Unreal Tournament 2003 (2002)
Unreal Tournament 2003 is a 2002 shooter video game made by Epic Games and Digital Extremes.
In 2291, the Liandri Mining Corporation has turned sanctioned combat into the galaxy's most watched sport. Unreal Tournament 2003 is a pure arena shooter built for speed and precision, matching players against the Corrupt and their champion Xan Kriegor across a roster of maps designed around Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and the series-defining Bombing Run mode. The game brought a physics-heavy movement system and a fresh art direction to the UT formula, and its bot AI remained a benchmark for single-player arena practice for years.
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What is Unreal Tournament 2003 about?
In 2291, the Liandri Mining Corporation has turned sanctioned combat into the galaxy's most watched sport. Unreal Tournament 2003 is a pure arena shooter built for speed and precision, matching players against the Corrupt and their champion Xan Kriegor across a roster of maps designed around Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and the series-defining Bombing Run mode. The game brought a physics-heavy movement system and a fresh art direction to the UT formula, and its bot AI remained a benchmark for single-player arena practice for years.
When was Unreal Tournament 2003 released?
Unreal Tournament 2003 was released on 1 October 2002.
Who made Unreal Tournament 2003?
Unreal Tournament 2003 was made by Epic Games, Digital Extremes and Infogrames.
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