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"Dan Johnson" <tropicaldan@roadrunner.com> wrote in message 
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>I wonder if Epic Games ever thought about releasing a special edition 
>Unreal Tournament (UT) that has basically all the UT99 maps, weapons, mods, 
>etc but updated to today's game engine and graphics.  Additionally, having 
>the same gameplay could make this an ideal release.   I have asked several 
>people what they thought about this, and needless to say this idea was well 
>received.  Wouldn't it be cost effective to make this version of UT, as it 
>would not necessarily be created from scratch?  Perhpas this could be ready 
>in 2010.  Or, maybe it could be created concurrently with another version 
>of the game, so as to be available as an add-on (for a small price).  The 
>overwhelming success of UT99, and the subsequent disappointing sequels only 
>makes one wonder why Epic has not already presented the same game, but with 
>the benefit of seeing it at incredible detail and realism.  If realized, 
>this could bring new meaning to the term "unreal".

We are working some on improving the graphics, but the UT engine is pretty 
limited that way. In an ideal world it would work, and I totally get what 
you are saying but the realism is that the Unreal engine is a decade old and 
in computer years that's steam powered (pardon the pun).