
The game enjoyed massive initial success and critical acclaim, being selected as Multiplayer Game of the Year by several publications. Novemreleased as a portion of the Unreal Anthology collection.DecemMega Bonus Pack released online - including patch to v3369, the Editors Choice Edition material, and several new maps - See below.SeptemEditors Choice Edition material available for free download for owners of the original release of UT2004.SeptemUnreal Tournament 2004 Editors Choice Edition - included three new vehicles, four new Onslaught maps, six new characters, and several selected community mods - See below.ApUnreal Tournament 2004 (PC) - 2 DVD set.MaUnreal Tournament 2004 (Mac OS X) - single-DVD.MaUnreal Tournament 2004 (PC) - Limited Special Edition - 2-DVD set with Logitech Internet Chat Headset and a series of UnrealEd video tutorials developed by 3DBuzz.MaUnreal Tournament 2004 (PC) - Single-DVD.MaUnreal Tournament 2004 (PC) - Six-CD set.Besides the obvious inclusion of many bugfixes and adjustments from the retail version, it added some new vehicles from the Editor's Choice Edition, as well as added two more maps to play, for a grand total of Seven: On September 24th, 2004, Epic released an updated version of the demo, using the (at the time) latest codebase for UT2004, Version 3334. The game went gold on March 4th, 2004, and was released 11 days later on March 15th, 2004. Due to the massive changes present in the 2004 engine (mainly due to the vehicles: some vehicle code was present in 2003 but was cut due to time constraints), compatibility was eventually dropped before release.Įpic released the demo for UT2004 on February 11th, 2004, originally including five maps from the game's library. Originally, UT2004 was supposed to be backwards compatible with UT2003: 2003 players could play on 2004 servers and vice versa. Streamline Studios designed the single-player introduction cutscene and collaborated with Psyonix on ONS-Torlan.


Psyonix designed and implemented the Onslaught gametype (including new vehicles, weapons and the Energy Turret), 7 maps for the Onslaught gametype, and the new model for the Translocatorĭigital Extremes created 13 new maps and two new characters, as well as the new HUD design and new models for the Assault Rifle, Shock Rifle, and Link Gun. Specifically, Epic developed the new user interface, VoIP, voice command support for bots, 31 new characters, 31 new maps, design and implementation of the Assault gametype for inclusion in UT2004 (including new vehicles and turrets), and the new Sniper Rifle. Epic collaborated with several other development studios in the creation of UT2004. 6.3 UT2004 and Windows 7 Firewall IssuesĮpic Games was the primary developer for the bulk of UT2004, which consisted mainly of building upon the work done for UT2003.
