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.