We speculated on it recently and it's pleasing to see that we were right. The new Unreal Tournament is real and it's coming to Linux. It will be using their latest engine thankfully, so the Linux support should be in good shape by the time it's playable.
They have now confirmed the name is just "Unreal Tournament". Nice and simple, but it means the original would now need to be called UT99.
After the failure to release Unreal Tournament 3 which was ported by Icculus, this is truly fantastic news. It also goes to show how they also believe in Linux to release their engine and new flagship game on Linux.
They want to involve the community in it as much as possible and see what people want from it. They have asked you to go to their forum and let rip on what you want.
Speaking on cost they said it themselves that it will be free. It's not "free 2 play", it's just 100% free (and no I don't mean open-source). That's absolutely crazy to have a game as high calibre as Unreal Tournament being free.
They mentioned they will start with Deathmatch and that the game has only started today, so it's a long way off.
I imagine they will be using it as a form of demo of what their engine can do. They have a lot of competition now with Unity3D and CryEngine.
It sounds like they are doing a Valve and enabling anyone to put weapons, skins, maps, total conversions and more for free or for a price. So, they will have their own marketplace for modders. Epic will get a cut of any sales made in the marketplace to pay for the game.
Blog Post: https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/the-future-of-unreal-tournament-begins-today
Live on twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/UnrealEngine
More as we have it, keep checking back. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Confirmed on #unrealdev @Twitch stream:
Unreal Engine (@UnrealEngine) May 8, 2014
Unreal Tournament development starts today. PC, Mac, Linux.
Free. Not F2P, just free.
They have now confirmed the name is just "Unreal Tournament". Nice and simple, but it means the original would now need to be called UT99.
After the failure to release Unreal Tournament 3 which was ported by Icculus, this is truly fantastic news. It also goes to show how they also believe in Linux to release their engine and new flagship game on Linux.
They want to involve the community in it as much as possible and see what people want from it. They have asked you to go to their forum and let rip on what you want.
Speaking on cost they said it themselves that it will be free. It's not "free 2 play", it's just 100% free (and no I don't mean open-source). That's absolutely crazy to have a game as high calibre as Unreal Tournament being free.
They mentioned they will start with Deathmatch and that the game has only started today, so it's a long way off.
I imagine they will be using it as a form of demo of what their engine can do. They have a lot of competition now with Unity3D and CryEngine.
It sounds like they are doing a Valve and enabling anyone to put weapons, skins, maps, total conversions and more for free or for a price. So, they will have their own marketplace for modders. Epic will get a cut of any sales made in the marketplace to pay for the game.
Blog Post: https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/the-future-of-unreal-tournament-begins-today
Live on twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/UnrealEngine
More as we have it, keep checking back. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Ummm, is there any link to this announcement?
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So basically this should be called Unreal Tournament: Team Fortress 2. :P
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Ummm, is there any link to this announcement?https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/the-future-of-unreal-tournament-begins-today
Speaking on cost they said it themselves that it will be free, it's not even close to being ready yet. It's not free 2 play, it's just 100% free. That's absolutely crazy.
I don't understand. Free as in free from all aspects? No monetary cost and open source? I was all ready to start saving money, but now I'm just confused haha!
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Free as in free from all aspects?
Naw, probably just free as in beer (gratis), not free as in freedom (libre).
All code and content will be available live to UE4 developers on GitHub
(Bold mine)
That basically already says that the code will only be open for people who pay for a UE4 license, and won't be put under a FLOSS license.
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If you have an Unreal Engine 4 subscription you can access the live Github fork:
https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealTournament
https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealTournament
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Awesome news. Let's hope they don't take long times to give the game a playable state.
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No it's not open source as pointed out, if something is open source I always mention it. Whenever I say free I am talking cost.
Also post updated to include the official tweet on it.
Also post updated to include the official tweet on it.
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Don't care about the license is it open or not. Nobody cares about DOTA 2 license yet it's free game and on Linux. Good news!
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This is awesome news!! And by the 2000+ posts on their forum in about 5 hours I'd say that there is "some" interest ;)
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philip550c May 9, 2014
It sounds to me like they want SteamOS to be popular. If you buy a SteamMachine you get the new unreal tournament out of the box.
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This is a unexpected surprise.
I'll definately be playing UT4 on ElementaryOS :)
I'll definately be playing UT4 on ElementaryOS :)
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Nobody cares about DOTA 2 license yet it's free game and on Linux. Good news!Thumb rule: never say nobody. So much could be done if Dota 2 was libre. There are dozens of things I'd like to improve on this game. If it was open, there'd be hundreds of people contributing, working on stuff Valve don't or won't do.
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