New Unreal Tournament Announced

Epic Games confirms it has started work on the next game in the Unreal Tournament series.

Today Epic Games announced that it has started work on the all-new Unreal Tournament Game. The Unreal Engine 4 based game will be free when released. The game will be coming to Windows, Linux, and Mac, with a "small core team" working on the game.

Epic Games revealed that the game development began yesterday, May 8. The new Unreal Tournament will be developed "in the open," as a collaboration between Epic Games, Unreal Tournament fans, and Unreal Engine 4 developers. "The game will be true to its roots as a competitive FPS," Epic Games says.

"We'll eventually create a marketplace where developers, modders, artists, and gamers can give away, buy, and sell mods and content. Earnings from the marketplace will be split between the mod/content developer, and Epic," Epic Games said. "That's how we plan to pay for the game."

"A lot of this is brand new for Epic, and we don't yet have everything figured out. Things will probably definitely go wrong from time to time, and when they do, we'll have to work through them together. There will be a lot of tough decisions to make, and not every feature will make it into the game. But if you're a fan of Unreal Tournament, a UE4 developer, or a future modder--or if you just want to learn how we make games--we hope you'll join us. It's going to be fun."