Chris Kohler
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Epic: Work On 360 <cite>Unreal</cite> Won't Start Until 2008

Holding out for the Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament III? Don’t hold your breath. Epic vice president Mark Rein says that they haven’t even started work on it yet — that’ll happen "early next year." The reason the 360 version is lagging, says Rein, is "the mods": The PS3 is an open system, and […]

Ut3_collectors_080107_2Holding out for the Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament III? Don't hold your breath. Epic vice president Mark Rein says that they haven't even started work on it yet -- that'll happen "early next year."

The reason the 360 version is lagging, says Rein, is "the mods":

The PS3 is an open system, and they embrace user-created content. But there isn't really a way to do that on the 360. So our job, when we finish the PS3 version, and we've taken a little break, is to sit down with Microsoft and to figure out how we can do mods on their system.

Games: Unreal Tournament 3 [Riottt]