Planet Unreal vient nous donner des informations concernant UT2004. Ainsi, on y apprend que ce nouveau volet est crée par Epic Games et Digital Extremes et qu'il sera, en gros, une énorme améliotation d'UT2003.

Les joueurs possèdant UT2004 pourront se connecter aux serveurs UT2003, mais l'enversement ne pourra pas marcher.

Voici les principaux changements :

• 20 never-before-seen maps for the existing game types, featuring tons of new textures, new static meshes and new music. It's a field day for mod makers! Also included are new maps from Digital Extremes designed specifically to appeal to "hardcore" UT players.
• Live voice chat over LAN and internet with 3D audio (on supported sound cards) so players can sense where voices emanate from. Using a microphone and headset (not included), players can communicate with teammates and buddies or just yell at everybody who gets in their way! Several settings are provided to allow users to customize their voice chat experience.
• Fan-favorite Unreal characters will return to challenge in the tournaments, including the Skaarj, the Necris and the infamous Xan Kriegor.
• UnrealTV match broadcast system will allow for hundreds of people to view an Unreal Tournament 2004 match with minimal performance impact on game server. UnrealTV will be fully integrated into the server browser to make it easy to located broadcasted matches.
• Complete end-user voting system that will allow users to choose game type, maps, mutators, rules and settings and will also provide the ability to remove troublesome players from the game. Custom clan-match voting system will allow clans to negotiate acceptable game settings prior to a competitive match.
• A completely redesigned user interface (UI) will be easier to navigate and support context-sensitive menus, an in-game login menu (to improve team balancing) and an improved server browser with enhanced server filtering options. The underlying user interface system has been reengineered to be easier for Mod authors to build menus and implement their own UI designs.
  Tons of cool gameplay tweaks and refinements including unique crosshairs for each weapon, the ability to carry dual Assault Rifles, improved computer-controlled "Bot" team coordination and movement, network bandwidth usage optimizations and more!

Deux modes seront inclus dans cette nouvelle version :

• Assault Mode
• Onslaught Mode

Puis, voici la liste du matériel nécessaire :

• Pentium III or AMD Athlon 733MHz processor (Pentium® or AMD 1.0GHz or greater recommended)
• 128MB RAM (256MB RAM or greater recommended)
• 3GB HDD space REQUIRED
• 8X CD-ROM or DVD
• Windows® compatible sound card
• DirectX® version 6 compliant video card (32-128MB VRAM recommended)
• DirectX® version 9 (included on game disc)
• Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported. Internet play requires a 33.6 kbps or faster modem (broadband recommended)