Will be in North American stores mid December - Europe not until 2008.

Unreal Tournament 3 screenshot

Epic Games vp Mark Rein has announced that the PlayStation 3 version of its multiplayer first-person shooter Unreal Tournament 3 has gone gold and will be making its way to North American stores in December - possibly going on sale as early as December 11.

"My guess is that Midway will start shipping the title to North American retailers on Monday December 10th and it could show up in stores as early as December 11th but more likely toward the middle of that week," Rein said in a post on the official UT3 forums.

PAL gamers aren't in luck though, with Rein noting that the game will likely not be released until January or February, citing "a few localization-related tasks" which need to be completed.