Editing Unreal Tournament 2003 (section)

{{Short description|2002 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Unreal Tournament 2003
| image = Unreal Tournament 2003 cover.png
| developer = [[Epic Games]] <br /> [[Digital Extremes]]
| publisher = [[Infogrames]]{{efn|Released under the [[Atari]] brand name.}} <br /> [[MacSoft]] (OS X)
| director = 
| producer = 
| designer = [[Cliff Bleszinski]] <br /> James Schmaltz <br /> Shane Caudle
| programmer = [[Steve Polge]]
| artist = 
| writer = 
| composer = [[Kevin Riepl]] <br /> Starsky Partridge
| series = ''[[Unreal (video game series)|Unreal]]''
| engine = [[Unreal Engine 2]]
| platforms = [[Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Linux]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://joebarr.sys-con.com/node/32796|title=A mixed welcome for Unreal Tournament 2003 on Linux {{!}} Joe Barr|website=joebarr.sys-con.com |access-date=March 9, 2017}}</ref>
| released = '''Windows'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|September 30, 2002|EU|October 4, 2002<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uk.infogrames.com/?pg=game_detail&productID=10
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030819214233/http://www.uk.infogrames.com/?pg=game_detail&productID=10 
|archive-date=Aug 19, 2003 |url-status=dead
|website=uk.infogrames.com
|title=Unreal Tournament 2003
|access-date=September 13, 2024}}</ref>|AU|October 16, 2002<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Unreal Tournament 2003'' |url=http://www.gpstore.com.au/product.x?1456582 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030929195330/http://www.gpstore.com.au/product.x?1456582 |archive-date=September 29, 2003 |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=[[Gameplanet]]}}</ref>}}'''Mac OS X'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|June 20, 2003}}'''Linux'''<br />{{vgrelease|EU|October 4, 2002}}
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}

'''''Unreal Tournament 2003''''' is a [[first-person (gaming)|first-person]] [[arena shooter]] [[video game]] developed by [[Epic Games]] and [[Digital Extremes]], and published by [[Infogrames]] under the [[Atari]] brand name. The game is part of the [[Unreal (video game series)|''Unreal'' franchise]], and is a sequel to 1999's ''[[Unreal Tournament]]''. Like its predecessor, the game is designed mainly for [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] gaming. 

The game saw a record 1.2 million downloads when the demo was released.<ref>[http://pc.gamezone.com/news/09_24_02_01_43PM.htm ATARI'S UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003 DEMO EXPLODES ONTO THE INTERNET] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706193845/http://pc.gamezone.com/news/09_24_02_01_43PM.htm|date=July 6, 2008}}, Atari Press Release, September 24, 2002.</ref> In addition, the [[Unreal Engine]] has been widely licensed for games such as the ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game)|Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six]]'' series, ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell|Splinter Cell]]'', and ''[[America's Army]]''. 

An [[Xbox]] port, ''[[Unreal Championship]]'' was released on November 12, 2002. ''Unreal Tournament 2003'' would be updated into ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004]]'', which was released on March 16 of that year.