Epic Announces Make Something Unreal Phase 1 Finalists

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Epic Announces Finalists for the 'Best Game Type,' 'Best Tool' and 'Best Use of Physics' Categories of Phase 1 in the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest

Top Unreal Tournament 3 mods recognized today; winners to be revealed at Austin GDC


CARY, N.C. – September 12, 2008 – Epic Games, Inc. today announced Phase 1 finalists for the “Best Game Type,” “Best Tool” and “Best Use of Physics” categories in its $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest. The competition rewards top mods created for Unreal Tournament 3 with cash and hardware prizes in four preliminary phases and a grand final judging. Epic will reveal the winners in all 10 Phase 1 categories later this month at the Austin Game Developers Conference, September 15-17, 2008.

The Best Game Type category finalists are recognized as follows:

Battle Team/ Freezetag Arena by Nico “BattleMode” de Vries
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Cubes of Serenity by Anna Beck-Thomsen, Lawrence Johnson, Jens Hammerhøj, André Johansen, Martin Larsen, Janusch Häring
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188166/180000 ... f-Serenity\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188166/180000 ... f-Serenity[/url]

UT3DOM by Team Domination
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188596/180000 ... -3--UT3DOM\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188596/180000 ... -3--UT3DOM[/url]

Domination Reloaded by spl0k
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188538/180000 ... n-Reloaded\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188538/180000 ... n-Reloaded[/url]

Galtanor’s Invasion by Michael “Galtanor” Wells
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188468/180000 ... n-GameType\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188468/180000 ... n-GameType[/url]

Proelium by Martin “Pfhoenix” Actor
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The Ball: Pehua by The Ball Team
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188418/180000 ... all:-Pehua\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188418/180000 ... all:-Pehua[/url]

Unreal Demolition 2 by Dan Weiss
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188612/180000 ... molition-2\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188612/180000 ... molition-2[/url]

UT2D by Team Joe Bates (and various mappers)
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188104/180000 ... -UT2D-v1.2\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188104/180000 ... -UT2D-v1.2[/url]

Written Off by David Jenkinson and Ben Moser
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188245/180000 ... ritten-Off\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188245/180000 ... ritten-Off[/url]

The Best Game Type honorable mentions are as follows:

Attrition by “OlympusMons”
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CTF++ by Shee Labs Game Development
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188905/180000 ... t-3--CTF++\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188905/180000 ... t-3--CTF++[/url]

Endless Falling by Yuan Shen, Kai Song Liu, Chen Huang and Tao Cui
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188504/180000 ... ss-Falling\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188504/180000 ... ss-Falling[/url]

Fleet Wars Alpha by Martin “Pfhoenix” Actor
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/187767/180000 ... Wars-Alpha\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/187767/180000 ... Wars-Alpha[/url]

Mini-Golf Tournament by Rob Howland
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188520/180000 ... Tournament\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188520/180000 ... Tournament[/url]

UT Race by Matthew Fawcett
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188610/180000 ... 3--UT-Race\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188610/180000 ... 3--UT-Race[/url]

Zombie Invasion by Eric Blade
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188590/180000 ... e-Invasion\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188590/180000 ... e-Invasion[/url]

The Best Tool category finalists are as follows:

Blender_export by John “Darknet”
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/187667/180000 ... -.PSK-.PSA\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/187667/180000 ... -.PSK-.PSA[/url]

HMCS by David “DGUnreal” Green
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188385/180000 ... nt-3--HMCS\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188385/180000 ... nt-3--HMCS[/url]

Mark4U by Andreas
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188518/180000 ... -3--Mark4U\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188518/180000 ... -3--Mark4U[/url]

skUT3 by Nicolas “SkorpSSS” Imbert
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188529/180000 ... t-in-mIRC-\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188529/180000 ... t-in-mIRC-[/url]

Ultimate Console by Matthew Fawcett
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188533/180000 ... ateConsole\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188533/180000 ... ateConsole[/url]

uMax by Christian Herzog
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188209/180000 ... nt-3--uMax\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188209/180000 ... nt-3--uMax[/url]

Unreal Visualization Toolkit by Alastair Hebson
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188516/180000 ... on-Toolkit\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188516/180000 ... on-Toolkit[/url]

UnrealPackage by Sam Harwell
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188456/180000 ... ipt-Studio\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188456/180000 ... ipt-Studio[/url]

UnrealRSC by Alan
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188229/180000 ... -UnrealRSC\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188229/180000 ... -UnrealRSC[/url]

UT3 Tweaker by Brad G.
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/187731/180000 ... ersion-5.0\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/187731/180000 ... ersion-5.0[/url]

UWindow2 by James Tan
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188318/180000 ... --UWindow2\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188318/180000 ... --UWindow2[/url]

Epic would like to recognize the following Best Tool submissions with an honorable mention:

rK DemoWatcher by Ulrich Scheller
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188566/180000 ... emoWatcher\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188566/180000 ... emoWatcher[/url]

UnrealScript Editor Alpha 1 by Aurélien Reeves
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188555/180000 ... or-Alpha-1\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188555/180000 ... or-Alpha-1[/url]

UT3 Cache Converter by Brad G.
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188315/180000 ... erter-V2.1\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188315/180000 ... erter-V2.1[/url]

The Best Use of Physics category finalists are as follows:

Ash Gravity Gun by Aaron “Charybdis” Ash
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188365/180000 ... ravity-Gun\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188365/180000 ... ravity-Gun[/url]

Cubes of Serenity by Anna Beck-Thomsen, Lawrence Johnson, Jens Hammerhøj, André Johansen, Martin Larsen and Janusch Häring
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188166/180000 ... f-Serenity\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188166/180000 ... f-Serenity[/url]

DM-Blockland by Simeon “Lord_Simeon” Spargo
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/187776/180000 ... -BLOCKLAND\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/187776/180000 ... -BLOCKLAND[/url]

DM-Nowhere by Remus Brailoiu
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188271/180000 ... DM-Nowhere\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188271/180000 ... DM-Nowhere[/url]

JetPack by Martin “Pfhoenix” Actor
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/187759/180000 ... ck-for-UT3\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/187759/180000 ... ck-for-UT3[/url]

Mini-Golf Tournament by Rob Howland
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188520/180000 ... Tournament\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188520/180000 ... Tournament[/url]

Raggy Weapons by Martin “Pfhoenix” Actor
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/187761/180000 ... gy-Weapons\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/187761/180000 ... gy-Weapons[/url]

The Ball: Pehua by The Ball Team
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188418/180000 ... all:-Pehua\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188418/180000 ... all:-Pehua[/url]

Unreal Demolition 2 by Dan Weiss
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188612/180000 ... molition-2\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188612/180000 ... molition-2[/url]

Epic would also like to recognize Best Mutator honorable mentions (Best Mutator finalists were announced earlier this week):

The Mutator Weeks by Shee Labs Game Development
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188907/180000 ... ator-Weeks\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188907/180000 ... ator-Weeks[/url]

Gibalicious by Miles Asvachin
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/187994/180000 ... tator-v1.2\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/187994/180000 ... tator-v1.2[/url]

VAS Volatile Ammo by Dion “KalCorp” Rentos
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188527/180000 ... tator-v1.0\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188527/180000 ... tator-v1.0[/url]

Raggy Weapons by Martin “Pfhoenix” Actor
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/187761/180000 ... gy-Weapons\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/187761/180000 ... gy-Weapons[/url]

Defector by Jeremiah Ellison
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188399/180000 ... --Defector\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188399/180000 ... --Defector[/url]

BattleMOD by Nico “BattleMode” de Vries
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/187720/180000 ... ttleMOD-V5\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/187720/180000 ... ttleMOD-V5[/url]

VAS Auto-Shields by Dion “KalCorp” Rentos
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188377/180000 ... ields-v1.2\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188377/180000 ... ields-v1.2[/url]

Coda Sword by Denrei
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188472/180000 ... Coda-Sword\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188472/180000 ... Coda-Sword[/url]

Portable Spawners by Antone Franich
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188522/180000 ... -Beta-V1.0\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188522/180000 ... -Beta-V1.0[/url]

BattleTrans by Nico “BattleMode” de Vries
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/187718/180000 ... TRANS-V3.2\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/187718/180000 ... TRANS-V3.2[/url]

Circus Mutator by James
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188146/180000 ... us-Mutator\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188146/180000 ... us-Mutator[/url]

JukeBox by Jason Yu
[url=\"http://www.fileplanet.com/188618/180000 ... 3--Jukebox\"]http://www.fileplanet.com/188618/180000 ... 3--Jukebox[/url]

Epic will begin accepting submissions for Phase 2 of the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest on September 30, 2008, and the entry deadline for Phase 2 is October 17, 2008. Participation in Phase 1 is not required for eligibility in Phase 2. Visit www.makesomethingunreal.com for more details on the contest.

About the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest
In the all-new $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest, aspiring game developers create modifications (“mods”) for the PC version of Unreal Tournament 3 in a range of categories including levels, characters, weapons, game types, tools, vehicles and more. Winnings exceed well over $1 million in value, consisting of one coveted Unreal Engine 3 license as a grand prize in addition to other cash awards and prizes, including Intel® Software Development Products and Velocity Micro PCs based on the Intel® Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform with two Intel® Core™2 Extreme quad-core processors. The 2008 “$1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest” will be judged in four preliminary phases and a grand final. Judging began in June 2008 and will conclude, with the grand final prizes being awarded, in late 2009. For more information, visit www.makesomethingunreal.com.