Unreal Tournament 3 hits Xbox 360 in July

To quote Victor Lin from Bloodsport “It’s about f**king time!”

Epic Games announced today that the long-awaited (or rather ‘late-coming’) Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament 4.. er, I mean 3 (I guess Epic forgot about UT2003) hits North American store shelves on July 7th. The 360 release gets a split-screen multiplayer mode, new characters, new maps, and all of the official downloadable content released for the other versions. Now before you get too excited, keep in mind that the mod support that is in the PS3 and PC versions is missing thanks to Microsoft wanting to keep a short leash on what players can put on their consoles. So what was the hold-up in getting this released? They didn’t say, but I have a sneaking suspicion it has to do with UT3 being treated as another cog (get it?) in the Gears of War 2 hype machine. What makes me think that? The fact that along with announcing a shipping date, they also went out of their way to point out that UT3 will contain “an exclusive video that gives a never-before-seen first look at some of the new gameplay modes in Gears of War 2, hosted by Cliffy B”. Whatever…

Source: Shacknews