The healthy flurry of map releases for Unreal Tournament continues, with news and screenshots of UT99.org’s Community Map Pack 2. No release date is available yet, but it looks like there’s a pretty good representation of official and current gametypes in the pack.

Gamasutra has a very interesting article that compares the parkour experience of Mirror’s Edge with Jay Bolter and Diane Gromala’s idea that software should explore ideas rather than to serve as tools.

Mirror’s Edge is a game about another way of looking. It asks the player to see a credible, familiar world filled with cars, machines, […]

This might possibly fall under the category of “why?”, but it’s somewhat amusing nonetheless. Thanks T2A`

Harpy VTOL aircraft. Tractorbeam with custom locking mechanism, automated impact hammers, energy shields. Animated maw, spine, arms, engines, thruster, landing gear and tail. Custom everything; visual effects, sound, HUD, damage effects, flight behavior. Full net support. Full bot support.

The Dispatcher is two vehicles in one with the ability to launch a ship with you in it or unleash some deadly explosives to surprise your enemies.

The Lachesis is an elysian prototype designed for scalability in combat, made to adapt quickly and effectively. Still in beta
Make Something Unreal Submission:
-Phase 2: Best New Vehicle