The Adrenaline Vault News quotes Epic's Mark Rein on the subject of UT development for Sony's upcoming PlayStation 2 console system, reporting: "Although the developer has not announced a PlayStation 2 title, Rein told us significant progress has been made on porting the engine to the platform, and that the goal is to have Unreal Tournament running on the console near the middle or end of February." The article quotes Mark as saying: "It is our number one priority right now." The article discusses that February date a bit further:

This is no hardcoded deadline, Rein stated, reminding us of the other high-tech mantra with which gamers are all too familiar: "When it's done." Still, Epic is so intent on meeting this goal, Rein said it would devote all its resources to this project. Programmer Brandon Reinhart, who ported Unreal Tournament to Linux, will lead the charge.

Rein said Reinhart was so proficient in porting to Linux that Epic is now able to compile both Windows and Linux versions of Unreal Tournament from the same source code--this is no easy feat and a bonus for engine licensees wanting to have their Unreal Engine titles also run on Linux or other platforms. Epic is optimistic that the PlayStation 2 version will also compile from the same source code base.