Destructoid noticed an interesting job posting over at Gamasutra, in which 2K Boston is looking for a Lead Multiplayer Designer. Big Deal? The devil is in the details.
Some interesting bits from the actual job description:

BioShock had no multi-player mode. We don’t believe in throwing in something that can’t go head to head with the big […]

The nominees for the 2008 Game Critics Awards have been announced. These are all based upon what was available at the recent E3. Nominees for Best of Show include two Unreal Engine titles:

Fallout 3
Gears of War 2
LittleBigPlanet
Mirror’s Edge
Spore

Other Unreal Engine nominees include:

Gears of War 2: (Best Console Game), (Best Action Game), (Best Online Multiplayer Game)
Mirror’s […]

Another UE3-powered title, American McGee’s Grimm, launched today with released of the first of it’s 24 episodes - “A Boy Learns What Fear Is”. Note that this episode will be free for download for first 24 hours, supported by ‘minimal up-front advertising’ (the timer’s already ticking!). You can download the game right now from the […]

After Na Pali’s wars,the Nali people went back to their
old temple,to relax and to find their peace. However,
it is was a short peace, the Skaarj got more and more
to their old and secret temples.
At the end the holy places become the new Tournament
and the Nali
escaped.

Hourences has released his latest book The Hows and Whys of Level Design SE. Owners of the first edition are eligible for a big discount on the PDF version and should contact Hourences for more details.
In addition a new survey is available for level designers.

“Level design is one of the most important, influential, and […]

Seemingly aiming his sights one some of the more vocal critics of Unreal Engine 3, Epic Games president, Mike Capps, took the occasion of Gamefest in Seattle to launch a few counter-attacks to help set the record straight.

“One of the big things about licensing tech is not about reinventing the wheel, it’s about catching up […]

At the Develop Industry Excellence Awards last night, Epic Games claimed the prize in the Tools Provider category. Congratulations, guys and girls! For a full list of winners, check the press release.
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Midway announced today that Shark Boy has made the roster for the upcoming UE3 powered wrestling title TNA iMPACT! The addition of this piscine grappler brings the total number of playable characters to nineteen, with an additional six to be announced over the coming weeks. The press release has the full known roster.

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Steven Horton posted ten new renders of some really hot-looking vehicles for UnWheel2 for UT3.
If you’re a talented coder, do us all a favor and give them a hand getting UnWheel2 up and running. Drop by their site for contact details or send a forum PM if you’re interested.

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One of the big draws for the Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3 is the ability to play splitscreen with two players. The guys over at PC Splitscreen have pointed out (courtesy of HideInLight) a way to have up to four player splitscreen action on the PC with little more effort than altering your […]

Alex Galuzin was kind enough to share the level design workflow process that he used to put together an entry into the 3DBuzz (UT3) Old School Level Design Contest. This tutorial, the links listed in his article, and the progress threads from the contest would be a good place to start for those new to […]

Cliff Bleszinski makes the rounds, talking to the media about Gears of War 2.

IGN - A one-two punch, featuring a video interview and demo along with a written interview. Here Cliff talks about the ability to use Gears Achievements to unlock extras in Gears 2:

You know, I don’t even remember where that came from. The […]

Name: UT99 Sounds
Compatibility: PC ONLY
Description: These are the sounds effects from Unreal Tournament 99 for use in Character mods and general modding
Comments: I will be adding more sounds from UT99 during the next week ^^
I am also planning on making them easy to install (once i […]

Auf einer Investoren-Konferenz gab der Publisher Electronic Arts bekannt, dass der Ego-Shooter Tiberium auf das kommende Geschäftsjahr verschoben wurde. Ihr habt also frühestens zwischen dem 1. April 2009 und dem 31. März 2010 die Möglichkeit, das Command & Conquer-Universum in NextGen-Grafik …

Spieler der X360-Version des Rollenspiels Mass Effect können schon seit einiger Zeit - für Geld - über das normale Spiel hinauszocken. Möglich macht dies die Minierweiterung Bring Down the Sky, die PC-Gamern ab jetzt kostenlos zum Download bereit steht. Zusätzlich 90 Minuten Spielzeit soll die rund …

Name:VCTF-Barricade
Version:Final
Compatibility:UT3 PC

Description:This is my first map, but it’s an action packed VCTF map that has land mines in the middle of the battle field!!!

Screenshot:
Download:You can download it here

Name:vCTF-Kargo-Necris
Version:Final 1.0
Compatibility:UT3 patch 1.2
Description:The Necris Have Invaded!
CHanges: -Fixed flickering nano black by red base
Screenshot:

Credits:Myself,Epic Games, and everyone who helped with beta testing.
Homepage:N/A […]

Gamespy takes a look at the UE3 powered Stargate Worlds MMO and comes away with some good details on the gameplay we should expect. Overall, their impressions seem favorable:

Stargate Worlds is still in the pre-alpha stage, but from what we’ve seen thus far, the dev team is working hard on carving out a unique niche […]

Es gibt einen ersten Patch für Mass Effect. Dieser bringt vor allem Bugsfixes zu verschiedenen Hardwareproblemen mit sich.
Auch der zusätzliche Bonus Content „Bring Down the Sky“ für den PC steht ab sofort zum Download bereit.
Quelle: BU.com

Die Hostingfirma 4players.at war so freundlich Unreal-Welten.de einen UT3-Server bereit zu stellen. Der Server steht euch allen zur Verfügung, ihr könnt also nach Lust und Laune darauf spielen - wobei sich Fairplay von selbst versteht. Habt ihr Fragen oder Vorschläge bezüglich des Servers, dann …

Patch 1.01 for Mass Effect is now available, as is the free expansion (PC) Burn Down the Sky (thanks Blue’s). Details on the patch are as follows:

added some infrastructure support for additional downloadable content
updated the image of the Batarian race in the codex
fixed an issue where the center channel for hardware audio wouldn’t play correctly […]

Hi guys…!
I registered to post this map :p
Name: UT2D-Aircraft
Version: 1.0
Compatibility: PC 1.2 + UT2D
Description: A Spaceship under attack
Comments: Be aware of explosions!
Screenshot:

Credits: I made the Map myself, thanks to ZeelessOne for UT2D (i love it ^^)
Homepage: connect.Royal-TS.net (don’t take it serious ^^)
Download: click

Wie auch schon die Gruppenphasen sind die Playoffs der ESL Major Series II UT3 von Spielabsagen, Verschiebungen und Defwins geprägt. Während das Ergebniss der Begenung Four Kings UT3 vs. Team Dignitas .UT3 der Runde 3 weiter auf sich warten lässt, gibt es 3 Erbnisse im Loser Bracket:
n!faculty vs Team Excello - UT3 0:5
H2k-Gaming vs […]

GameVideos has some up close and personal views of the many Gears of War collectibles on display at Comic-Con 2008.
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Earlier today, Activision Blizzard announced that they would be carrying over very few of the titles acquired in the merger with Vivendi. This evening, Gamespot confirms that a number of titles have been dropped altogether or at least placed in the Recycle Bin for later review of “options regarding those titles that we will not […]