@Zer0Force: I'd say that is the absolute least of Microsoft's concerns with community created content. People have been doing questionable things with Microsoft products for years. There are a multitude of protections that they already have in place to protect themselves legally from what their users do with their services... with 360 specifically, they already shield themselves from user actions on XBL reflecting back on them in a liability sense.

No, what Microsoft really dislikes about community created content is more likely two other factors:

1) There is no profit to be made in content you can't control. Console manufacturers make money in an entirely different model than the old PC model. Sell consoles at a loss or relatively low profit and make up the difference in software licensing. User content means games with longer lifespans, means fewer games purchased. Right now, MS is in the sweet spot with game turnover with their install base... they have no need to sell their users games with longer lifespans and a mass of DLC they can't charge for. I mean, hell, they charge for user pictures still because people are dumb enough to buy them, what is the motivation in supporting free content when you've got people willing to pay?

2) Security issues that can arise from someone leaking harmful DLC. Whether legally liable to consumers for problems that arise out of their choices or not, MS could have a shit-storm on their hands if someone figures out a way to get a virus or other trojan into their otherwise closed system. They already have enough trouble with people trying to hack their way into XBL for any number of reasons without opening up the possibility of them being somewhat responsible for dispersing harmful software through their closed system.

That isn't to say they are "bad, evil, etc"... they're a business. As long as people will pay for the system they offer as it is with little fuss, there is no reason to change. They've currently got a closed system with regular subscribers paying for nearly every piece of DLC with minimal risk to the security of their service... why change if it's working at the moment?

dv8godd

If those aren't custom models - in other words the dude who posted that didn't remodel himself but just imported the models from their respective games - it could actually be nice legal grounds for a suit.

InsolenceAndHeresy

And people ask why mods for UE3 are frowned apon by Microsoft. The last thing they need is someone suing because so fan decided to make a skin of naked Hilary Clinton or something of that nature.

Zer0Force

I'm still holding out for Brian Crecente vs Fake Brian Crcente!

Superstar90

Man... Cloud looks like a goddamn umpa lumpa... way to size body proportions.

Kojiro

I'm not gonna lie...thats some pretty good character modeling for a mod.

FLYBOY611

seems like this might lead to some nasty litigation...

lasttimeyouaskedme

@DARTH_TIGRIS: because it's like saying "fuck you" to MS and Bungie. Doesn't matter if halo is exclusive, "we still gotz yo stuffz" and UTIII has the tools to recreate all of the maps and weapons of any Halo. Bwahahahahahah, yes my brethren download it! Download them all!!! bwhahahahahahah

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

Of course, I agree with everyone that says it's gonna cause legal troubles for Epic, because the court system on a whole doesn't seem to get the concept of user created materials...

bobtheduck

@The_nub_next_door: That's because what makes them so amazing is that you can do it on a Console. Mods have been on PCs for ages, nothing amazing about that.

@Tibeerius: That's EXACTLY why we do it... That, or to be able to blast Master Chief to itty bitty bits... "And THAT'S for not ingegrating I Love Bees and the novels into Halo 3... And THAT'S for transforming my social life from my non gamer friends enjoying Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy with me to them all only wanting to play OMGHALO!!!!!111one and not even glancing at the PS3 or any of the games I'd play, even when there's cool stuff like this... AND THAT'S for following that STUPID, Ass backward idea that blank characters are easier to connect with and immerse you more, and THAT'S for sounding like an idiot when you die (The Arbiter's much better)"

I say it's a mix of both.

bobtheduck

@DARTH_TIGRIS: To get a rise out of 360 Fanboys, I would imagine....

Tibeerius

Hmmm ... I'm a bit confused. The most vocal PS3 owners HATE Microsoft and all things Halo. So why are so many eager to download this mod and play with Master Chief?

Anyway, the mods do look great, so congrats to the creators.

DARTH_TIGRIS

Holy. That looks awesome. They better figure out how they can have user created stuff on the 360 (ie. how to convince MS to let them do it). It's the next logical step that can be taken in making live better. Come on MS let us have user crated content on the 360.

CyberG4

@okenny :):

I'm sure they're crapping blood on this, but what's the alternative?

Deny 360 owners, and be forever derided by fans and fanboys alike for releasing a "gimped" version.

At this rate I could see them shelving the whole release on 360 just to save face and not have to make a decision.

Billkwando

cloud was kinda scary looking O_O

hrabbit

@EmilioBuono: they are already weapon mods, new game modes and such.

There are at least 30 maps available, two new 3rd person camera mods (to play it like RE4 or Gears from behind the character) a Stealth mod just like the predators, a shield mod, jet pack mod at least one new vehicle mod.

@Akmed: use Winrar to decompress the file. Take the userdata file that shows up and put in on a thumb drive. Put the thumb drive in Ps3 with UTIII running. Goto My content/ import content...poof...let the game do its thing and you're done

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

oh... my... god...?

LittlestLamshi

Cloud looks kind of jacked but the rest of these skins are picture perfect. It's worth checking out the rest of the mods in the forum post at the bottom of the article here as the locust skins are quite impressive.

xanavi

As nice as I think this is, I can only see it hurting things and causing controversy in the industry. I'm almost 100% sure if someone at MS sees this... we can kiss 360 Mod hopes goodbye.

okenny :)

I wonder if any lawsuits are in the making.

Remember when Marvel went after the Freedom Force gaming community? The community was using the mod tools from Freedom Force to make Marvel characters for that awesome superhero RTS.

They couldn't do anything to Irrational games, because none of the designs were supplied by the company... so Marvel informed Irrational that they will go after it's modding community, if they don't convince them to stop 'infringing' on their copyrights.

It seemed like a baseless threat, as no money was changing hands, but Irrational pleaded with the community to stop making public, the creators designs that resembled Marvel characters. Some did, some didn't, and Marvel contacted the ones who didn't. Eventually, modding of Marvel characters was taken off of fansites.

That's why I'm wondering this... mostly because of Master Chief, and Cloud.

Tenth

How fucking awesome is this? Unreal Tournament III is amazing, I need to give up my COD4 addiction to play UTIII on my PS3 more often.

Lol, who needs the 360 when you can recreate most of its games on UTIII? xD

Huxle

Pretty nice looking.

NutManIV

@Akmed: You don't have any RAR utilities? The commercial ones are winrar and winzip, but there are some free alternatives floating around.

hahnchen

Mods are awesome. It's great to see the console guys finally getting in on some of the freebie action, let's hope that Microsoft release their vice like grip on Live and allow some of the user generated stuff to poliferate.

It does however, mean that people are less likely to pay for shitty DLC, when they can get better stuff for free.

hahnchen

i can't make it work :(

damn people and their rar files.

Akmed

i just bought UT for PS3 on amazon for about $25

CookieMasterPunk

I hope they make Sonic, Mario and The Borgs mods.

mustang

Does UT have split screen or not? I forget.

x753z is backwards!

Cloud looks retarded. Obviously somebody had to make a perfect Master Chief. I smell a lawsuit coming.

Fireblast

Ai, this is really pretty good! But then again, we have Bahamuts in Second Life =/

...all games need Bahamuts...

Byakko

I won a copy a few weeks back, i feel bad for not buying it as with all the mods it is great, online play is very smooth.. I do hope there are bigger mods people are working on.. I wanna make my own too, but lack the thing known as talent.

liquidcalm

hmm, with the ps3 allowing mods and funky stuff, I might have to pick this up.

Cactuar

@Eon.: Poor reviews? What game are you talking about? ..IGN gave it a 9

Played this for the first time today, cool gameplay and runs silky smooth... I may pick it up now that it has been patched to allow worldwide servers.

Astrofox

wow this is mint.

can you like create vehicles and stuff?

ive heard you can create weapons :-)

thats so mint lol.

EmilioBuono

Wow that cloud looks really creepy and do we really need GeoW characters the characters in UT3 essentially look the same.

VanFinale

Wish list...I wish I knew the UE3 toolset. I'd make

Samus....I did mention this before right?

Space Pirates from the first Metroid Prime (they were the best. Better than the terrible designs of Prime 2 and 3)

Solid Snake

Helghast - AWESOME idea @ threeve

Deadpool

Cable

T-800 without the skin.

Predator

Colonial Marine from Aliens

Perfect Temple (remake of the Temple from Goldeneye and Perfect Dark) is awesome in UTIII. Orbital Deconstruction, Downpour, FragPipe2k8, Harbor and Tiberium are all kick ass maps as well. These fan made maps are as good as the Epic maps and in some cases better. Awesome support. Brings me back to the days of playing UT99 and 2k4 on PC.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

I say..where is Optimus Prime(old version)??
I shall drive across town to Epic and demand they put it soon and maybe a witzbold character too.

enewtabie

So, where the HELL is Duke Nukem in all this?

SkutSkut

@ABigSmall: Aw, the Halo story is a little silly...nothing unique, but good in a He-man pulp kinda way.

The first one had a great feel to it, not so much the second. The books were sorta okay, too.

pylon_trooper

@ABigSmall:

Played all 3.Beat the first and the last one,traded it in.
Gamertag:Enewtabie if you want to check and while I liked the first one,the game has become tired and old.It did have three things going for it..The forge,Bungies community involvement and the name Halo.Gameplay and Storyline(it isn't as bad I guess I'm saying) are something different.

enewtabie

@enewtabie: Not sure which Halo you've been playing, but I consider the Halo series to be quite up there in the storyline universe. Just because it's popular doesn't mean it doesn't have its merits; story's one of them.

ABigSmall

i would say your welcome for the tip but i'm sure many people said something about this...very exciting stuff indeed.
now we just need a helghast character model. would be bad-ass.

threeve

@Collapse The Control:

Those models look better than Halo 3 and has about the same amount of storyline...(ie none)

enewtabie

This + the created a character mode on WWE = I get to finally play as Robocop in all the ways I've ever wanted! *_*

Kanik

@WordMan: God I hope not. I assumed they grew out of it years ago, but perhaps there are still some fans here and there...

On Topic: Not that I'm asking about these specific mods, I understand why they're not directly linked, but where do people go for just the PC version of UT3 mods? I used to go get them from PlanetUnreal for UT99 and 2004, but they don't seem to be the best place anymore. Just curious.

DaiMacculate

Master Chief PS3>Master Chief 360 LOL

Albanian_Killa

@Eon.: Look at it this way...I just played a game of Deathmatch on UTIII on PS3 with Master Chief from Halo, Spawn and Marcus from Gears of War, on a remake of the Shipment map from CoD4. It all ran without a hitch and it was all free top quality mods. I can add the 3rd person camera mutator so I can play UTIII re4/GoW style from behind the back. How is that not seven shades of awesome? The best maps from CoD4 and Halo3 I can either wait for the fan mod or build it myself. Even the weapons and models from CoD4 and Halo3 can be added. It's limitless. But this is all old hat to anyone that's been playing the PC versions of UT and Quake. I'm excited because I can get the best of the PC world on my console and don't have to worry about upgrading the CPU or the GPU or RAM.

Now...Modders...can forget Cloud, I never like that bastard anyways...Can I get Samus? Can metroid fans get some UTIII love?

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

Gotta love the Mod community.

-EDGE-

they shouldnt have removed game modes which were perfectly good in the first place, plus is there really anything new besides the shiny graphics and the $1000 hardware to run on it?

KaliKOtt

do people still like/read Spawn?

WordMan

Ha ha, they are now relying on Master Chief to save the day.

Good models, I was excited for the 360 release but I am less excited after the poor reviews and sales it got on PC and PS3. I doubt it will ever release for 360 anyway, hurry up GoW2.

Eon.

@LordChris915: Not up yet, but check here:

[www.ut3mod.com]

They tend to do a decent job of collecting all the PS3 mods in one place.

dv8godd

Super Saiyan 30k Goku with Scouter and Uber gelled hair plz

kthnxbye

and Charles Barkley :P

KaliKOtt

@Collapse The Control: Hey, uh, I dunno how to tell you this, but...your fanboy is showing.

Captain Impulse

Seems like Halo & Gears of War are so great they need to be seen on the PS3, even tho it is on a FPS that can't compete.

Collapse The Control

@Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.: I take that back. I just found a UTIII remake of the Temple from Perfect Dark. Downloading it now.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

@pot3ntial2suck: I hear what you're saying but, this has been going on since the QuakeII-QuakeIII days. It's not going to stop. I remember Quake II had some of the best mods you could get. I've played matches that had Papa Smurf, Yoshi, Darth Vadar, Optimus Prime (that actually transformed and had his sound effects) it goes on and on.

This is great stuff and I've seen at least one CoD4 map remake as well as some UT99 and QuakeII maps. It makes the 360/PS3 mappack releases for other games look silly by comparison in many ways. Fans can get a full complement of maps right now, free for download as well as mutators, character mods, vehicle mods and weapon and armor mods. If this isn't great fan support I don't know what is.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

Played Warhawk and UTIII all day yesterday. Mostly UTIII for the mods. Thanks again to Neil for sending me the message about these. Can't wait until someone makes Samus with various suits for UTIII. How about a remake of The Temple or the Facility from Goldeneye, Facing Worlds from UT99 would be awesome for classic CTF matches.

Has anyone beening DLing the fan mod stages? There's a C&C Tiberium stage that's awesome, Downpour has got to be one of the best DM/TDM stages I've ever played bar none, Fragpipe 2k8 is a great update to the Quake II map and Flatmap(?) is sniper's heaven. I've heard that Orbital Deconstruct is awesome but for some odd reason it gets stuck in the load sequence as does Tokay(?) Towers.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

AWSOME!!!
CAN I DOWNLOAD THIS STUFF?

LordChris915

Just what I needed... another reason to play more UTIII on the PS3.

Damn game has sucked up enough of my time without getting to grief all the other kiddies by looking like Master Chief as I frag them. :D

Now, if I can just get Epic to update the code so that 3rd party maps can download to other player's client machines, we'll be in business. Gettin' kinda worn out on the same dozen DM maps, and buggy voice chat / lack of clan support is killing motivation to play team modes... come to think of it, Epic can fix that too.

But past that, quite happy to see mod support slowly moving forward like this. Can't wait to see how time rolls on... could end up being quite cool if fan-made total conversions are possible.

dv8godd

@pot3ntial2suck: Knowing Bungie and their reputation with their fans (Red Vs. Blue, anyone?), I'm pretty sure they'd let it slide.

Microsoft...depends on how the rights situation for Halo was worked out between Bungie and M$oft. Since no profit is being made off the mods, they probably won't care much either.

Epic won't care about the GoW mods since GoW is another Epic title. That is, unless they decide to release their own GoW mods, and charge for them.

All in all, I don't think anyone is going to care, really.

Captain Impulse

@Thassodar: Maybe I just have a dirty mind, but reading the last sentence of your comment made me giggle ;)

@ryivanV2: hopefully, seeing how well the PS3 UT3 mods have gone for Sony, PR-wise, will persuade MS to loosen the reins a bit for Epic, who after all they owe big time for Gears of War, IMO.

@dexterr: Actually, there were 198k people playing Team Swat in Halo 3 when I logged in Friday Night, there are still a few who play Halo.

DaiMacculate

Sack of awesome for the sole reason that these are extra models that actually look good, instead of some nasty texture job.

Chef

I really wonder what the possible copyright infringement issues are with this. Bungie and Microsoft have the copyrights to master Chief and the ability to create, duplicate, and broadcast his likeness. So, Epic might be liable if they don't stop people from creating copyrighted mod characters. Or, it might be more like a Napster/Kazaa situation where Bungie would have to target the users that were doing it with lawsuits. In any case, they would have a strong case in court that this has a financial harm to them (because PS3 users don't need to buy their product to play their character) and I think this story will get a lot more heated in the next few weeks once these mods gain popularity.

pot3ntial2suck

I'm a big fan of Halo 3, I'm putting this on my PS3 right now.

Gigith

I love that anything *could* go on in UT3... Someone could make Halo DM if they wanted and ps3 owners could see what the fuss is about, someone could make a Ps3 version of Smash Brothers if they really put their minds to it. Annoyingly its up to the people, and people are lazy... they just want the things..

liquidcalm

Wow, I have to say I am not interested in UT anymore like I used to be (kind of loss interest in time, same thing happened with me and Quake... never played Quake 4 but I played at least 1,000+ of Quake 1 if you include Team Fortress), but these models are damn impressive. I would seriously buy UT3 if a SMBB mod could be created (would probably suffer from less lag too). Although I'm sure Nintendo wouldn't sit on it.

DeeBG

Hmm cloud looks really weird, even the non advent children version of him only has one shoulder protector so he gets the full range of motion when swinging his sword, right now he looks almost like a dbz reject wearing that weird armor that freeza and his men wear.

boxofthegods

Im tempted to buy UTIII for the PS3 now instead of the eventual 360 release just because of the mods made on the PS3 version like this and the lego one

ArmyofJuan

I still have my Spawn model for the original UT. Even has a kick-ass flowing cape.

Darkest Daze

@Witzbold:
While not newer its still of interest to any gamer, its another sort of "Branching" between all the forms of games as we know it, in this case, PC & Console gaming, we close the gaps, we unify the systems and the games and it works out better for all of us, people don't miss out on cool features just because of the platform they chose.

ryivanV2

@Balance_In_Life (PSN): I doubt it, since epic didnt create the models themselves.

Sides this kinda shit is nothing new, its been going on for years on the PC modding scene anyways.

Just becuase its on a console doesnt make it any "newer".

Witzbold

I'm just wondering. Can Microsoft sue someone over this? Not that I think they would but what would happen if they just didn't want their main mascot to be on the arch rival's system? Do they have any legal grounds here? Who would they sue? I'm just kinda curious.

Balance_In_Life (PSN)

Cloud looks like crap. Everyone else = whoa.

xanxus

OO, OO..... Big Bird

Rockwallaby

This could rip the fabric of time!! Master Chief on the PS3 could have permanent consequences!!

illmatic291

Thats pretty cool right there.

MY LIST:
Jack Thompson
Predator
Alien
Alf
Ghostbusters
MrT

Someone with skill make them

Rockwallaby

I might UTIII for the mods. Lego Mods, playing as Master Chief.. the list goes on. Who needs an Xbox anyway? J/K we all know we have xboxes for x-box live! right? I need an xbox >.>

Knight-Zero

Yeah, PS3 rocks baby. Is anyone playing halo 3 maybe few now?

dexterr

Uh... Thank god I clicked on the Article and notice Cloud. Cole's right arm looked like a cannon as a thumbnail so I assumed he was Barret. Cloud doesn't look like... Cloud. He looks like a cosplayer. Sorry =/ Everybody else looks great, though. Spawn. Wow, never saw you so UT3ie.

ph15h

This indeed is awesome.

I still gotta buy a better K/M for my PS3 to play UT3 on.

Witzbold

@Harmatia: Exactly the mods are still made on PCs a fact not too many seem to recognize...

The_nub_next_door

@FIRST!!!: I don't know. Ratchet may not look right with the UT3 Engine. He wouldn't look right at all. Now maybe Nathen Drake or something. Altair is who i'm waiting for though. That would make me buy the game.

Balance_In_Life (PSN)

Nice job giving credit to the random site that cooked the models rather than the actual model-makers. I expect that crap from Joystiq, but you guys? I hold you in higher esteem.

Thank you, Evilengine, for these great models that have been on PC for a few months now.

Harmatia

You know who they need to make?
Ratchet & Clank.
Those two belong in the UT world despite their apperances.

FIRST!!!

These are amazing! Now if they come up with Miyamoto, The Regginator and Kaz, it'd be one hell of a frag-fest...

excaliburps

I think that the Locust looks outstanding personally... Overall though, cool mods.

Part-Time-Viking

Ooh, the Spawn one is awesome.

aelfin

I got this working this morning, really cool stuff, works flawlessly, played a few rounds as the Crysis nanosuit and my girlfriend as Master Chief. Its great i can do stuff like this with my PS3 so easily, its a shame that there won't be this level of customisation with the 360 version /if/ it gets a release.

ryivanV2

And yet, as amazing as the Cloud models that people make are (and I've seen enough of them to clog up the internets for a few good weeks), the creators always (always) fuck up the hair in some way.

Taco Bell™

This sounds interesting to say the least. I wonder what other kind of iconic characters they can do? At least people can now fire upon Halo, Gears of War, and other possible characters to their hearts content using other characters from different franchises. The Smash Bros. of shooting games now possible? Sweet.

deathsyth8888

Cloud looks way too "white-boy" for my tastes. He's missing the whole pouty face thing he had going for him in Advent Children. The other models look nice though. Hopefully the respective companies don't come on them like Marvel did on NCsoft.

Thassodar

My link didn't work quite right. Here you go, dang it.

[kotaku.com]

sariah

With the proportions necessary for the UTIII skins, that would be one heck of a stretched out Mario. It would probably give me nightmares like a stretched out pikachu.

sariah

Awesome. Too bad I traded my copy of UT3 yesterday.

kent_f

very cool stuff. i'll hold out for snake in ut3 though

mossberg

who needs xbox 360/wii when you got ps3 :D
//End fanboyism

hun_nomin

@dv8godd:
because it sucks? ;)

Billkwando

@Billkwando: true enough...

... but only for us consumers. ;)

dv8godd

hey guys im new to this and new to the ps3 i just got unreal this weekend and was wondering how do you upload the mods to your ps3?

xdaddyjeff

Way to go giving credit to some random UT3 PS3 forum, which appears to have nothing to do with it.

If you would like to find where the mods come from go here:
[utforums.epicgames.com]

CommanderZx2

Been also working on a character - maybe some of you guys know this guy:

[www.thomasmahler.com]

All of the Unreal Characters suck ass against HEAVY WEAPONS GUY anyway! ;)

thomasmahler

Very cool. I can't wait to see what other stuff shows up for UT3. Me being totally artistically deficient, will have to rely on others to make something cool to see.

GlossGreen