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Unlike its predecessors, the "Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3 will have split-screen play for online, local versus, and co-op as well as five new maps, two exclusive characters and all of the Epic-created DLC the other versions have seen." Videos after the break.

According to Midway, Unreal Tournament 3 for the "Xbox 360 version will feature five "exclusive" maps, split screen capabilities and two new characters." Click here for first picture in gallery.

We still don't have an exact release date for Unreal Tournament 3 for Xbox 360, but we're getting closer. The news out of Midway's Gamers Day is that we can expect the title to appear this "summer."

That's right, UT3 modders decided to bring Master Chief, Gears of War characters, Cloud, and even Spawn to the PlayStation 3. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Thank Unreal Tournament III, UTIII mods and a UTIII mod-friendly PS3! These mods were brought to us by the folks at UT.PS3, so kudos to them for cooking them up

Unlike other Unreal Tournament 3 mods, this "map features about 20 types of LEGO blocks, built into structures you can blow to smithereens, thanks to the game’s excellent physics model." Video after the break.

Created by Unreal Tournament 3 mod-man Lord Simeon, the map features a totally destructible LEGO block environment

Motion capture company Mova used a special array of cameras and Unreal Engine 3 to create this amazing face animation, rendered in real-time with "dual NVIDIA 8800 GTXs". Videos after the break. Click here for one more picture.

At this year's GDC, the company is trying to attract the game industry's attention by unveiling examples of their facial modeling running in real-time on the popular Unreal Engine 3

This followup in the Unreal Tournment series builds upon its predecessor by adding over two dozen upgraded weapons and new modes -- game released on November 19th. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery. Here's the bottom line:

UT3 is a stunning return to form for this venerable series. By sticking to what it does best - fast, frenetic gameplay lavished with amazing visuals and a wealth of content - it stands out from the pack of realistic military shooters that are all the rage at the moment. The singleplayer is really just a tutorial, but the online experience is one of the shooter highlights of the year

HP unveils a special Blackbird 002 Unreal Tournament 3 computer. It features a quad-core Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (3.0-GHz), 4GB of PC2-6400 memory, two 500GB SATA (10,000rpm) hard drives, and two NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra graphics cards in SLI. Continue reading to see it in action. Click here for first picture in gallery.
*Correction - HP would like readers to know, while there are "some UT3 skins that are available for the side panels," they "have not and are not planning to announce a UT3 version of Blackbird."

Unreal Tournament 3 boasts six modes: "deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag (CTF), vehicle capture the flag (VCTF), warfare, and duel." Continue reading for a "shoot em' up" gameplay clip. Click here for first picture in gallery.

At its core, Unreal Tournament 3 offers exactly what its predecessors (specifically UT '99 and '04) did to make it so popular: preposterous action at blindingly fast speeds. It's all over the top, soaked in blood, nonsensical (hoverboards and stealth tanks?) and bathed in an electric light

GT provides us with the latest Unreal Tournament 3 (PS3 version) gameplay footage: "Bullet Blasting" and "Weapons". Videos after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

You get six modes, not including campaign, with UT 3: deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag (CTF), vehicle capture the flag (VCTF), warfare, and duel. You'll notice that's not the same list as UT 2004's modes, since it's noticeably missing assault, something I'm not too bent out of shape about

Slated for release in 2008 on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, Unreal Tournament 3 "unleashes the full power of Unreal Engine 3, taking graphics, gameplay, and challenge to a whole new level. Players engage in intense and hyper-real battles with other human players online or against incredibly realistic Unreal artificial intelligence." Video after the break. Click here for more pictures.