UK paper The Guardian has an interesting article on the rise of 3D games engines, including a segment on Epic Games Unreal Engine…And they are major…

From the bowels of the mainstream press comes a report into the effects of playing Unreal Tournament on gamers’ reaction times and accuracy.Rolf…

The announcement was made during Spike’s Video Game Awards show, Batman: Arkham Asylum “2″ appears to be played out within Gotham itself, and sees the return of Harley Quinn and the Joker. Little else is known about the game, but a web page has been set up for it at Arkham Has Moved.

Free stuff available for Killing Floor this evening! Steam will automatically update the title with the following additions:

4 stunning new maps for Killing Floor, from the winners of the Grindhouse Custom Map Making Competition.

KF-Icebreaker – Winner of the $10,000 grand prize in the mapping competition and one of the most ambitious, creative, and visually stunning […]

A short level where I show off my abilities when it comes to scripting with Kismet in UT3.

BioWare has issued a press release detailing the voice casting for Mass Effect 2, coming to all major platforms on January 26, 2010.

Esteemed actor Martin Sheen stars as the mysterious Illusive Man who commands Cerberus, a secretive paramilitary organization dedicated to protecting human interests in the galaxy. Yvonne Strahovski plays deadly Cerberus operative Miranda Lawson, […]

2K Games and Gearbox have announced the second DLC for Borderlands called “Madd Moxxi’s Underdome Riot”. This DLC will arrive December 29th for Xbox 360 for 800 MS Points, January 7th for Playstation 3 for $9.99, and at some future point for PC with a currently undisclosed price.

Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot is an intense […]

The final installment of MapMixer for UT3 is now available. If, for some reason, you don’t know what MapMixer is, just know that it gives you unprecedented control over the setup of your game and it’s an absolute must-have.
Still not sure? Look at the screenshots!

Swanky has put out the call to mappers to rally for a high-quality UT 10th Anniversary Map Pack.

You haven’t heard of the Timewarp Crew for a long time, but hey, now they are preparing for another time travelling. We are currently planning to do a Deathmatch Mappack for good ol’ UT, and are looking for […]

Gearbox has finally released “The Island of Dr. Ned” DLC for the PC version of the game. For those with DVD copies, you can pick up the DLC at the Gearbox store. If you have a Steam copy of the game, the Steam version is available through their store. You will want to note before […]

Here at BeyondUnreal, we love to give high honor and love to our content creating community and provide them with promotion and support as much as humanly possible. There are several ways we try to do this, but all of them seem to have stifled lately and that is why we need your help!
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If you’re from down-under and prefer your games with a box and disc, you may be interested to know that Killing Floor - formerly only available to Aussies via Steam - can now be found on store shelves. (BU Review)

We are happy to announce that Killing Floor is now available in stores in Australia. The […]

The newly-launched Instant Respawn website talks with the creator of the UT2004 TC Out of Hell about his seven year long solo mod experience. Here he talks about the motivation behind starting such a project:

“I was fresh out of computer animation school and had gotten a job at a local company as an environment […]

Well, Gearbox mentioned it, though there is no update. Looks like there is another patch coming, though.

DLC is on its way for PC (wish I had a date for you) and we have another update on the way as well with several fixes.

Make Something Unreal Contest Phase 4 finalists for the Educational category have been announced.

Phase 4 Educational Category Finalists:
Arizona State University (Becca’s Tale, EXILE)
Art Institute of California, L.A. (UT2D Killing Time, vCTF-Boilerplate Team Art Mod, Millagun UT2D)
Art Institute of Vancouver (TikiWiki)
DePaul University (ToonDoom)
Högskolan i Skövde, Sweden (Sanctum)
IT University of Copenhagen (Steam Racers, The Witching Hour, Cubes […]

Epic’s Steve Polge sends over the latest list of Make Something Unreal phase 4 finalists, this time in the Educational category.Arizona State…

Phase 4 finalists have been announced for the Make Something Unreal Contest “Best Level for a Mod” category.

Best Level for a Mod Phase 4 Finalists:
Bailter Ray
The Ball, Hueca
CDOM-CBP3-Saip
CDOM-CBP3-Velocity
CDOM-CBP3-Yarith
The Haunted, Lost Temple
The Haunted, TH-Lighthouse
Hazard
Jailbreak: JB-Makoy
Prometheus: Guillotine

Best Level for a Mod Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:
Airborn
Archasis II, Fresh’el Crossing
CDOM-CBP3-Stronghold
CDOM-CBP3-Halcyon
The Haunted, TH_Backwater Bayou
Hostile Takeover: Arcon
Sanctum
DM-Spectrum
UnWheel: Monaco
The Witching Hour: Cursed […]

Epic Games sends word that they’ve updated and added some support material for the Unreal Development Kit:

171 free video training tutorials spanning 17 topics
UDK Licensing FAQ to cover a lot of common inquiries
Unreal Developer Network (not really an update - just a reminder that it’s there and being updated)

Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski has appeared as a guest host on Kotaku’s regular podcast feature.Kotaku podcast listeners asked Epic’s Cliff…

Epic sends over word that Pyro Studios has licensed Unreal Engine 3 for use in the official Planet 51 game…MADRID (November 19, 2009) Pyro Studios …

Epic’s Steve Polge sends over the latest list of Make Something Unreal phase 4 finalists. This lot are in the running for the “Best Mod…

Epic Games has released 171 new video tutorials for the popular Unreal Development Kit, spanning 17 different topics for the free game development…

Neoseeker has spotted a job listing at Microsoft Game Studios which hints at future projects from MGS and Epic Games…The job opening is for an…

The Out of Hell mod team has released their first patch, along with news of a screenshot contest.To show our appreciation for the great fan and…

Ars Technica has some words from Epic Games VP Mark Rein about the recentlyreleased Unreal Development Kit, which allows modders to create full retail…