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Unreal Tournament (cancelled video game)

January 01, 1970

Unreal Tournament was a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games.[3] It is the ninth game in the Unreal franchise, the fifth game in the Unreal Tournament series, and the first entry to be released since 2007's Unreal Tournament 3. The game utilizes Epic's Unreal Engine 4 and was released for free on Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux.[4][5] The game was released as an alpha in 2014, but was never completed due to Epic Games' focus on Fortnite Battle Royale.[6]

Unreal Tournament
Developer(s)Epic Games
Publisher(s)Epic Games
Programmer(s)
SeriesUnreal
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
ReleaseAugust 13, 2014 (pre-alpha)
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Unreal Tournament's development was crowdsourced and open to contribution from anyone[7][8] with Epic Games using forums for discussions and Twitch livestreams for updates.[9] The source code of the game was published on GitHub.[10] Development had ceased by July 2017 when the team transitioned over to Fortnite, though a formal announcement of the end of development was not made until December 2018.[11] The game remained available for free in its June 2017 configuration (version 0.1.12)[12][13] until its servers were shut down on January 24, 2023, rendering the game inaccessible.[14]

Gameplay edit

Gameplay remained largely unchanged from past iterations of the Unreal Tournament series. The gametypes were:

  • Capture the Flag: Players compete to infiltrate the enemy base, capture the enemy flag and deliver it to their own flag. Competitive teams must use a great deal of teamplay. Both teams must defend their base from incoming attackers and get into the other team's base, take their flag and return it to their base, onto their own flag. This requires that the team protect their flag carrier very well from enemies in order to complete their objective. If the flag carrier is killed, or teleports using a translocator, the flag drops to the ground for anyone to pick up; if a player of the flag carriers team picks it up, they can continue bringing the flag back; if it is the team of the flag, the flag immediately returns to base. If both flags are picked up and in transit at the same time, neither team will be able to score until one of the flag carriers are killed and a flag is returned to base.
  • Deathmatch: A classic "every-man-for-himself" player vs. player combat. The objective is to out-frag all opposing players. The player who achieves the frag limit first, wins. Suicidal kills reduce the frag count by one.
  • Duel: A one versus one game mode. An addition to the gametype is that when respawning, the player can choose between two random spawnpoints. Typically shares maps with Showdown.
  • Showdown: Team game without weapon respawns, where each player picks a spawnpoint before the round starts. Dead players don't respawn and have to wait until the round ends, at which point the surviving team scores. To avoid stalemates, the power-up unique to the game mode, "Overcharge", spawns at 50 seconds before the round time runs out, which grants whoever picks it up double damage, +100 health, and a beacon system for 30 seconds, after which they die. Typically shares maps with Duel.
  • Team Deathmatch: Two teams duke it out in a quest for battlefield supremacy. The team with the most total frags wins.
  • Blitz: Maps for this gamemode are strongly asymmetrical. Each round is 4 minutes. Defense has 5 lives and an additional 20 seconds to prepare for the match. The offense's goal is to eliminate all defenders or get the flag from their base to the defense's. The offense earns points based on the speed of the objective completion. If the defense holds, they earn one point. To give the offense a chance, at 2 minutes, the Redeemer spawns, allowing the offense to deliver the flag through an impossible defensive line. If the flag gets dropped, every 5 seconds it teleports closer to the attackers' base.

Other gametypes expected to return were:[15][16]

  • Assault: This game type is played with two opposing teams, one assaulting a "base" and the other defending it. The map is set up with a countdown timer and a number of objectives which the attacking team must complete (usually in sequence) such as destroying a power generator, entering an area, triggering a button, etc. The team who first attacks then defends, and attempts to defend for the entire time they attacked. This means one key element: speed. The faster the first team completes their attack, the lesser time they need to defend. If they can defend their base till the last second, they win the map. If the team defending first assaults the base faster than the other team, they win the map. If both teams defend for the maximum amount of time the map is a tie.
  • Bombing Run: Each level has a ball that starts in the middle of the playing field. Players score by getting the ball through the enemy team's hoop. They score 7 points for jumping through the hoop while holding the ball, and 3 points for tossing the ball through the hoop. The ball can be passed to teammates, and is dropped if the player carrying it is killed.
  • Warfare: Two teams fight a war to destroy the other team's core (which looks like a giant orb) located in their base. To damage the enemy core, the player must first control a series of nodes that link together to form a chain between the two opposing cores. To capture a node controlled by the enemy, he must destroy it with their weapons then touch the platform to create a new node in their color. Nodes behave similarly to unmanned vehicles, in that they can take damage and be repaired using a link gun. When a node has been captured, any nodes connected to it can be captured/destroyed, as well. Once a team controls a chain of nodes leading to the enemy core, players can damage the core by firing on it (the core cannot be repaired), though it requires a lot of damage. The round ends when a team's core has been destroyed. This is similar to the classic "Onslaught" game type, except that Warfare also includes special orbs that players can carry to a node to instantaneously change it over to their team's color (even if the enemy controls it still) with full health, though it still must be linked to one of their nodes. This game type is less popular due to the initial learning curve, but players who have mastered it often report that it is their favorite game type because it offers much more room for strategy than the other game types. Warfare matches usually have vehicles, as well.

Development edit

Unreal Tournament was first teased in May 2014, when Mark Rein, vice president and co-founder of Epic Games, tweeted about a possible reboot, saying that he loved it, resulting in a positive response from the gaming community, specifically the PC gaming demographic that largely grew up playing the previous games.[17][18][19] Paul Meegan, vice president of product development at Epic, followed Rein's tweet with information about the future of Unreal Tournament.[20][21] The game was announced by Epic in a Twitch livestream on May 8. During the livestream, senior programmer and project lead Steve Polge said that there had been demand for a reboot of the Unreal Tournament and that the release of the Unreal Engine 4 made this the ideal time to do so.

From the very first line of code, the very first art created and design decision made, development will happen in the open, as a collaboration between Epic, UT fans and UE4 developers.

—Steve Polge, writing on the Unreal Engine blog[5]

The development of the game officially began on May 8, the same day of the announcement.[5] Unreal Tournament was developed using Unreal Engine 4 in the open in close collaboration between Epic Games and the community.[5] Although an Unreal Engine 4 subscription was required to fully contribute (all the code was accessible in a GitHub repository), Unreal Tournament fans were still able to comment and share ideas on the company's forum.[22]

During a Twitch livestream held on July 24 the same year, art director Chris Perna showed off a fully rendered but unfinished level in the Unreal Engine editor and talked about the overall look he wanted.[23] A video released five days later via Unreal Tournament's YouTube channel, shows early footage of the game, with the development team playing the first round of Team Deathmatch. It is also taken up by discussions of what the development team is working on. This includes adding in almost all of the weapons and more complex levels.[24]

 
Screenshot of Outpost 23

On August 13, 2014, a playable pre-alpha build was released. Originally, the build was only available to UE4 subscribers but thanks to the way the game is being developed, an Unreal community member was able to compile Epic's prototypes and to release them to the public.[25][26][27] According to the development community on the download page, it would be getting weekly updates.[28] On September 5, Epic hosted an Unreal Tournament event, where several competitive players and enthusiasts from each generation of Unreal Tournament as well as some of the community contributors were invited to play the early prototype version of the game at Epic's headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.[29] The event was meant for providing feedback on the gameplay.[30]

As part of the announcement that Unreal Engine 4 would be free,[31] a new build of the game was showcased during the 2015 Game Developers Conference, offering its first high-textured map called Outpost 23, which is a new version of the level originally revealed in the game's first-in-engine flythrough in July 2014, a new customized Unreal Editor and new characters.[32][33]

Two of the original composers of the 1999 Unreal Tournament, Michiel van den Bos and Alexander Brandon, both expressed interest in returning to compose the soundtrack.[34]

The final patch for the game was released on June 28, 2017.[35]

Proposed business model edit

While the game was never completed, Epic Games made a number of statements outlining their proposed business model for the title. It was intended to be released for free, reflecting the fact that it was in part created by a community of volunteers,[36][37] without microtransactions or gameplay-affecting items.[38] To pay for the game, Epic intended to create a marketplace where developers, modders, artists, and players can buy and sell mods and content.[39] Earnings from this marketplace would be split between the content creator and Epic.[40] This model is not dissimilar to the Unreal Engine Marketplace that ultimately emerged in September 2014 for general Unreal Engine projects.

When asked whether the decision to release the game for free was a reflection of a wider industry trend, Steve Polge told Edge: "It's certainly where we are placing our bets and it is our focus at Epic. We like the model because it's fundamentally generous. It allows us to succeed by doing the right thing for the community, and then the value naturally comes back. That's a lot more attractive to us than the old build, ship and pray model".[41]

Modification edit

In November 2014, the popular ChaosUT mod was announced to return in Unreal Tournament. ChaosUT was selected as one of three mods to be included on the "Game of the Year Edition" of the original Unreal Tournament.[42] The mod was officially cancelled in December 2018, after development of the base game ended.[43]

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Further reading edit

  • Grayson, Nathan (May 16, 2014). "Interview: How will Unreal Tournament 2014 work? Can it?". Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
  • PC Gamer (May 21, 2014). "Unreal Tournament interview: on transparent development, the best UT guns and "pure, fast action"". PC Gamer. Future plc.
  • Partridge, Jon (June 12, 2014). "Unreal Tournament: Why the arena shooter is back". Red Bull.
  • Starkey, Daniel (March 10, 2015). "Anyone can help build the next Unreal Tournament, even you". Digital Trends. Designtechnica Corporation.
  • Dunsmore, Kevin (March 19, 2015). "Unreal Tournament: How Epic Games and the Community are Creating Something Special". Hardcore Gamer.
  • Petitte, Omri (April 17, 2015). "The new Unreal Tournament is free and fun, but still primitive". PC Gamer. Future plc.
  • Parrish, Kevin (May 8, 2015). "We Played 'Unreal Tournament' At Epic Games And Loved It". Tom's Hardware. Purch.
  • Barret, Ben (June 23, 2015). "How The Community Is Building Unreal Tournament". Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
  • GamesTM (July 2015). "Fail, Improve, Repeat — The Story of the new Unreal Tournament". GamesTM. Imagine Publishing.
  • Weber, Sebastian (February 26, 2016). "Unreal Tournament: Lessons In Open Development". Making Games.
  • Fenlon, Wes (September 2, 2016). "It's time to pay attention to the new Unreal Tournament". PC Gamer. Future plc.
  • Zak, Robert (June 7, 2019). "The story of Unreal Tournament, the ambitious project left drifting in space". Rock, Paper, Shotgun.

External links edit

 
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Unreal Tournament was a first person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games 3 It is the ninth game in the Unreal franchise the fifth game in the Unreal Tournament series and the first entry to be released since 2007 s Unreal Tournament 3 The game utilizes Epic s Unreal Engine 4 and was released for free on Microsoft Windows OS X and Linux 4 5 The game was released as an alpha in 2014 but was never completed due to Epic Games focus on Fortnite Battle Royale 6 Unreal TournamentDeveloper s Epic GamesPublisher s Epic GamesProgrammer s Steve Polge 1 Joe Wilcox 2 SeriesUnrealEngineUnreal Engine 4Platform s Microsoft WindowsmacOSLinuxReleaseAugust 13 2014 pre alpha Genre s First person shooterMode s Single player multiplayer Unreal Tournament s development was crowdsourced and open to contribution from anyone 7 8 with Epic Games using forums for discussions and Twitch livestreams for updates 9 The source code of the game was published on GitHub 10 Development had ceased by July 2017 when the team transitioned over to Fortnite though a formal announcement of the end of development was not made until December 2018 11 The game remained available for free in its June 2017 configuration version 0 1 12 12 13 until its servers were shut down on January 24 2023 rendering the game inaccessible 14 Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Development 2 1 Proposed business model 2 2 Modification 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksGameplay editGameplay remained largely unchanged from past iterations of the Unreal Tournament series The gametypes were Capture the Flag Players compete to infiltrate the enemy base capture the enemy flag and deliver it to their own flag Competitive teams must use a great deal of teamplay Both teams must defend their base from incoming attackers and get into the other team s base take their flag and return it to their base onto their own flag This requires that the team protect their flag carrier very well from enemies in order to complete their objective If the flag carrier is killed or teleports using a translocator the flag drops to the ground for anyone to pick up if a player of the flag carriers team picks it up they can continue bringing the flag back if it is the team of the flag the flag immediately returns to base If both flags are picked up and in transit at the same time neither team will be able to score until one of the flag carriers are killed and a flag is returned to base Deathmatch A classic every man for himself player vs player combat The objective is to out frag all opposing players The player who achieves the frag limit first wins Suicidal kills reduce the frag count by one Duel A one versus one game mode An addition to the gametype is that when respawning the player can choose between two random spawnpoints Typically shares maps with Showdown Showdown Team game without weapon respawns where each player picks a spawnpoint before the round starts Dead players don t respawn and have to wait until the round ends at which point the surviving team scores To avoid stalemates the power up unique to the game mode Overcharge spawns at 50 seconds before the round time runs out which grants whoever picks it up double damage 100 health and a beacon system for 30 seconds after which they die Typically shares maps with Duel Team Deathmatch Two teams duke it out in a quest for battlefield supremacy The team with the most total frags wins Blitz Maps for this gamemode are strongly asymmetrical Each round is 4 minutes Defense has 5 lives and an additional 20 seconds to prepare for the match The offense s goal is to eliminate all defenders or get the flag from their base to the defense s The offense earns points based on the speed of the objective completion If the defense holds they earn one point To give the offense a chance at 2 minutes the Redeemer spawns allowing the offense to deliver the flag through an impossible defensive line If the flag gets dropped every 5 seconds it teleports closer to the attackers base Other gametypes expected to return were 15 16 Assault This game type is played with two opposing teams one assaulting a base and the other defending it The map is set up with a countdown timer and a number of objectives which the attacking team must complete usually in sequence such as destroying a power generator entering an area triggering a button etc The team who first attacks then defends and attempts to defend for the entire time they attacked This means one key element speed The faster the first team completes their attack the lesser time they need to defend If they can defend their base till the last second they win the map If the team defending first assaults the base faster than the other team they win the map If both teams defend for the maximum amount of time the map is a tie Bombing Run Each level has a ball that starts in the middle of the playing field Players score by getting the ball through the enemy team s hoop They score 7 points for jumping through the hoop while holding the ball and 3 points for tossing the ball through the hoop The ball can be passed to teammates and is dropped if the player carrying it is killed Warfare Two teams fight a war to destroy the other team s core which looks like a giant orb located in their base To damage the enemy core the player must first control a series of nodes that link together to form a chain between the two opposing cores To capture a node controlled by the enemy he must destroy it with their weapons then touch the platform to create a new node in their color Nodes behave similarly to unmanned vehicles in that they can take damage and be repaired using a link gun When a node has been captured any nodes connected to it can be captured destroyed as well Once a team controls a chain of nodes leading to the enemy core players can damage the core by firing on it the core cannot be repaired though it requires a lot of damage The round ends when a team s core has been destroyed This is similar to the classic Onslaught game type except that Warfare also includes special orbs that players can carry to a node to instantaneously change it over to their team s color even if the enemy controls it still with full health though it still must be linked to one of their nodes This game type is less popular due to the initial learning curve but players who have mastered it often report that it is their favorite game type because it offers much more room for strategy than the other game types Warfare matches usually have vehicles as well Development editUnreal Tournament was first teased in May 2014 when Mark Rein vice president and co founder of Epic Games tweeted about a possible reboot saying that he loved it resulting in a positive response from the gaming community specifically the PC gaming demographic that largely grew up playing the previous games 17 18 19 Paul Meegan vice president of product development at Epic followed Rein s tweet with information about the future of Unreal Tournament 20 21 The game was announced by Epic in a Twitch livestream on May 8 During the livestream senior programmer and project lead Steve Polge said that there had been demand for a reboot of the Unreal Tournament and that the release of the Unreal Engine 4 made this the ideal time to do so From the very first line of code the very first art created and design decision made development will happen in the open as a collaboration between Epic UT fans and UE4 developers Steve Polge writing on the Unreal Engine blog 5 The development of the game officially began on May 8 the same day of the announcement 5 Unreal Tournament was developed using Unreal Engine 4 in the open in close collaboration between Epic Games and the community 5 Although an Unreal Engine 4 subscription was required to fully contribute all the code was accessible in a GitHub repository Unreal Tournament fans were still able to comment and share ideas on the company s forum 22 During a Twitch livestream held on July 24 the same year art director Chris Perna showed off a fully rendered but unfinished level in the Unreal Engine editor and talked about the overall look he wanted 23 A video released five days later via Unreal Tournament s YouTube channel shows early footage of the game with the development team playing the first round of Team Deathmatch It is also taken up by discussions of what the development team is working on This includes adding in almost all of the weapons and more complex levels 24 nbsp Screenshot of Outpost 23 On August 13 2014 a playable pre alpha build was released Originally the build was only available to UE4 subscribers but thanks to the way the game is being developed an Unreal community member was able to compile Epic s prototypes and to release them to the public 25 26 27 According to the development community on the download page it would be getting weekly updates 28 On September 5 Epic hosted an Unreal Tournament event where several competitive players and enthusiasts from each generation of Unreal Tournament as well as some of the community contributors were invited to play the early prototype version of the game at Epic s headquarters in Cary North Carolina 29 The event was meant for providing feedback on the gameplay 30 As part of the announcement that Unreal Engine 4 would be free 31 a new build of the game was showcased during the 2015 Game Developers Conference offering its first high textured map called Outpost 23 which is a new version of the level originally revealed in the game s first in engine flythrough in July 2014 a new customized Unreal Editor and new characters 32 33 Two of the original composers of the 1999 Unreal Tournament Michiel van den Bos and Alexander Brandon both expressed interest in returning to compose the soundtrack 34 The final patch for the game was released on June 28 2017 35 Proposed business model edit While the game was never completed Epic Games made a number of statements outlining their proposed business model for the title It was intended to be released for free reflecting the fact that it was in part created by a community of volunteers 36 37 without microtransactions or gameplay affecting items 38 To pay for the game Epic intended to create a marketplace where developers modders artists and players can buy and sell mods and content 39 Earnings from this marketplace would be split between the content creator and Epic 40 This model is not dissimilar to the Unreal Engine Marketplace that ultimately emerged in September 2014 for general Unreal Engine projects When asked whether the decision to release the game for free was a reflection of a wider industry trend Steve Polge told Edge It s certainly where we are placing our bets and it is our focus at Epic We like the model because it s fundamentally generous It allows us to succeed by doing the right thing for the community and then the value naturally comes back That s a lot more attractive to us than the old build ship and pray model 41 Modification edit In November 2014 the popular ChaosUT mod was announced to return in Unreal Tournament ChaosUT was selected as one of three mods to be included on the Game of the Year Edition of the original Unreal Tournament 42 The mod was officially cancelled in December 2018 after development of the base game ended 43 References edit Grayson Nathan May 16 2014 Interview How Will Unreal Tournament 2014 Work Can It Rock Paper Shotgun Archived from the original on September 28 2014 Retrieved October 2 2014 Chalk Andy August 7 2014 Unreal Tournament s CTF mode tweaked for better e sports presentation PC Gamer Future US Archived from the original on November 29 2014 Retrieved November 14 2014 Dyer Mitch May 8 2014 Epic Games Reveals Free Crowdsourced Unreal Tournament IGN IGN Entertainment Archived from the original on August 21 2016 Retrieved May 8 2014 Makuch Eddie May 8 2014 New Unreal Tournament in development and it ll be absolutely free GameSpot CBS Interactive 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