Unreal Tournament Is Coming Back

<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Today Epic Games has confirmed that their well loved Unreal Tournament franchise is coming back after a long hiatus&period; Vice President of Epic Games&comma; Mark Rein said in a tweet &&num;8216&semi;I love <a class&equals;"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0084b4&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;search&quest;q&equals;&percnt;23UnrealTournament&amp&semi;src&equals;hash" data-query-source&equals;"hashtag&lowbar;click"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;66b5d2&semi;">&num;<&sol;span>UnrealTournament<&sol;span><&sol;a> &&num;8211&semi; So excited for the comeback&excl;&&num;8217&semi; The post began a flood of questions over the nature of the game which so far Rein has not yet answered&period; However he did link to a tweet from Epic&&num;8217&semi;s Paul Meegan which read&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<code><&sol;code><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" lang&equals;"en"><p>UE4 Dev Community &plus; Epic&period; The future of Unreal Tournament&period; Tune in to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;hPLc5jcZSv">http&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;hPLc5jcZSv<&sol;a> Thursday at 2pm ET&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;search&quest;q&equals;&percnt;23unrealdev&amp&semi;src&equals;hash">&num;unrealdev<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;search&quest;q&equals;&percnt;23FirstBlood&amp&semi;src&equals;hash">&num;FirstBlood<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>— Paul Meegan &lpar;&commat;PaulMeegan&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;PaulMeegan&sol;statuses&sol;462341620634238976">May 2&comma; 2014<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" async&equals;"" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">The last original game in the franchise was Unreal Tournament 3 which released for PC&comma; Xbox 360 and PS3 back in 2007&period; Since then the studio has mainy been focused on the Unreal Engine and the Gears of War franchise&period; Having sold the rights to the Gears of War IP to Microsoft in January of this year&comma; it seems that Epic is now returning to it&&num;8217&semi;s roots with the next instalment in the Unreal Tournament franchise&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ll bring you all the details after Epic makes the announcement via it&&num;8217&semi;s Twitch Channel on May 8th&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;forbes&period;com&sol;sites&sol;jasonevangelho&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;02&sol;classic-pc-shooter-unreal-tournament-poised-for-a-comeback-next-week&sol;">Forbes<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;