UT2007 Becomes UT3

UT 2007 Becomes UT3 on GameSpy reports a name change to Unreal Tournament 3 for the project formerly known as Unreal Tournament 2007. Accompanying the news is a new gameplay video showing off weapons and levels from the game, which is now expected for the Xbox 360 and PS3 as well as the PC. The year in the title was originally intended to reflect annual updates to Epic's shooter franchise, but after successfully following UT2003 with UT2004, the next installment was dubbed UT2007 in anticipation of a 2006 release. With that installment delayed until later this year, it seems the title change reflects the reality that the lengthy development cycle of such projects has doomed the possibility of annual Madden-style releases.