway and another campaign with an actual plot.

chris @ Apr 17th 2008 3:13PM

so, it's official: Unreal Tournament is a failure - commercially. I really love this game, too bad no servers are EVER full. what a waste.

RMF @ Apr 17th 2008 4:15PM

"so, it's official: Unreal Tournament is a failure - commercially. I really love this game, too bad no servers are EVER full. what a waste."

That's the whole point of the price drop. They're obviously hoping to change that and bring more people online. I've just ordered a copy each for myself and a friend, so add 2 more to that list.