Unreal Tournament 3 Steam Sale, Free Weekend Promotions Extended on 2000% Player Increase

by Nick Breckon, Mar 10, 2009 5:15pm PDT

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Epic's multiplayer shooter Unreal Tournament 3 has seen a 2000% increase in simultaneous players of the game following the recent Titan Pack update and various Steam sales, according to Valve.

As a result, the Steam UT3 40%-off sale has been extended through Sunday, March 22. Valve also notes that the game will again be free to play this weekend, beginning on Friday March 13.

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What Valve and Epic are realizing that continued support and updating post release keeps the cash flow coming in, and creates a larger customer base for future products. Blizzard has been doing this since Diablo 2 - and after having sold a bazillion copies other companies are finally starting to mimmic this practice.

This is why it's great to be a PC gamer!

Mar 10, 2009 6:01pm PDT

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  what does blizzard have to do with anything? Epic has always had UT updates, and Valve came up with Steam... : thebigbeefsandwich
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    blizzard has kept its old games alive by changing and updating the multiplayer component many times since... : Luminair
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      what? COD4 is on version 1.7..pretty sure thats more then one patch try 7. : PsychoFanatic
      
      Your lack of intelligence is disturbing. : Jinxplayer
- What ajvitaly is realizing is that Epic has always done this since UT. Apparently you didn't know that. : FuryVII
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  ...PS3 will also receive this update in 2 weeks.
  
  Mar 10, 2009 10:22pm PDT
  
  ...PS3 will also receive this update in 2 weeks. : MikeHa

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