Phy Van Beagle
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VoodooExtreme is reporting the following:
Both HomeLAN and Unreal Ops are reporting that Unreal 2 has been delayed until Christmas 2002. HomeLAN cites an upcoming interview they conducted with Epic's Mark Rein who said that Unreal Tournament 2 will be out sometime in June of this year, while Unreal 2 will be "in stores in time for Christmas".
Mark Rein, VP of Epic, stopped by the VoodooExtreme forums and posted this:
#43 by Mark Rein at 02:20 PM PST on 03/08/2002
Here are some comments I posted on EvilAvatar that should help answers some of the questions/comments posted here:
We spent Wednesday and Thursday of this week reviewing both games and came to the conclusion, along with Infogrames and the developers, that the games will be ready in this order and for these timeframes. Unreal2 is going to take a little longer than previously expected but it is even better than we originally thought it would be and the extra time is 100% justified. UT2, on the other hand, is ahead of where we thought it would be and, as with Unreal2, better than our expectations.
So now both games are marching toward completion and looking absolutely spectacular! We're extremely proud of the work Legend and Digital Extremes are doing on them. Both of the companies are producing games that are way beyond being just worthy successors to the original. They have both been able to do astounding things with our Unreal Engine technology that are going to push the envelope of action gaming in serious ways. Can you tell that I'm extremely excited right now? This is going to be a banner year for PC gaming!
As for the change in release dates: that's what happens when you value quality over all else and luckily we work with great partners like Infogrames, DE and Legend who see 100% eye-to-eye with us on that.
The scope of Unreal2 is just astounding so it should come as no surprise that the amount of time it requires to polish and finesse is longer than something like UT2. The original Unreal took 3.5 years to develop whereas UT took about 14 months. Neither product is being held back or accelerated toward these dates - they're just happening to come to their natural completions in these time frames.
Since our meeting on Wednesday I've been joking that "if you can only buy one first person shooter this year you should buy these two"
#24: I recall the same kind of comment about UT vs. Quake3 before they came out and it was just as untrue then as it will be for Unreal2. Unreal2 will stand up to any FPS game no matter who makes it or what tech it uses. I'm not saying that to disparage anyone else's game or tech - there will be lots of great FPS games this year that we'll all play and enjoy - but Unreal2 will answer to no one. After seeing the brilliant work the folks at Legend have put into this game recently I am 100% confident of this statement. Likewise the same is true of UT2 and the herculean efforts going on at Digital Extremes who are making not one but TWO amazing Unreal games. Both of these games will raise the standards in their genre. You will see.
Both HomeLAN and Unreal Ops are reporting that Unreal 2 has been delayed until Christmas 2002. HomeLAN cites an upcoming interview they conducted with Epic's Mark Rein who said that Unreal Tournament 2 will be out sometime in June of this year, while Unreal 2 will be "in stores in time for Christmas".
Mark Rein, VP of Epic, stopped by the VoodooExtreme forums and posted this:
#43 by Mark Rein at 02:20 PM PST on 03/08/2002
Here are some comments I posted on EvilAvatar that should help answers some of the questions/comments posted here:
We spent Wednesday and Thursday of this week reviewing both games and came to the conclusion, along with Infogrames and the developers, that the games will be ready in this order and for these timeframes. Unreal2 is going to take a little longer than previously expected but it is even better than we originally thought it would be and the extra time is 100% justified. UT2, on the other hand, is ahead of where we thought it would be and, as with Unreal2, better than our expectations.
So now both games are marching toward completion and looking absolutely spectacular! We're extremely proud of the work Legend and Digital Extremes are doing on them. Both of the companies are producing games that are way beyond being just worthy successors to the original. They have both been able to do astounding things with our Unreal Engine technology that are going to push the envelope of action gaming in serious ways. Can you tell that I'm extremely excited right now? This is going to be a banner year for PC gaming!
As for the change in release dates: that's what happens when you value quality over all else and luckily we work with great partners like Infogrames, DE and Legend who see 100% eye-to-eye with us on that.
The scope of Unreal2 is just astounding so it should come as no surprise that the amount of time it requires to polish and finesse is longer than something like UT2. The original Unreal took 3.5 years to develop whereas UT took about 14 months. Neither product is being held back or accelerated toward these dates - they're just happening to come to their natural completions in these time frames.
Since our meeting on Wednesday I've been joking that "if you can only buy one first person shooter this year you should buy these two"
#24: I recall the same kind of comment about UT vs. Quake3 before they came out and it was just as untrue then as it will be for Unreal2. Unreal2 will stand up to any FPS game no matter who makes it or what tech it uses. I'm not saying that to disparage anyone else's game or tech - there will be lots of great FPS games this year that we'll all play and enjoy - but Unreal2 will answer to no one. After seeing the brilliant work the folks at Legend have put into this game recently I am 100% confident of this statement. Likewise the same is true of UT2 and the herculean efforts going on at Digital Extremes who are making not one but TWO amazing Unreal games. Both of these games will raise the standards in their genre. You will see.
