Atari sends
word
that Unreal Tournament 2004 is gold, and that Epic's multiplayer shooter
sequel is due in stores "worldwide" on March 15:
Unreal Tournament 2004
was developed by Epic Games in conjunction with Digital Extremes. The game
builds on the success of past installments, taking the franchise to the next
level with the introduction of the hyper-charged Onslaught mode, the return of
the fan-favorite Assault mode, which last appeared in the original Unreal
Tournament, and the introduction of land-, air- and space-based vehicles.
Gamers worldwide have already made the free, downloadable official demo of
Unreal Tournament 2004 one of the most popular game demo downloads of all time,
with more than 1.5 million downloads in the first week of availability. The demo
first hit the Internet on Wednesday, February 11, and was distributed on a
worldwide scale and is already one of the most played online PC games on the
Internet.
In the game, players suit up as the ultimate techno-gladiator of the future,
taking their fates into their own hands as they battle up to 32 other players in
action-packed, frag-filled arenas. Unreal Tournament 2004 contains new maps for
all established game modes, including Capture the Flag, Deathmatch, Team
Deathmatch, Bombing Run and Double Domination, as well as all new arenas for the
new styles of play. In addition, Unreal Tournament 2004 contains all of the
maps, mutators and game types -- such as Mutant, Last Man Standing and Invasion
-- from Unreal Tournament 2003 and the free downloadable bonus packs for that
game.