An Ideal Unreal Tournament Release

I wonder if Epic Games ever thought about releasing a special edition Unreal
Tournament (UT) that has basically all the UT99 maps, weapons, mods, etc but
updated to today's game engine and graphics. Additionally, having the same
gameplay could make this an ideal release. I have asked several people
what they thought about this, and needless to say this idea was well
received. Wouldn't it be cost effective to make this version of UT, as it
would not necessarily be created from scratch? Perhpas this could be ready
in 2010. Or, maybe it could be created concurrently with another version of
the game, so as to be available as an add-on (for a small price). The
overwhelming success of UT99, and the subsequent disappointing sequels only
makes one wonder why Epic has not already presented the same game, but with
the benefit of seeing it at incredible detail and realism. If realized,
this could bring new meaning to the term "unreal".

"Dan Johnson" <tropicaldan RemoveThis @roadrunner.com> wrote in message
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>I wonder if Epic Games ever thought about releasing a special edition
>Unreal Tournament (UT) that has basically all the UT99 maps, weapons, mods,
>etc but updated to today's game engine and graphics. Additionally, having
>the same gameplay could make this an ideal release. I have asked several
>people what they thought about this, and needless to say this idea was well
>received. Wouldn't it be cost effective to make this version of UT, as it
>would not necessarily be created from scratch? Perhpas this could be ready
>in 2010. Or, maybe it could be created concurrently with another version
>of the game, so as to be available as an add-on (for a small price). The
>overwhelming success of UT99, and the subsequent disappointing sequels only
>makes one wonder why Epic has not already presented the same game, but with
>the benefit of seeing it at incredible detail and realism. If realized,
>this could bring new meaning to the term "unreal".

We are working some on improving the graphics, but the UT engine is pretty
limited that way. In an ideal world it would work, and I totally get what
you are saying but the realism is that the Unreal engine is a decade old and
in computer years that's steam powered (pardon the pun).