The actuall forums have under gone an upgrade.

Click Here for the poll on weather FragBU should play some BR..

There have been a few threads popping up about FragBU. The coolest is DaBeatard's compilation of the custom maps that are installed on The Web Mothership. Thanks, Beat!

WORF has started two threads one asking about BR and another about ideas for tweaking ColaWars: FragBU edition

With any luck, he'll have the new version of Cola Wars ready for play this weekend.

Some of you must want to be able to do that something extra here.

With loads of stuff like unlimited disk space etc the site is your oister(sp?)

Interested PM me over the forums :D

ELAN has come to a close for the 7th event.

With the first European BuF'er (CaS) attending it turned from a British ELAN to a European ELAN.

A write-up, pictures etc will show up soon enough.

By the looks of things people are planning to end the crap the RIAA is doing.

Thanks to AI in this thread

and the full thing here

If your interested in talking about the weapons that are coming along with UT2004 head here

Just so you all know Dopefish has let BuF know that The Lion King is being released on DVD.

Read Here

IT'S GHEY!

Well the 7th ELAN will be taking place next month (1st and 2nd) and by the looks of things our first Euro Player with be attending.

CaScAde is looking on working his way over from holland for the weekend.

Still with only 20 odd sign-ups the tournaments are going ahead, I am going to be getting warm-up servers up this week to get things going this weekend.

Could all who can provide a server of wish to help organise please meet in #unrealfans on ETG (if you are a reg in #beyondunreal just type /j #unrealfans). I should be around most of the day

There was a new version of the popular IRC client released. It fixes many minor issues in the 6.0 release. Get it here: http://www.mirc.com/get.html

For all who don't chat to us and are interested in doing so, just click

I am one of the new news posters on the BuF homepage, hopefully I'll bring you tidbits from the forums and chat along with random nudity.

The dates for ELAN 7 have been confimred as the 1st - 2nd of November 2003.

Same Place as ELAN 6 same sort of times:

3pm - 6pm meet in pub
6pm - 7:50pm eat
7:50pm - 8pm walk to LAN Centre
8pm - 8am Play vairous PC/PS2/etc games
8am walk out and get blinded by morning light

Sign Ups are now open.

If you've got a small team (4 or 5) and can compete in a small tournament for the fun and enjoyment of gaming click BuF Tourney's and sign up.

The Tournaments are due to start on Monday next week.

WOO! A week and a half of work put in and it's complete and read to be used.

Any BuF Wanting a news account please let me know and we can get this site going again

The new BuF Homepage Design will be showing it's face something within the next 30 minutes.

With the colours from the BeyondUnreal Beta Style Set it should work nicely, just need activity around here.

Going on the BU Beta Style:

Hunter/New/

click for a sneak peak

Through various Threads we are deciding on yet another BuF Tournament.

In the past we have had: UT RA and UT2003 CTF. This time I am aiming for a UT1 Tournament, with people wanting various game types, from Assult to DOM.

I'm sure most of you are bored of this design and with UT2004 coming and with other re-designs etc going on all over BeyondUnreal I am going to be redesigning this site with a little help from others at BU, should be fun....

I will be doing a basic EuroLAN section here on BuF's Homepage will be simple and will be updated for each event as well as containing pictures and the like.

But I can't be assed to cry.

Plans already set, getting a Geforce4 Ti4200.

As well as planned updates I'll be contacting certain people that take part here to do a little bit of work here and there.

Because ELAN6 happened such a short time ago and the section hasnt been updated, I will be talking to QAPete and getting access to update the page.

We originally designed this page to be used by the BeyondUnreal Forumers, so that BuFers could highlight things of interested to them here, rather than have 'em buried in the forums themselves.

If you are a BuFer, and you're interested in taking on a news posting, content producing role here on the BuF Homepage, shoot me an email, and we'll see what we can do about getting you FTP and news system access here.

BeyondUnreal is a community-run and community-oriented site. This is the homepage for the BeyondUnreal Forumers, and we'd like to see you guys run it! Don't just sit there reading the forums - be a part of making things happen!

Yes, that's right, the good old Crimewatch database that contains all kind of information on BuFers is back online. Thanks a lot to PMB and DeeperShade for providing me with the files. If you want to be added to Crimewatch, all you have to do is drop me a mail with your picture, name, date of birth, location, favourite quote and notable avievement. I will update the page as often as possible. Please remember that I'll only add people that send in a real picture of themselves, that's the fun of Crimewatch.

Are you into the hockey thing more than I am? Then you're certainly interested in competing with your fellow BuFers in a Fantasy Hockey League, right? Thought so.

Head on over to the thread for more information!

Hourences just posted his Spotlight on..., featuring the awesome Unreal Tournament Single Player mod Xidia Gold. Go check it out here! You will definitely enjoy this one, no matter if you're one of those Single Player freaks or not!

Enjoy!

Wow! Looks like we got two interviews today, folks. .altan decided to use his 15 minutes of fame in the Spotlight by posting an interview with him. Check out his spotlight to learn more about .altan's relation with Barbie, his inability to buy UT in Turkey and much more!

Did I mention that our favourite Belgian mapper, Hourences, did the interview? Moreover, he will be the next to stand in the Spotlight! Keep your eyes peeled.

Just a quick note to let you all know that I just posted the latest interview: The Dopefish. Go check it out and learn more about the biggest spammer BuF has ever known.

Thank you, hermpes, for yet another quality interview!

I just updated the list of clans in the Beyondunreal Clans section. You can use this section of the site to check out the homepages of other clans and find more info on players you meet online. Is your clan not listed, but do you think it definitely should? Then either drop me a line, or visit this thread.

TomWithTheWeather finished his awesome capture the flag map named after RSU's UT server: the Carnage Reactor. The map looks great and has some huge easter-eggs for you! Run to the Spotlight on... section for some screenshots and the download link!

We have a new interview for all you to enjoy! Check out the Interviews section to learn more about forum and IRC regular, beerbaron.

On a side note, Gir (our former interviewer) is busy with real-life business, but our local hippy hermpes kindly volunteered for the position. Thanks to him you can expect interviews with new BuFers on a regular basis!

Team Fusion proudly announces the first public beta of WebTourney - the Unreal Tournament 2003 based online battle tournament. WebTourney is a web-based online trading/battling game that allows you to battle against other players using Unreal Tournament 2003 powerups, weapons, characters and maps. The many features of WebTourney include:

- Shopping: Buy weapons, health and other powerups from the game's many shops.
- Trading: Trade unwanted weapons with other WebTourney warriors.
- Battling: Fight against other warriors to gain battle experience points and in-game credits.
- Training: Train against training bots to gain experience before entering the arena.
- Powerups: Buy and trade powerups that give you special abilities in battle.

Head over to http://webtourney.bombardiers.org now and battle against the other Unreal fanatics who have alrady registered.

Read more about WebTourney here

Hey all it's o'Dex here, just wanted to let ya'll know I'm here! (Not like you didn't already know that ;) )

Anyway expect much to come!

Are you addicted to Morrowind too? Want to share your experiences with fellow BuFers? Maybe you have a question? Or perhaps you just want to show off your l33t-looking character? Head on over to the Morrowind forum that Sparky created and get posting, you n'wah!

Some weeks ago, Gir mentioned the idea of a BuF test, where you can test your knowledge of BuF. I really like the idea, but I need your help! Clicky-clicky my name and send me an e-mail with some good (or bad) questions for the BuF Test. Also, if you know how to set up a test like this and have the time to help out, mail me.

Wheeeee!! Hal decided to give me access to the news database of this site (what was he thinking? ). This means the BuF Homepage is finally back in business. Don't be surprised to see other BuFers posting news here soon, too. We're working to get a good staff together to help this site blossom.

I can't stress enough that the BuF Homepage is a site by BuFers, for BuFers. This means that you have to contribute to keep this site alive. If you have written a serious article on online gaming or a wacky story about monkeys, send it to us. If you have created some goofy flash movie or a great wallpaper, send it to us. If you have some great initiative like Speedmapping, the Vandalism Tour or the Godlike Project, make sure to let us know. The BuF Homepage is a great place to let everyone know what's going on in the community!

Don't be afraid to drop me a line if you have questions, suggestions or just a great idea for the site. I won't bite. Too much. I promise!

Well, the good 'ol Homepage has reached a crossroads. Way back in 2000, LiquiD_SiN created the BuF Homepage as a way to show off all of our pics and bios. Well, vB came along and squashed the need for that. I took over the page (waay back when it was still on XOOM hosting), got it moved to PU, and so on and so on.

As UT2003 draws near, our gaming attention turns away from UT and towards the new. Perhaps it's time to dust off that old translocator and head back in for one last UT frag. TWD seems to think so, and a lot of others do too.

We here at BeyondUnreal are pleased to announce that our very own Dave 'Boom' Maldow will be visiting the offices of Digital Extremes tomorrow.

As the launch of BU draws ever closer, you can expect all the exclusive bits of information as well as ingame screenshots of the game everyone's waiting for -- Unreal Tournament 2003!

So keep watching BeyondUnreal over the next few days!

ShackES is reporting that the six games to be used for the 2002 World Cyber Games have been announced, and Unreal Tournament is among them.

BeyondUnreal has zipped up and mirrored a new UT 2003 demo video from a recent Samsung Italian event. This 33 minute video features Mark 'You Guys Play Like Girls' Rein (uncontrollable chuckle) doing a very nice weapons and Unreal editor demonstration.

There are some nice tidbits of info in the video, which we've compressed from 259.1 meg down to a tidy 119 meg .zip file. Learn a limitation of the Shield Gun. Check out the new shock combo effect. Listen in awe as real Italians comment on what they are seeing. (grin)

Be sure to stop by the BeyondUnreal Demos Page for the latest in UT 2003 and, as time rolls on, other Unreal-engine demos and videos!

I just got this in the mail, and because it's late and I'm tired, I'll just do a straight CTRL-C, CTRL-V:

TsN, Team Sportcast Network, is proud to announce its support of the Unreal Community. As long as this community has gone without a professional radio network, it's about time someone stepped up to the plate! Furthermore, to show our continued support of the Unreal Community, we've decided to start off by casting UT matches. But make no mistake, our UT coverage from here on out will go unrivaled and will undisputedly become YOUR favorite Sports Network.

This Sunday, the Team Sportscast Network brings you its maiden Unreal Tournament broadcast!

Who: Dark Shadows [DS] vs. Retribution [R]
What: CTi Overall Final
When: 9:30 PM EST
Where: irc.enterthegame.com #tsn
Why: Because we can!

TsN's very own Tantrum will be bringing you all the fast-paced action of this exciting best 3 of 5 face off!

Be sure to tune in early so as not to miss ANY of the action and catch an exclusive interview with Cache of Cached.net!

Finally, a call-to-arms of all the Unreal Tournament community casters and caster-hopefuls! If you feel you have what it takes to cast some of the most fast-paced, intense, and action packed team games in all of gaming, stop by http://www.tsncentral.com and fill out our DJ Application Form!

Team Sportscast Network, The broadcast leader in the Online Gaming Revolution.

Our friend Varpu is holding a mapping contest at his site, which you can visit for more information.

The folks at GamesRadar have posted their preview of UT2003, based on their experiences of it at the UK press event last Tuesday.

Thanks, TTG.

Worthplaying.com have news on the announcement by Ubi Soft of Splinter Cell, the latest Tom Clancy-inspired game to use the next-gen Unreal Engine:

Ubi Soft Entertainment, unveiled today the latest creation inspired by the works of world renowned novelist Tom Clancy. Splinter Cell is a third person stealth action game, featuring cyber-terrorism, shadow agencies, and covert operations and is set in the realistic, highly detailed geopolitical universe as portrayed in the works by Tom Clancy. In the fall of 2002, Ubi Soft will debut this lone stealth action game worldwide on the Xbox and PC, with further new generation platforms following in 2003.

Kurafire has posted up a rather nice UT2003 wallpaper in several sizes. Head over to the site and scroll down to have a look (it's set #49).

Cheers, UT-2003.com.

German site UT-2003.com have been in touch with Infogrames Germany and recieved official word that there are no plans to remove blood from UT2003 and Unreal 2:

Translated by Google.

With all products, in which pixel blood is poured, there are considerations from the outset whether one adapts her to the German market. This can by colouring of the blood, replaces the human opponents by means of robots and various other possibilities to take place. There are however at present no concrete plans to change UT2003 or unreal episode 2 in any way for the German market.

Greeting,
Martin

The reports just keep coming from the UT2003 European press events that have been taking place recently.

Barrysworld have posted their impressions of UT2003 from that UK event in Slough, and Gamesweb.com have posted a UT2003 special in German from last week's event in Germany (Google English Translation). C&VG have also posted screenshots from UT2003.

Thanks, Blues.

VoodooExtreme have posted a short Q&A session with James Schmalz, head honcho at Digital Extremes. They've also posted four new UT2003 screenshots that Infogrames flowed them.

Thanks, TTG.

XSReality have posted an article on the UT2003 UK press event that went down in Slough, Berkshire on Tuesday. Included in the article is an interview with Jay Wilbur, Epic Games PR guy, which, as it turns out, is an interesting read.

Jar, over at Unreal Tournament2 Net posted an interview with Epic's Dr. Sin, of CSHP and UTPure fame. Here's a snippet:

jar
What will the hack-protection in UT2003 be like? Is it a derivative of the CSHP or UT-Pure code or a grass roots build?

Dr.Sin[epic]
The protection for UT2003 is nothing like CSHP or UT-Pure. With CSHP and Pure we had to work within very strict rules. We couldn't attack the problem using native code (it would limit the game to only PC users).. we couldn't break network compatibility, we had to tiptoe around mods, etc. It's by sheer will of the guys writing it and the admins running it that either protection held up as well as they did.

None of these are problems for UT2003 and the protection reflects that.

Out of the box, UT2003 will be well protected. We took a good look at all of the attacks used to bypass protection in UT and have addressed them. We have created a method that allows server admins to dictate what can and can't be run on the client as well as knowing if what's running there has been modified.

We also made sure that community has the tools needed to defend themselves. This is important as it has to be a dual effort.

IGN PC have posted a first look at Rainbow Six: Raven Shield, the upcoming Unreal Engine-based installment of the famous tactical shooter series:

The game's built using the Unreal engine and it looks good, even at this early stage. Sean explains that a team of 13 engineers are working primarily on the code of the game, trying to "make Unreal into Rainbow." Meanwhile an "army of artists" are creating the game's primary content, leaving issues of secondary art and interface concerns for later.

While we expected the Unreal engine would set new standards for graphics in this series, some people have been concerned that the new game would retain too much of Unreal's over exaggerated nature. Sean admits, "When you use a game engine from the ground up like this, that's a very legitimate concern." He adds that fans of the series should rest assured -- the subtlety will be preserved.

A few lucky gamers were able to get a hands-on test of UnrealTounrnament2003 a couple of days ago, and were kind enough to tell about their impressions. One of the gamers (and fellow forumer), bootsbaby tells in her views:

sheild gun - the shield is pretty cool.. absorbs quite a bit of damage. I was chasing someone that had theirs up. I was using the rocket launcher and I hit him at least 4 times before I started to do any real damage to him.. soon as he dropped the shield.. he was dead tho, with no protection. also, rockets and mini alt fire do well against this. strafe at the feet I got a good charge up on the shield gun but never got a chance to use it against anyone

flak cannon - aside from the bright orange shards I like this gun one bounce, you have to aim.. no spamming.. big thumbs up the alt fire is the same - smiley ball and all.. does alot of splash damage as usual

Our friends over at Defense Alliance have released version 1.1 of their mod, in which you defend your fort from an attacking horde of humans. Features of note include:

- Most bugs found in DA1.0 are fixed
- Updated DA1.0 Maps
- New player model skins!
- Improved Netcode
- Improved AI

You can grab the download and more detailed info off the Defense Alliance website.

Yesterday, Pete told you about the teaser images at UnrealTournament2.net. Well, jar has added 32 new images of the UT'03 Demo in action, including lots of GUI shots. They're taken with a hand-held digital camera and are a little shaky, but are definitely worth checking out.

Giga has reported that this is the official logo for Unreal Tournament 2003. It looks pretty impressive, although there's been no official confirmation that this image is in fact the UT2003 logo.

The logo is certainly more complex than any logo before it, and puts more of an emphasis on "TOURNAMENT", rather than "UNREAL". We'll keep you posted as ever with any new developments.

In case you've been living in a cave or something, Unreal Tournament2 Net has posted two variants of movies taken from Giga TV in Germany. The movies are quite big (two of the, totalling 325 megs), but they've also posted two smaller movies of pretty much the LAN action (watch Mark Rein talk smack!) which are about 30 meg each.

For both sets of movies, you'll need to install the Divx player.

Full Versions:

Part One
HTTP Site #1
HTTP Site #2
FTP Site #1
FTP Site #2

Part Two
HTTP Site #1
HTTP Site #2
FTP Site #1
FTP Site #2

Small Versions:

Part I
Part II

Also at UT2 Net, you'll find some teaser shots and a couple of potential logos. Stop by and inhale the goodness!

Mark Rein stopped by Giga.de with a copy of Unreal Tournament 2003, leaving in his wake a handful of in-game shots and a hands on preview for the guys at Giga.

The article is not in English, so I could only resort to using Google's translation. However, pictures require no translation and there are several of those including shots of the new logo, end-score board, in-game desktop, and a new shot of a CTF map.

Discuss

After slipping down to my local Newsagent this morning after a heavy, yet satisfying night out on the town I was shocked to find that PC Powerplay had indeed placed the full version of Unreal on this months Cover CD. So, for all you budding Aus UT players out there who are yet to discover what started one of the biggest FPS franchises to date, jump on down and grab this months PC Powerplay, which retails for $9.95.

Just so you know I'm not pulling your chain, check below for a scan of the Cover CD.

In case you didn't know, Unreal Wiki is a new hosted site on BeyondUnreal. What is Unreal Wiki? Well, it's an open-source, collaborative set of Unreal editing resource goodness that ANYONE can add to, change, etc., run by Mychaeel and Tarquin, but authored by many.

The Unreal Wiki could easily become an incredibly rich Unreal editing resource if you get involved adding content! Stop by Unreal Wiki, take a look around, read up on the ridiculously simple Wiki markup language that's used there, and contribute! This is a great time to get involved, with UT2003 coming out soon, so let's turn Unreal Wiki into the primary stop for everyone's Unreal editing needs!

Last year, a member of Ubi Soft sent us an email. Basically, they needed motivated people to join their team. The individuals would come from the Unreal community. Of course, Ubi Soft couldn't give us too much details but they did confirm they were creating a new game, utilizing the Unreal II engine.

Remember, this was last year when information about Unreal 2 and UT2003 was scarce or non-existant. Excited, I immediately asked if the game was the sequel to UT. With a sadden heart, they told me it wasn't a sequel. As time marched on, I forgotten about Ubi Soft and their unique First Person Shooter game. Then today, I dived into some archives and discovered XIII!

This is old news, but I believe it still needs some exposure. Here is a clip from their press release:

Ubi Soft® Entertainment today announced the development of XIII, a unique first-person shooter (FPS) game that creates a completely interactive graphic novel within a cel-shaded world. XIII is based on the comic license of the same name from Belgium comic book author, Jean Van Hamme, and the game will be powered with next-generation Unreal® Engine technology. XIII will appear across the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube™, the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft and PC CD-ROM and is targeted for a Q1 2003 release.

XIII is the first FPS to utilize cel-shaded graphics to create a visually stunning effect unique within the action genre. The next-generation animation and Unreal Engine technology combine to illustrate XIII's complex and immersive story.

Yo, yo...young ladies. I'm back and I'm willing. So all you beautiful fragstresses get on over here and prepare for some great Unreal loving, or whatever turns you on, I'm not fussy.

Anyway... on topic, I thought I'd let you all in on the word of the streets concerning custom Forum style sets. 'Sparky's Breakfast' is the latest edition to our evergrowing list, and it's pretty easy on the eyes. You can head on over here for a quick preview, and apply it within your Profile, under Edit Options. Until next time my, beautiful fragstresses, as I must return to my Kangaroo's... they're going nuts in the background.

Look who found the secret hiding spot. The other day, I asked Hal to post some news for me. He politely reminded me I had access to this news page (I totally forgot...doh) and can post news anytime I want. Sweet! This homepage will never be the same...oh no...muwahahaha...cough...wheeze...spit.... Anyways, I'm back and ready to post some confusion...well, Infogrames confused us enough with all the name changes. I'll just stick to the news.

We've all read tons of news and tidbits about U2 and UT2003 (or is it UT2003v.4Vol7EpisodeX) and the excitement is rising all around the world. I'd like to remind people that UT is still alive and kicking and great mods are being released, even now. One little, but pumping mod coming out sometime this year is USkaarj.

This real time strategy mod will pit you against an opponent using either human or Skaarj characters and technologies. BarnEbiss, over at Infiltration Command, tweaked the selection and building codes (which were created by Freon).

Although the mod is growing, BarnEbiss still needs some assistance. If you are interested in creating a successful and entertaining RTS version of UT, then contact BarnEbiss by visiting his forums. Until then, click here for a sneak peek at the in game building model.

UT Jailbreak III Service Pack 1 is a network-compatible add-on update for Jailbreak III. It includes some bug fixes and a bunch of frequently requested new features such as optional numeric ping and play time display, a vastly faster server browser and a plain-text web admin interface variant.

Those of you that fool around with .utx files know that the UTX viewers is a great tool to have. Jesco has released what will be his final version of the UTX viewer. You can pick it up at his site. The changes are:

• some minor code-cleanup
  
• rewritten file handling (fixes a nasty error under XP when opening the first package)
  
• filename of active package is displayed in the title bar
  
• added shortcuts for most used menu-items
  

Prophetus pointed out a really cool wallpaper created by PCGamer featuring an enormous Skaarj. Go check it out!

10 Questions - 9 employees. The first question Action Vault has posted in the interview is: "Based on your personal preferences, what are a couple of your favorite weapons in Unreal Tournament 2003, and why?". Here are some great answers:

James Schmalz
Digital Extremes Founder and Creative Director
I like the new Rocket Launcher best. It's great when you get a direct chest hit and blow the torso clean off leaving the smoking and burning lower body to dance around for a second until it collapses - very gratifying.

Steve Sinclair
Lead Programmer
I enjoy the Lightning Gun. Zooming in and scoring a head shot then watching the headless neck stock burst into flames. This is continually rewarding for me. Even if I miss the head shot but take them down, I can usually zap their head off as they're falling dead to the floor. Its fun to scare people with the weapon as well by shooting at walls near their head, its impact makes a great crackling sound that gets people running for cover quick!

Glen Miner
Customer Punishment Officer
Favorite weapon? It's all about the Rocket Launcher for me. Nothing says lovin' like blasting somebody's legs off and watching them fly through the air with their bloody stumps trailing thick black smoke.

From Infogrames:

Infogrames, Inc. is pleased to announce that Tactical Ops:Assault on Terror is complete and has gone gold!


Using cutting-edge Unreal technology, Paris-based Kamehan Studios has taken their compelling anti-terrorism modification and added new and improved textures, character skins, weapons and all new locations. Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror transforms the wildly popular modification for Unreal Tournament into a gripping stand-alone squad-based first person shooter.


Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror will be in retail stores by the end of April for an estimated price of $29.99.

TO-Center.com has a trailer. You Euro-Buf'ers will have to wait six weeks after the North American release.

TetrisL, our resident expert on UT2003, has painstakingly taken an IRC log of a 4 hour long (!) chat that DE and Epic had with XGR.com, and trimmed away all of the nonsense and posted them in question and answer form (HTML) right here. It's very interesting, very long, and a few new things are revealed. Stop by this thread and comment and give him your thanks for all the hard work!

Needless to say they are sweet. Lots of good action shots. Notice the new combos, the incredible twisted trees, particles, player models and GRASS! heh, seriously... check it out here and here. Thanks to TetrisL (as usual)