In a series of Twitter posts over the weekend, Epic Games VPs Mark Rein and Paul Meegan teased that the studio will be revealing "the future of Unreal Tournament" in a livestream video event later this week, suggesting a long awaited return to its popular arena shooter franchise.
You want to know about the future of #UnrealTournament ? Tune in to http://t.co/zCmqLttIuZ Thursday at 2pm ET. #unrealdev #FirstBlood
— Mark Rein (@MarkRein) May 2, 2014
RT @CodeSe7en: @MarkRein @Storm360 UT is coming back!? I've been begging for this very thing! <-Yes UT coming back! https://t.co/9XUToORA4c
— Mark Rein (@MarkRein) May 2, 2014
UE4 Dev Community + Epic. The future of Unreal Tournament. Tune in to http://t.co/hPLc5jcZSv Thursday at 2pm ET. #unrealdev #FirstBlood
— Paul Meegan (@PaulMeegan) May 2, 2014
2007's Unreal Tournament 3 was the last we saw of the series, and quite a bit has changed in the world of competitive shooters since then, so it will be interesting to see what the Epic Games team has planned. Stay tuned.
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Yes. Don't forget Deck 16.
Some 4 team CTF wouldn't go astray either.
Posted 10:58am 05/5/14
OH and unlimited translocater "ammo" instead of the cooldown they put in.
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Posted 03:46pm 05/5/14
hmm not sure. they've got fortnite on the way so they may not want to take the risk with a second f2p game.