Editing Unreal Tournament (section)

{{Short description|1999 first-person shooter video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Unreal Tournament
| image = Unrealtournament.jpg
| developer = [[Epic Games]]{{efn|Ported to [[Classic Mac OS|Mac OS]] by Westlake Interactive,<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Unreal Tournament OS X 'preview' version released |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/152519/utx.html |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Macworld |language=en}}</ref> to [[Linux]] by [[Loki Software]], and to [[Sega Dreamcast]] by [[Secret Level, Inc.]]}} <br/> [[Digital Extremes]]
| publisher = [[GT Interactive]] (Win) <br/> Epic Games (Linux)<ref name="linux"/> <br/> [[MacSoft]] (Mac OS) <br/> [[Atari, Inc. (1993–present)|Infogrames]] (PS2/Dreamcast)
| director = 
| producer = 
| designer = [[Cliff Bleszinski]] <br> James Schmalz
| programmer = [[Tim Sweeney (game developer)|Tim Sweeney]] <br> [[Steve Polge]] <br> Erik de Neve <br> Jack Porter <br> Brandon Reinhart
| artist = Shane Caudle
| writer = 
| composer = [[Straylight Productions]] <br> [[Michiel van den Bos]]
| series = ''[[Unreal (video game series)|Unreal]]''
| engine = [[Unreal Engine 1]]<ref name="unrealengine">{{cite web |title=Spiele mit Unreal Engine - Von 1998 bis heute |url=https://www.gamestar.de/galerien/spiele_mit_unreal_engine,98204.html |website=[[GameStar]] |publisher=[[Webedia]] |access-date=4 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704144507/https://www.gamestar.de/galerien/spiele_mit_unreal_engine,98204.html |archive-date=4 July 2024 |language=German |url-status=live}}</ref>
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]], [[Classic Mac OS]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Dreamcast]]
| released = '''Windows'''<br/>{{vgrelease|NA|November 22, 1999<ref name="GoldRel">{{cite web|url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_11/17_pc_ut/index.html|title=Gone Gold: Unreal Tournament|last=Mullen|first=Micheal|date=November 17, 1999|website=GameSpot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000620225332/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_11/17_pc_ut/index.html|archive-date=June 20, 2000|access-date=November 16, 2019}}<br/>"Gamers can expect the title to hit shelves on Monday, November 22".</ref>|EU|December 3, 1999}}'''Linux'''{{vgrelease|WW|November 23, 1999<ref name="linux">{{cite web |last1=Rein |first1=Mark |title=Linux Executable Code Now Available for Download |url=http://www.unrealtournament.com/ |website=Unreal Tournament |publisher=[[Epic Games]] |access-date=August 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000301175319/http://www.unrealtournament.com/ |archive-date=March 1, 2000 |date=November 23, 1999 |quote=The Linux executable, which requires your ''Unreal Tournament'' CDs in order to install, is now available for download at The Unreal Technology Page.}}</ref>}}'''Classic Mac OS'''<br/>{{vgrelease|NA|January 17, 2000<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Macintosh Games |url=http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/homepages/macintosh.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000622040633/http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/homepages/macintosh.asp |archive-date=June 22, 2000 |access-date=January 19, 2024 |website=[[EB Games]]}}</ref>}}'''PlayStation 2'''<br/>{{vgrelease|NA|October 26, 2000|EU|April 20, 2001}}'''Dreamcast'''<br/>{{vgrelease|NA|March 13, 2001|EU|June 29, 2001}}
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}

'''''Unreal Tournament''''' is a 1999 [[first-person shooter|first-person shooter game]] developed by [[Epic Games]] and [[Digital Extremes]]. The second installment in the ''[[Unreal (video game series)|Unreal]]'' series, it was first published by [[GT Interactive]] in 1999 for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], and later released on the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Dreamcast]] by [[Atari, Inc. (1993–present)|Infogrames]] in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Players compete in a series of matches of various types, with the general aim of out-killing opponents. The PC and Dreamcast versions support multiplayer [[Online game|online]] or over a [[local area network]]. Free [[expansion pack]]s were released, some of which were bundled with a 2000 re-release: '''''Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition'''''.

Powered by the [[Unreal Engine]], ''Unreal Tournament'' received universal acclaim, often being considered [[List of video games considered the best|one of the greatest video games ever made]], with reviewers praising the graphics, level design and gameplay, though the console ports were noted for having limitations. The design of the game shifted the series' focus to competitive [[multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] action with the releases of sequels ''[[Unreal Tournament 2003]]'' in 2002, ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004]]'' in 2004, and ''[[Unreal Tournament 3]]'' in 2007. In 2014, a [[pre-alpha]] version of a new game in the series was released titled simply ''[[Unreal Tournament (cancelled video game)|Unreal Tournament]]''. In 2017, Epic cancelled the game.