Unreal Tournament Coming Back

Epic VP teased Unreal Tournament news coming next Thursday.

According to Epic, Unreal Tournament's future will be revealed next week.

Mark Rein, vice president and co-founder of Epic Games posted a tweet which reads: "I love #UnrealTournament - So excited for the comeback! More next week!" Rein confirmed the news again, saying "Yes UT coming back!" when a fan asked for clarification.

Rein's tweet was followed by Paul Meegan, vice president of product development at Epic, who tweeted "UE4 Dev Community + Epic. The future of Unreal Tournament. Tune in to Twitch.tv/UnrealEngine Thursday at 2pm ET."

This news comes as a surprise, as last month Epic founder Tim Sweeney said “We’re not [planning on] shipping an Unreal Tournament game. We have a lot of nostalgia for the game but we’re actually not developing anything in the Unreal game universe at all at the moment."

The last game in the series is Unreal Tournament 3, released over six years ago on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.