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Rumour: Epic Teases Something “Unreal”

10:20AM Michael McWhertor | The Epic Games official web site featured a cryptic teaser about…something, an Unreal-related teaser that has since been removed. That teaser featured the above graphic and the tagline “It’s Unreal. And it’s almost here.” More »
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Study: Gamer Aggression Mimics That Of Warfare

12:00PM Owen Good | A study involving Unreal Tournament players, given a cash incentive for winning, found that gamers’ testosterone levels spiked noticeably after pwning complete strangers. When defeating friends, they produced even less testosterone than their vanquished teammates. More »

UT3 vs Halo: You Just Got Served!

7:20AM Jim Reilly | < Oh shit, son! You betta bring it! Characters from Halo and UT3 ’bout to throw down, not with guns, but with moves. Shit just got real serious. More »
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Girl Gamers To Compete At Grl Gmr Tournament

6:40PM Stuart Houghton | As part of the London Games Fringe (an indie adjunct to the full-blown London Games Festival), female gamers will be able to compete head-to-head in the first Grl Gmr Tournament. More »

Epic Gets Steamed

8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Alright, who isn’t on Steam at this point? We can add Epic Games to the list, as the developer announced (with the help of Valve) that its catalog has come to Steam. Everything Unreal and Unreal Tournament is now available via legal digital distribution starting today, with a tremendous bundle of savings at your fingertips in the Unreal Deal Pack. That pack features Unreal Gold, Unreal 2: The Awakening, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor’s Choice Edition and Unreal Tournament 3 for just $US 53.95 American for a limited time. Yowza. The full release is below, with guest quotes from Gabe Newell and Jay Wilbur. More »

Japan’s Take On The Angry German Kid

10:40PM Brian Ashcraft | If you’ve been near a computer in the last two years or so, you’ve probably seen this. It’s a clip of some German kid flipping out while trying to play Unreal Tournament. Some say it was faked, some say it’s real. We really don’t care about that! What we do care about is this wonderful parody some Japanese dude did of that meme. It’s great. Also, if you understand Japanese, the remixed version is a hoot as well. More »