"Jobs are hard to come by now a days and a good job is even harder to come by. That is why when a maker such as Epic is hiring it is something to check out for those that do have the skills to fulfill the job tasks. Leaking info videos and games has been on the rise in the last few years but when the company them self's announce it leaks are not needed. For more info and the application please check out the full story."

A brand new title has been announced through a press release from South African developers, RuneStorm. Check out the full story for all the details and what you can expect from this young developer.

Kid Insanity and Zqueakz talk about Madden NFL and Robin Antonick, Anonymous says gamers are collateral damage, GameStop claims tablets are the next gaming explosion and examine The 3rd Birthday, Michael Jackson The Experience and Battlefield 3. With special guest Dale Chase. Music by Dale Chase

"Some genres evolve into something bigger rather than disappear. Sports titles in the early 90s, for example, have since emerged as more social gaming events, like Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf for Facebook and Madden Superstars. Roleplaying started with dungeons and explored possibilities never before imagined. With so many changes, we have to wonder what became of the arena shooter."

FPS fans will definitely want to check out this retrospective fan video compilation covering 30 years worth of games in the genre. We've come a long way, baby.

"Now just so we’re clear, not every laptop on this list is specifically setup as a gaming rig, but within its price range and for what they’re worth, gamers who are looking for something adequate enough to game-on while on the go can find something spiffy and affordable enough with the following laptops"

Game trailers are some of the most important and telling marketing pieces used by companies to tease their latest projects. Check out this inside look at how these important videos are created and how important they are for the growing interactive entertainment industry.

"Halloween is coming fast and you should probably start working on those pumpkins if you want to have something as amazing as the game-based Halloween pumpkins you can see below created by an incredibly gifted DeviantArt user."

"Steam and Epic Games are throwing another one of those Unreal Tournament 3 free weekends, and even though it isn't the weekend just yet, UT3 is now free to play until Sunday.

If you like what you play, the game has also been temporarily dropped down to eight bucks. Or if you're more into the older iterations of Unreal Tournament, the original game can be bought for $1.99. Seriously! It may not be as delicious as a five-dollar foot-long, but who cares -- it's still a great deal.

And last..."

The last Unreal Tournament III Black free weekend went so well (claiming the #1 spot on Steam's bestseller list and simultaneous player numbers jumping 2000%), Epic have decided to put off another this weekend.

Preload begins today, so get crackin'.

The team would also like you to know about their mod contest Make Something Unreal Contest, currently in Phase 3.

Dudes and ladies playing Unreal Tournament III on the PC are treated to an update today which offers a wide range of fixes and improvements.

Hit the source for the release notes and patch file.

"Yes, this is a post that is posing as a question to everyone reading it that is interested in online FPS games. I just recently picked up the PS3 version BRAND NEW for around $13 dollars and was excited to be jumping into this game again. I quickly jump on the PlayStation store download the Titan Map Pack, which is free by the way, and quickly jump into a game of free-for-all deathmatch. I play a couple games and then decide to back out and play some Vehicle Capture the Flag. There were 2 r..."

"The v2.00 patch for Unreal Tournament is live. This is a 93MB patch, which includes trophies!

The previously-reported list of changes, some of which may not be included in this update (ie: Titan mutator, new maps, should be coming as separate DLC):

16 environments - four Warfare, three vCTF, six Deathmatch, and three CTF maps - that are new to the PC and PS3 versions
Three bonus pack maps, CTF-Face, CTF-Searchlight and DM-Morbias
The namesake Titan mutator, which lets players ov..."

The 'Titan Pack' for Unreal Tournament III was released recently for those that haven't noticed. The update certainly lives up to its name; see what's new below.

The PS3 version will be receiving this free content, too, on March 19. No mention is made for Xbox 360 owners.

Meanwhile, Steam users: you can play the full version of 'Unreal Black', which incorporates all the updates, free this weekend.

"Midway announced this week that a huge batch of free content would be released soon for the PC and PS3 versions of Unreal Tournament 3. Why were Xbox 360 owners left out in the cold? Well, there's a couple reasons, actually."

"Fraggers rejoice, Midway and Epic Games have officially announced the free Titan Pack for Unreal Tournament III.

New maps. New units. New vehicles. New characters. The most content ever added to an First-Person Shooter, and all for free! Midway and Epic Games have officially confirmed the Titan Pack is coming to Unreal Tournament III for the PC and PLAYSTATION3 March 5th, 2009. This bonus content takes the award-winning shooter to a whole new level."

"Today, 31st December 2008, is the seventh day of Christmas; which means Electronic Theatre now presents to you the seventh instalment of The Twelve Games of Christmas! A new feature series aiming to highlight some of the greatest achievers of 2008, The Twelve Games of Christmas takes one month worth of disc-based releases each day, from the corresponding month of the year, and delivers the best titles for you to snap-up in those January sales!"

Courtesy of blog Wii @ Everyday comes the scans from the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu for this week, with new game announcements and more images of those known upcoming games.

Games featured:

  • [NDS] Phantasy Star Zero
    • Publisher: Sega
    • Winter 2008 Release
    • Character Designer : Toshiyuki Kubooka (Lunar, Idolm@ster)
    • Scenario : Tooru Shiwasu, Teru Arai
    • New in the PSO series
    • Multi play over Nintendo WiFi connection
    • Chat system supports sending of stylus sketches
  • [NDS] Item Getter
    • Publisher: 5p...

Midway, the developer of Unreal Tournament III and developer/publisher of TNA iMPACT! have the results for their Q2 results and it's not looking good. Midway lost $34.8M, which is $0.38 per share and that is double what they lost last year in Q2! Ryan O'Desky, interim CFO, blamed the losses on increased development costs, saying that "capitalized product development costs [were] approximately $73.2 million, an increase of $11.6 million from the previous quarter." Another reason Midway may hav...

"Unreal Tournament 3. Wow. If I wasn’t busy having my brain blown out through the back of my head right now, I’d be able to explain how good this all is.

Let me try. Unreal Tournament 3 is an unbelievably fast, unrelenting shooter that... Oh crap, I’ve just been attacked by a be-tentacled walker, it’s a War of the Worlds death ray slicing my body in twain."

From baseball bat killing sprees in Team Fortress 2 to railgun domination in Quake III: Arena, WeGame counts down the top ten best frag filled videos from some of the most skilled gamers around the world. I wouldn't hit the respawn button while these guys are about!

Organ from http://utps3.incadudef.com/Forum/index.php created a bunch of exciting character mods for UT3. Enjoy Master Chief, Cloud, Spawn, Locust, Marcus Fenix, and more. Other mods (including a Lego map) can be found through the source.