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"Folk" <Folk@folk.com> wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:10:06 -0700, "goPostal"
> <agutgopostal@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>Release Date:09/03/2007
>
> I'm not sure where you came up with that, but it's not official. There
> is no official release date.  Besides, no developer could fix a hard
> release date that is more than five months out.
>

I was going by this:
http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3140086

That's actually just about right for the holiday releases. The console ports 
(or is the computer version a port from the consoles? :)  will probably be 
later.

> Having said that, a September release date probably isn't too far off.
> If I were a betting man, I would probably go with late Oct. into Nov.
>
> GoW's success took Epic by surprise, so a *lot* of talent has been
> drained off to work on GoW2 (or whatever they decide to call it).
> Microsoft is throwing money at them hand over fist, so UT3 has taken a
> back-burner position.  So not only do we get a late release date, but
> I would guess that we will also get less of a game than we would have
> if not for GoW.  (Less of a game in terms of *who* is working on it.
> The best talent is working on the successor to GoW.)

UT3 is pretty much done from what I read. There's some polishing to do, but 
the core is able to be played. There's a closed beta being played now, it's 
the same game you see the gamer sites being able to test. I wouldn't be 
surprised if there is a demo forthcoming just because of all the press about 
GoW. I'm sure they'd like to keep things on a roll.

And you know Folk, I sincerely hope that they capture that "fun factor" that 
was in 99. 2K4 was a blast, and I play it often but there's just something 
about the balanced gameplay and focus on characters in 99. I did also read 
that the full suite of developer tools will ship with UT3, with the emphasis 
on pre-built "legos" to save time on level design and skinning (much like 
2K4's editor).