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Tycho
Wanna-Be Webmaster
Joined: 17 May 2003
Posts: 1041
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:03 pm |
Once again the lovely company that is Atari drops the ball on getting news to us. GG Atari PR. However our fellow website bretheren Beyond Unreal hooked us up with the following press release.
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ATARI AND EPIC GAMES’ UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 DEMO BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GAME DOWNLOADS OF ALL TIME - POSTS MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION DOWNLOADS WORLDWIDE IN FIRST WEEK.
LOS ANGELES – Feb. 20, 2004 – Gamers worldwide have made the trial version of Unreal® Tournament 2004 one of the most popular game demo downloads of all time, with more than 1.5 million downloads in the first week of availability. The demo first hit the Internet on Wednesday, February 11, and was distributed on a worldwide scale.
Fans can download the demo directly from www.unrealtournament.com or choose from a list of mirror servers found on the Web site. The full version of Unreal Tournament 2004 is expected to be available at retail in March; pre-orders are now available at all major game sales outlets.
According to statistics tracked by Web sites offering the demo, more than 1.5 million users accessed the Unreal Tournament 2004 demo in the last week alone. Graphics card maker, NVIDIA®, which hosts the demo on its own "nZone" gaming portal, reports that more than 140,000 gamers have downloaded the demo from their server. FilePlanet.com, one of the most popular online video game download destinations, reported more than 110,000 downloads, making the Unreal Tournament 2004 download one of the fastest demo downloads to reach 100,000 in the site’s history. On most gaming sites offering the download, the Unreal Tournament 2004 demo is maintaining its position as the top download.
"Fan reaction has been over-the-top, demonstrating that the Unreal Tournament franchise is still the King of the Hill for online multiplayer games," said Peter Wyse, executive producer at Atari. "Epic’s excellent work at reinventing its own masterpiece continues to impress gamers worldwide. The introduction of Onslaught mode, the reemergence of Assault mode and the all-new vehicles in Unreal Tournament 2004 have created exactly what action fans have been waiting for – the definitive multiplayer experience on PC!"
Unreal Tournament 2004 is developed by Epic Games in conjunction with Digital Extremes. The Unreal Tournament 2004 official demo includes five playable game modes, and offers fans their first taste of Unreal Tournament 2004’s two new gameplay styles: the introduction of the hyper-charged Onslaught mode and the return of the fan-favorite Assault mode, which last appeared in the original Unreal Tournament. The demo also features established game types like Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Bombing Run.
"We are really proud and excited to see the fans of the Unreal franchise embracing the all new gameplay elements in Unreal Tournament 2004 in such overwhelming numbers," said Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games. "As a company, we focused hard on making a game that was more than just an incremental improvement and could meet our standards for breaking new ground in terms of gameplay innovation and multiplayer competition. Clearly, as PC gamers everywhere have demonstrated, Unreal Tournament 2004 stands to redefine what it means to compete online." |
Very, very good news. I already knew the game was doing great when on a Thursday afternoon there were over 8,000 real live people playing!  |
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zenmaster
Crazed Fan
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Posts: 282
Location: Wilmingtion, 1 1/2 hours from Epics office
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Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:26 pm |
It's all good! 
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Sodge
UO Noob
Joined: 19 Feb 2004
Posts: 13
Location: Halifax, NS
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Fri Feb 20, 2004 10:27 pm |
Spiffy. Way to go, Atari/Epic/DE.  |
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Cheetah
Ultimate Fanboy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Posts: 2831
Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:38 am |
OMDG!!
thats frigging awsome! 1.5 million dlaods..
this game roxors! |
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