Unreal Tournament 3

"UT3" redirects here. For other uses, see UT3 (disambiguation).

Unreal Tournament 3
Developer(s)Epic Games
Publisher(s)Midway Games
Producer(s)Jeffrey Kennedy Morris
Michael V. Capps
Designer(s)Steve Polge
Jim Brown
David Ewing
Programmer(s)Steve Polge
Artist(s)Jerry O'Flaherty
Shane Caudle
Paul David Jones
Writer(s)Michael V. Capps
Composer(s)Jesper Kyd
Rom Di Prisco
Kevin Riepl
SeriesUnreal
EngineUnreal Engine 3
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • NA: November 19, 2007[1]
  • EU: November 23, 2007
  • AU: November 29, 2007
PlayStation 3
  • NA: December 10, 2007[2]
  • AU: February 21, 2008
  • EU: February 22, 2008
Xbox 360
  • AU: July 3, 2008
  • EU: July 4, 2008
  • NA: July 7, 2008[3]
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Unreal Tournament 3 (UT3) is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Midway Games. Part of the Unreal franchise, it is the fourth game in the Unreal Tournament series, and the eighth and final game overall; its name is in reflection of the game being the first in the franchise to use Unreal Engine 3. It was released on November 19, 2007, for Microsoft Windows, December 10 for the PlayStation 3, and on July 3, 2008, for the Xbox 360. OS X and Linux ports were planned, but they were eventually cancelled. A free-to-play version, entitled Unreal Tournament 3 X, was leaked in late 2022 and cancelled in 2023.[4]

Similar to its predecessors, Unreal Tournament 3 is primarily an online multiplayer title. There are eight modes, including Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, as well as modes like Duel, Warfare, Betrayal and Greed. In vehicle maps, the player is equipped with a hover board, which allows players to quickly traverse large maps and grapple onto other teammates' vehicles. The game's single-player campaign does not follow a plot based around the eponymous tournament, but rather a Necris attack that occurs on a colony on an unknown planet, releasing armed Kralls, a warlike race of aliens, on the humans.

The game received positive reviews from critics, and sold more than 1 million copies worldwide.

  1. ^ "Midway Press Release: PR 2007-11-19 A". June 22, 2008. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "Midway Press Release: PR 2007-12-10 B". June 22, 2008. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Midway Press Release: PR 2008-07-07 A". October 1, 2008. Archived from the original on October 1, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  4. ^ Plunkett, Luke (June 5, 2023). "Looks Like Epic Very Quietly Cancelled An Unreal Tournament Release". Kotaku. Archived from the original on July 4, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.