Epic Games vp Mark Rein confirms no PS3 to PC play at launch, but feature could be added at a later date.
In an IRC chat hosted by BeyondUnreal, UT3 related questions were fired at a number of Epic Games employees, notably vp Mark Rein. Asked whether cross-platform play will be possible, Rein stated: "There will not be cross-platform play at launch."
"The biggest challenge in doing cross-platform play is synchronizing the builds such that the build on the PC is 100% compatible with the build on the PS3. Unfortunately (or fortunately) when you [put] games on [a] console you have a lengthy certification process to go through each time you release anything new," explained Rein.
That's not to say cross-platform isn't possible, Rein noting: "This doesn't completely rule out adding this feature at some point in the future after the game has settled down and we've been through a few updates, but even then the likelihood is small."
Unreal Tournament 3 is currently scheduled for release for PC and PlayStation 3 in November, although this date is subject to change.
M_the_C wrote at 13:07 on 27 September 2007
Will they still be releasing a Linux version or would that be considered cross-platform gaming?