Beyond Unreal has a news post about the next generation Unreal Tournament game, offering details found in the May issue of Computer Gaming World. The next UT will be powered by the Unreal Engine 3 (and thus we won't see it this year), features voice controlled AI, includes a global ratings system and features a new game mode in Conquest. Here's the skinny on that

* Features eight teams, each with unique armor. * Conquest maps are "potentially as large as three onslaught maps with assault-like objectives and even a form of limited resource management planned" * "there may be the option to treat a conquest match like a long term war, so you can play, take a break, and then go back and play more later" * "you can use your stats to find similarly abled opponents" * "conquest will take advantage of the UE3 engines ability to seamlessly stream maps by putting you in a battlefield the size of several maps stitched together"