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Unreal has been absent for some time, but Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski spooled off his dream check list for an Unreal reboot during a recent Reddit ‘Ask Me Anything’ session.

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Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has said any additions to the series will have to shake up its formula, among other references to the property’s future.

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GOG.com has a sale going on until Monday, August 31 on Unreal titles.

Unreal and Unreal II: The Awakening are $8.49 each, and Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2004 are also being sold at the same price.

Great deals there.

More through the site. Thanks, Joystiq.

Epic CEO and founder, Tim Sweeney, has told G4 that the firm does not plan to release retail versions of Unreal Tournament for quite a while.

“Unreal Tournament is certainly a major long-term priority but we’re planning not to release a major retail game in the series. for several years,” Sweeney said. “So we have that effort somewhat on hold while we work on a few other initiatives.”

Meanwhile, Sweeney stated that Epic will continue to support the mod community and in the future announce plans to “open up the engine to more people to use freely and use cool stuff.”

Thanks, BigDownload.

Epic’s given out $70,000 in prizes to the best Unreal Tournament modders on the intertubes, the second phase of the Make Something Unreal Tournament.

The winners will be showcased at GDC next month.

Phase 3 of the contest begins in April, and has an entry deadline of May 15. Participation in previous phases is not necessary.

You can download all the winners now. Eurogamer‘s linked to every single one, in a piece that was probably a scream to write.

Epic has freed up details of the latest patch for Unreal Tournament, and it’s a whopper for sure.

The Steam achievements mentioned in the headline are only available to those who acquired the game through the service, whilst the rest of the patch and its fixes are available to all.

Epic is also readying some new maps in what it calls the Titan Pick. Lead designer Steve Polge told BeyondUnreal that Titan will be “substantially bigger than any bonus pack we’ve released in the past.”

Full patch notes over at Shacknews. Date for download is still forthcoming.

By Mike Bowden

DRM-free digital download site GoodOldGames.com has taken on some Epic games, the company’s announced, including Unreal Gold and Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition mark the first additions, both priced at $9.99.

Unreal II: The Awakening and Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor’s Choice Edition are slated to hit “in the coming weeks.”

“GOG.com provides an affordable way to buy our back catalogue of games and get up and running with minimal effort,” said Epic VP Jay Wilbur.

“We know that a lot of gamers have been waiting for new deals,” added GOG managing director Adam Oldakowski. “We’re sure that the Unreal games will satisfy their lust for alien blood and intense multiplayer action… DRM-free, of course.”

Thanks, Shacknews.