Editing Unreal Tournament (section)

== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = PC: 92/100<ref name="Metacritic score (PC)">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/unreal-tournament-1999/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Unreal Tournament (1999) for PC Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=May 5, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516102017/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/unrealtournament |archive-date=May 16, 2008}}</ref><br/>PS2: 77/100<ref name="Metacritic score (PS2)">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/unreal-tournament/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |title=Unreal Tournament for PlayStation 2 Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=May 5, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517040559/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/unrealtournament |archive-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref><br/>SDC: 90/100<ref name="Metacritic score (SDC)">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/unreal-tournament/critic-reviews/?platform=dreamcast |title=Unreal Tournament for Dreamcast Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=May 5, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429200709/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/drm/unrealtournament |archive-date=April 29, 2008}}</ref>
| Allgame = PC: {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=AllGame>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=15840&tab=review|title=Unreal Tournament Review|work=[[AllGame]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|access-date=October 18, 2015|first=Chris|last=Couper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114220821/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=15840&tab=review|archive-date=November 14, 2014}}</ref>
| CGW = PC: {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="cwgreview">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_187#page/n85/mode/2up |title=Unreal Tournament PC Review |issue=187 |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=February 2000 |access-date=October 12, 2016 |pages=82, 83, 85 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_187 |archive-date=March 18, 2017}}</ref>
| CVG = PC: 9/10<ref name="CVG">{{cite web|url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=8528|title=Unreal Tournament Review|work=[[Computer and Video Games]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=August 15, 2001|access-date=July 4, 2015|first=Alec|last=C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202083040/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=8528|archive-date=December 2, 2006}}</ref>
| Edge = PC: 7/10<ref name=Edge>{{cite magazine|magazine=Edge|publisher=[[Future plc]]|issn=1350-1593|title=Unreal Tournament|department=Testscreen|page=92|issue=76|date=October 1999}}</ref><br/>SDC: 6/10<ref name=EdgeDC>{{cite magazine|magazine=Edge |publisher=[[Future plc]] |issn=1350-1593 |title=Unreal Tournament |page=78 |issue=98 |date=June 2001 |url=http://retrocdn.net/images/e/e9/Edge_UK_098.pdf#page=78 |access-date=October 8, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010003206/http://retrocdn.net/images/e/e9/Edge_UK_098.pdf |archive-date=October 10, 2016}}</ref>
| EuroG = PC: 10/10<ref name="EG">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=98 |title=Unreal Tournament PC Review |website=[[Eurogamer]] |author=Gestalt |access-date=May 4, 2008 |date=December 4, 1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218205539/http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=98 |archive-date=February 18, 2005}}</ref>
| GI = PS2: 9/10<ref name="GI">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200012/R03.0806.1624.07464.htm | title=Unreal Tournament Review | publisher=[[GameStop]] | magazine=[[Game Informer]] | access-date=October 17, 2016 | author=Macnamara, Andy | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802151842/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200012/R03.0806.1624.07464.htm | archive-date=August 2, 2008}}</ref>
| GameRev = PC: A−<ref name="GameRev">{{Cite web |url=http://www.game-revolution.com:80/games/pc/action/unreal_tournament.htm |title=Unreal Tournament review for the PC |author=Johnny B. |date=December 1999 |website=[[Game Revolution]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001213195300/http://www.game-revolution.com/games/pc/action/unreal_tournament.htm |archive-date=December 13, 2000 |access-date=September 5, 2017}}</ref><br/>PS2: B<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com:80/games/ps2/action/unreal_tournament.htm |title=Unreal Tournament for the PS2 |author=Baldric |date=October 2000 |website=[[Game Revolution]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001208114100/http://www.gamerevolution.com/games/ps2/action/unreal_tournament.htm |archive-date=December 8, 2000 |access-date=September 5, 2017}}</ref><br/>SDC: B+<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.game-revolution.com:80/games/dreamcast/action/unreal_tournament.htm |title=Unreal Tournament review for the Dreamcast |last=Liu |first=Johnny |date=March 2001 |website=[[Game Revolution]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609180025/http://www.game-revolution.com/games/dreamcast/action/unreal_tournament.htm |archive-date=June 9, 2001 |access-date=September 5, 2017}}</ref>
| GameFan = PC: 95/100<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.gamefan.com/repre.asp?g=859&t=r | title=Unreal Tournament Review | magazine=[[GameFan]] | access-date=October 17, 2016 | author=Howarth, Robert | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000619042404/http://www.gamefan.com/repre.asp?g=859&t=r | archive-date=June 19, 2000}}</ref>
| GRadar = PS2: 69%<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamesradar.com/reviews/default.asp?articleid=59728&pagetype=2&subsectionid=166 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020528174422/http://www.gamesradar.com/reviews/default.asp?articleid=59728&pagetype=2&subsectionid=166 |archive-date=May 28, 2002 |title=Unreal Tournament |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |date=February 5, 2001 |access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref>
| GamePro = PC: 4.5/5<ref name=GPro>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/3569.shtml|title=Unreal Tournament Review|magazine=[[GamePro]]|publisher=[[International Data Group]]|date=January 1, 2000|access-date=July 4, 2015|first=Nash|last=Werner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906202151/http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/3569.shtml|archive-date=September 6, 2004}}</ref><br/>PS2: 4.5/5<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.gamepro.com:80/sony/ps2/games/reviews/7159.shtml |title=Unreal Tournament Review |author=The D-Pad Destroyer |date=October 26, 2000 |magazine=[[GamePro]] |publisher=[[International Data Group]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041031081857/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/7159.shtml |archive-date=October 31, 2004  |access-date=August 29, 2017}}</ref>
| GSpot = PC: 9.5/10<ref name="GameSpot review">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/unreal-tournament-review/1900-2531737/ |title=PC Unreal Tournament Review |website=[[GameSpot]] |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |access-date=May 4, 2008 |date=December 9, 1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029012955/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/unreal-tournament-review/1900-2531737/ |archive-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref><br/>PS2: 8.2/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/unreal-tournament-review/1900-2644360/ |title=PS2 Unreal Tournament Review |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=October 24, 2000 |website=[[GameSpot]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315044842/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/unreal-tournament-review/1900-2644360/ |archive-date=March 15, 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref><br/>SDC: 9.4/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/unreal-tournament-review/1900-2696487/ |title=Dreamcast Unreal Tournament Review |last=Fielder |first=Joe |date=March 14, 2001 |website=[[GameSpot]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310225225/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/unreal-tournament-review/1900-2696487/ |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref>
| GSpy = PC: 94/100<ref name="Gamespy review">{{cite web | url = http://archive.gamespy.com/legacy/reviews/unrealtournament_a.shtm | author = Fargo | title = Unreal Tournament review for the PC. The Next Logical Step in First-Person Action Gaming | publisher = [[GameSpy]] | access-date = May 4, 2008 | date = December 1, 1999 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040604132012/http://archive.gamespy.com/legacy/reviews/unrealtournament_a.shtm | archive-date= June 4, 2004}}</ref><br/>PS2: 77%<ref name="GSpyPS2"/><br/>SDC: 8/10<ref name=GSpyDC/>
| IGN = PC: 9.6/10<ref name="IGNPC">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/12/07/unreal-tournament-6 |title=Unreal Tournament Review. Epic brings the first-person multiplayer game as close to perfection as it's likely to get |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=May 4, 2008 |date=December 6, 1999 |author=IGN Staff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826014451/http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/12/07/unreal-tournament-6 |archive-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref><br/>MAC: 9.6/10<ref name="IGNMac">{{cite web|author1=Rick Sanchez|title=Unreal Tournament|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2002/06/10/unreal-tournament|website=IGN|access-date=October 8, 2016|date=June 10, 2002}}</ref><br/>PS2: 8.4/10<ref name="IGNPS2">{{cite web|title=Unreal Tournament|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2000/10/23/unreal-tournament-2|website=IGN|access-date=October 8, 2016|date=October 23, 2000|author=David Smith}}</ref><br/>SDC: 9.4/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/13/unreal-tournament-4 |title=Unreal Tournament Review |date=March 12, 2001 |website=[[IGN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901132252/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/13/unreal-tournament-4 |archive-date=September 1, 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=September 1, 2017}}</ref>
| MaxPC = PC: 9/10<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygEAAAAAMBAJ | title=Unreal Tournament Review | publisher=[[Future US]] | date=February 2000 | access-date=October 17, 2016 | author=Norem, Josh | journal=[[Maximum PC]] | issue=Feb 2000 | page=87}}</ref>
| NGen = PC: 4/5<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=DeFore |first=Buck |title=Unreal Tournament Review |url=https://archive.org/stream/NextGen57Sep1999/NextGen_57_Sep_1999#page/n93/mode/2up |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]] |volume=2 |issue=1|date=September 1999 |pages=90–91 |access-date=September 5, 2017}}</ref><br/>PS2: 3/5<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Preston |first=Jim |title=Unreal Tournament Review |url=https://archive.org/stream/NextGen73Jan2001/NextGen_73_Jan_2001#page/n81/mode/1up |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]] |volume=3 |issue=January 2001 |page=80 |access-date=September 5, 2017}}</ref><br/>SDC: 4/5<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Barber |first=Chester |title=Unreal Tournament Review |url=https://archive.org/stream/NextGen78Jun2001/NextGen_78_Jun_2001#page/n87/mode/1up |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]] |volume=3 |issue=June 2001 |page=86 |access-date=September 5, 2017}}</ref>
| PCGUK = PC: 92/100<ref name=PCGUK>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=1935|title=Unreal Tournament Review. Single-or multi-player? Epic finally solve the age-old question and discover that there's really no difference at all|work=[[PC Gamer]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=October 1999|access-date=September 14, 2015|first=Matthew|last=Pierce|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001202205900/http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=1935|archive-date=December 2, 2000}}</ref>
| PCGUS = PC: 90/100<ref name=PCGUS>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/archives/review_2000-08-14bc.html|title=Unreal Tournament Review — Sick of the same old first-person shooter? Then welcome to the future of the genre!|work=[[PC Gamer US]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=August 14, 2000|access-date=July 4, 2015|first=Dan|last=Egger|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020526174043/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/archives/review_2000-08-14bc.html|archive-date=May 26, 2002}}</ref>
| PCPP = PC: 94/100<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Unreal Tournament Review |url=https://archive.org/stream/PCPowerplay-045-2000-02#page/n59/mode/2up |magazine=[[PC PowerPlay]] |last=Brading |first=Elih |publisher=Next Publishing Pty Ltd |issue=45 |pages=60–62 |access-date=August 26, 2017}}</ref>
| PCZone = PC: 90/100<ref name=PCZone>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[PC Zone]]|publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]]|issue=81|date=October 1999|pages=66–69|title=Unreal Tournament|issn=0967-8220|url=https://archive.org/stream/PC_Zone_Issue_081_1999-10_Dennis_Publishing_GB#page/n65/mode/2up|access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref>
| XPlay = SDC: {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Urbanek |first=AM |url=http://www.techtv.com/products/games/story/0,23008,3314601,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010312171111/http://www.techtv.com/products/games/story/0,23008,3314601,00.html |archive-date=2001-03-12 |title=Unreal Tournament (DC) Review |publisher=[[TechTV]] |date=2001-03-07 |access-date=2021-05-13}}</ref>
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| CGSP = PC: {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=CGM>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/024/181/unrealt_review.html|title=Unreal Tournament Review|work=[[Computer Games Magazine]]|publisher=[[theGlobe.com]]|date=December 10, 1999|access-date=July 4, 2015|first=Dave|last=Perkins|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030617155501/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/024/181/unrealt_review.html|archive-date=June 17, 2003}}</ref>
| EPD = PC: 10/10<ref name=EP>{{cite web|url=http://www.elecplay.com/reviews_article.php?article=1709|title=Unreal Tournament will exceed all your expectations|publisher=[[EP Daily|The Electric Playground]]|access-date=July 4, 2015|first=Tom|last=Ham|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050604075028/http://www.elecplay.com/reviews_article.php?article=1709|archive-date=June 4, 2005}}</ref><br/>PS2: 3/10<ref name="elecps2">{{Cite web |url=http://elecplay.com:80/reviews_article.php?article=4324 |title=Unreal Tournament Review |last=Pavlacka |first=Adam |website=[[The Electric Playground]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050416035809/http://elecplay.com/reviews_article.php?article=4324 |archive-date=April 16, 2005  |access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref><br/>SDC: 9.5/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://elecplay.com:80/reviews_article.php?article=5380 |title=Unreal Tournament Review |last=MacIsaac |first=Jason |website=[[The Electric Playground]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050417012030/http://elecplay.com/reviews_article.php?article=5380 |archive-date=April 17, 2005  |access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''Gamezilla''
| rev1Score = PS2: 86%<ref name="GZPS2">{{cite web|author1=Mitch Eatough |title=Unreal Tournament |url=http://www.gamezilla.com/reviews/u/unrealtournps2.asp |website=Gamezilla |access-date=October 8, 2016 |date=March 3, 2001 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303102857/http://www.gamezilla.com/reviews/u/unrealtournps2.asp |archive-date=March 3, 2001}}</ref><br/>SDC: 87%<ref name="GZDC">{{cite web|author1=Gavin Zimmerman |title=Unreal Tournament |url=http://gamezilla.com/reviews/u/unrealsdc.asp |website=Gamezilla |access-date=October 8, 2016 |date=April 12, 2001 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413033923/http://gamezilla.com/reviews/u/unrealsdc.asp |archive-date=April 13, 2001}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Happy Puppy]]''
| rev2Score = MAC: 9/10<ref name="HPMac">{{cite web|author1=Matthew Lee |title=Unreal Tournament |url=http://www.happypuppy.com/mac/reviews/unrealtour-mac-1.html |website=Happy Puppy |access-date=October 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818044510/http://www.happypuppy.com/mac/reviews/unrealtour-mac-1.html |archive-date=August 18, 2000 |date=February 10, 2000}}</ref><br/>SDC: 8/10<ref name="HPDC">{{cite web|author1=Mike Nam |title=Unreal Tournament |url=http://www.happypuppy.com/dc/reviews/unrealtour-dc-1.html |website=Happy Puppy |access-date=October 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010610052749/http://www.happypuppy.com/dc/reviews/unrealtour-dc-1.html |archive-date=June 10, 2001 |date=April 4, 2001}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Inside Mac Games]]''
| rev3Score = MAC: 9/10<ref name="IMG">{{cite web|author1=Michael Eilers |title=Unreal Tournament |url=http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=33 |website=Inside Mac Games |access-date=October 8, 2016 |date=April 6, 2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010003701/http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=33 |archive-date=October 10, 2016}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''Dreamcast Magazine'' (UK)
| rev4Score = SDC: 87%<ref name=DCMag>{{cite magazine|magazine=Dreamcast Magazine|publisher=Paragon Publishing|pages=50–55|date=June 2002|issue=34|url=https://archive.org/stream/Dreamcast_Magazine_No_34_2002-06_Paragon_Publishing_GB#page/n49/mode/2up|access-date=October 8, 2016|title=Unreal Tournament|author=Martin Mathers|issn=1466-2388}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]''
| rev5Score = SDC: {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="maxim">{{Cite web |url=http://www.maximonline.com/articles/review_videogames.asp?videogame_id=900 |title=Unreal Tournament Review |last=Steinberg |first=Scott |website=[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011229082115/http://www.maximonline.com/articles/review_videogames.asp?videogame_id=900 |archive-date=December 29, 2001 |access-date=November 23, 2017}}</ref>
| MW = MAC: 4.5/5<ref name="macworld">{{Cite magazine |last=Breen |first=Christopher |title=Unreal Tournament |url=https://archive.org/details/eu_Macworld-2000-05-INT_OCR/page/n47/mode/2up |magazine=[[Macworld]] |issue=May 2000 |page=46 |access-date=July 2, 2020}}</ref>
| CNG = PC: 10/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-3478,00.html |title=Unreal Tournament Review |website=[[CNET]] |date=December 2, 1999 |access-date=October 17, 2016 |author=Chick, Tom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815094600/http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0%2C6%2C0-3478%2C00.html |archive-date=August 15, 2000}}</ref>
| PCA = PC: 10/10<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Unreal Tournament Review |url=https://archive.org/stream/PCXL18Feb2000/PCXL_18_Feb_2000#page/n63/mode/2up |magazine=[[PC Accelerator]] |last=Ham |first=Tom |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |issue=February 2000 |pages=62–63 |access-date=August 26, 2017}}</ref>
|GR=PC: 94%<ref name="Archived GameRankings">{{cite web |title=Unreal Tournament |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/191945-unreal-tournament/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224163549/http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/191945-unreal-tournament/index.html |archive-date=24 December 2010 |website=GameRankings |access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>}}

In the United States alone, ''Unreal Tournament'' sold 100,998 copies by the end of 1999, according to [[PC Data]].<ref name=pcgsales3>{{cite magazine|author=Staff|date=April 2000|volume=7|issue=4|title=''PC Gamer'' Editors' Choice Winners: Does Quality Matter?|magazine=[[PC Gamer US]]|page=33}}</ref> The game's sales in the country reached 128,766 copies, for revenues of $5.42 million, by early 2000. This placed it behind competitor ''[[Quake III: Arena]]'' over the same period.<ref name=128k>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010112165200/http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,78,0-3868,00.html | url=http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,78,0-3868,00.html | title=Game Spin: Daika-X-Box | author=Asher, Mark | date=March 10, 2000 | work=[[CNET Gamecenter]] | archive-date=January 12, 2001}}</ref> From January through October 2000, ''Unreal Tournament'' sold 234,451 units and earned $8.94 million in the region.<ref name=qt3sales>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010202214600/http://www.quartertothree.com/features/pcdata_top_10/years_bestsellers.shtml | url=http://www.quartertothree.com:80/features/pcdata_top_10/years_bestsellers.shtml | title=The Year's Ten Best-Selling Games | author1=Asher, Mark | author2=Chick, Tom | author-link2=Tom Chick | work=Quarter to Three | archive-date=February 2, 2001 | access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref> The game ultimately received a "Silver" sales award from the [[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] (ELSPA),<ref name=silverelspa>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221154943/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3942 |url=http://www.elspa.com:80/?i=3942 |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Silver |work=[[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] |archive-date=February 21, 2009}}</ref> indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom.<ref name=gamasutrasales>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063107/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |title=ELSPA: ''Wii Fit'', ''Mario Kart'' Reach Diamond Status In UK | author=Caoili, Eric | date=November 26, 2008 |work=[[Gamasutra]] |archive-date=September 18, 2017}}</ref> By November 2001, ''Unreal Tournament''{{'}}s total sales were close to 2 million units.<ref name="infiltration"/>

Upon its release, ''Unreal Tournament'' received universal acclaim from critics, earning an overall score of 92 out of 100 on aggregate review website [[Metacritic]].<ref name="Metacritic score (PC)"/> Similarly, ''Unreal Tournament'' earned an overall score of 94% on the video gaming review aggregator [[GameRankings]].<ref name="Archived GameRankings"/> Mainstream press reviews lauded the title for its graphics, gameplay and level design, with ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' calling it "a technical and game-playing marvel".<ref name="CVG"/> In March 2000, ''Unreal Tournament'' was second on a list of best-selling games in ''Computer Dealer News'' trade magazine,<ref>{{Cite news | title = Off the Shelf Best Selling Titles. | newspaper = Computer Dealer News| page = 43 | date = March 10, 2000}}</ref> but the development team believed sales would have been higher if the game was released in October 1999.<ref name=PM/>

[[Jeff Gerstmann]] of ''[[GameSpot]]'' praised the graphics, multiplayer gameplay, weapons, and level design.<ref name="GameSpot review"/> The game was similarly reviewed by ''[[GameSpy]]'', who stated that the title raised the bar for first person multiplayer games.<ref name="Gamespy review"/> British magazine ''[[PC Zone]]'' was pleased with the "very intelligent" bots, but criticized the "truly terrible" music.<ref name=PCZone/> ''[[AllGame]]'' complimented the addictiveness of Assault mode, and the game's replay value, calling it "a glowing, shining beacon in a sea of multi-player games".<ref name=AllGame/> ''Computer and Video Games'' found the game to have an "excellent" single-player mode, adding that with an average AI skill the player will "progress with little serious effort, taking a thrilling ride through spectacularly atmospheric levels and increasing numbers of opponents".<ref name=CVG/> ''[[Eurogamer]]'' echoed that sentiment, and commented that the game is playable on low-end systems.<ref name=EG/>

Writing for ''[[GamePro]]'', Nash Werner said the multiplayer flexibility was "immense", adding that mutators like low gravity, Sniper Arena and Chainsaw Melee "change everything about the way deathmatch is played".<ref name=GPro/> ''[[Game Revolution]]'' agreed and praised the bots and maps, although it complained that player models were not particularly varied and that the game was not "as visually appealing as the original ''Unreal''".<ref name="GameRev"/> ''[[IGN]]'' stated that ''Unreal Tournament'' received the highest ever score at the time of their review, describing the game as nearly flawless.<ref name=IGNPC/> British magazine ''[[PC Gamer]]'' complimented the artificial intelligence,<ref name=PCGUK/> and its American counterpart did the same to the game's "gorgeous" graphics and "incredible" editing tools.<ref name=PCGUS/> ''[[Computer Games Strategy Plus]]'' described the artificial intelligence as "outstanding", and commented that the Domination and Assault modes add interest.<ref name=CGM/> ''[[The Electric Playground]]'', who rated the game 10 out of 10, praised the "innovative" level design,<ref name=EP/> while ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' gave it five stars out of five, saying that ''Unreal Tournament'' redeemed both Epic and the ''Unreal'' franchise to action gamers.<ref name="cwgreview"/>

The Macintosh version of ''Unreal Tournament'' was equally praised. ''IGN'' enjoyed the "perfect" gameplay and multiplayer options, but criticized the high system requirements and the user interface. Nevertheless, the game was described as "the must have title" for Mac.<ref name=IGNMac/> [[Happy Puppy]] described the game as "king of deathmatch" due to its "incredible value" gaming and "amazing" variety.<ref name=HPMac/> ''[[Inside Mac Games]]'' praised the replay value, but criticized the high system requirements.<ref name=IMG/> In December 1999, ''Unreal Tournament'' was inducted into the ''[[Macworld]]'' Hall of Fame.<ref name="macworld"/>

Reviewing the Dreamcast version, ''Gamezilla'' complimented the sound, but criticized the graphics and lack of a plot.<ref name=GZDC/> Happy Puppy described the game as "intensely fun", but criticized the "mediocre" sound.<ref name=HPDC/> ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' criticized the lack of Assault mode.<ref name=EdgeDC/> The British ''Dreamcast Magazine'' (not to be confused with the [[Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK magazine)|''Official Dreamcast Magazine'']] or ''[[DC-UK]]'') was ambivalent to the port's gameplay, visuals and sounds, noting its "blasting" action and the removal of online multiplayer from the European version of the game.<ref name=DCMag/> ''GameSpy'' cited both slow framerate speeds and low sound quality as problems with the Dreamcast version.<ref name=GSpyDC>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/unrealtournament/index2.shtml|title=Unreal Tournament Review|publisher=[[GameSpy]]|date=2001|access-date=August 8, 2016|author=Raptor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010417180433/http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/unrealtournament/index2.shtml|archive-date=April 17, 2001}}</ref> Scott Steinberg of ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' rated the game 4 out of 5 stars, labeling it as a "stone-cold killer" that "runs like [[Carl Lewis]] on a [[Jolt Cola]] binge" while noting its "surprisingly workable" standard game pad controls.<ref name="maxim"/>

The [[PlayStation 2]] release did not fare as well as the PC and Dreamcast versions.<ref name="Metacritic score (PS2)"/> ''GameSpy'' criticized the graphics of the PS2 version, calling it "uninspired".<ref name="GSpyPS2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.planetps2.com:80/features/reviews/nov00/unrealtournament/ |title=Unreal Tournament Review (PS2) |date=November 22, 2000 |website=[[GameSpy]] |author=Jamie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021003062034/http://www.planetps2.com/features/reviews/nov00/unrealtournament/ |archive-date=October 3, 2002 |access-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref> Its conclusion said about sluggish gameplay, somewhat washed out colors and textures.<ref name="GSpyPS2"/> ''IGN'' praised the replayability, and stated that the sound is faithful to the PC version.<ref name=IGNPS2/> Gamezilla criticized the PlayStation 2 version's lack of multiplayer support compared to the PC version along with ''[[Game Informer]]'',<ref name=GZPS2/> who said despite its flaws, the game "holds its own as one of the best FPSs out there".<ref name="GI"/> On the other hand, the port scored 3 out of 10 in the television show ''The Electric Playground'', with the reviewer lauding the audio and graphics but feeling that the controls could have been better implemented.<ref name="elecps2"/>

In addition to receiving ''Eurogamer''{{'s}} first-ever perfect score, ''Unreal Tournament'' was named by the site one of the best games of 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2000_1 |title=Games Of The Year 1999 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |date=December 27, 1999 |access-date=October 14, 2016 |first=John |last=Bye |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018212431/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2000_1 |archive-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> Launch editor John Bye chose the shooter as the game of the past decade (1999–2009) and said: "''Unreal Tournament'' is one of the few games in the early days of Eurogamer that I kept going back to months after I'd finished reviewing it, a game that I played to unwind after a long day playing other games. Whether it was trying to break the one-minute barrier in the speed running mayhem of Assault mode, battling back and forth amongst the alleyways of Domination, or dropping shrapnel shells at people's feet with the wonderfully chunky flak cannon in a fast and furious free-for-all deathmatch, ''Unreal Tournament'' was an endless source of entertainment".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/eurogamer-editors-games-of-the-decade-article |title=Eurogamer Editors' Games of the Decade |website=[[Eurogamer]] |date=September 4, 2009 |access-date=October 14, 2016 |author=Eurogamer staff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018215512/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/eurogamer-editors-games-of-the-decade-article |archive-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> In 2004, ''Unreal Tournament'' was inducted into the ''Computer Gaming World'' Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Hall of Fame |url=https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_243#page/n73/mode/2up |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=October 2004 |issue=243 |page=66 |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_243 |archive-date=March 18, 2017 |url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref> ''Unreal Tournament'' was a nominee for ''[[PC Gamer|PC Gamer US]]''{{'}}s 1999 "Best Action Game" and "Best Multiplayer Game" awards, which went to ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear]]'' and ''[[Team Fortress Classic]]'', respectively. They called it "a brilliant multiplayer game that blew its main rival ''Quake III'' away with awesome bots, graphics, game types and online functionality".<ref name=pcgamerusawards1999>{{cite journal | date=March 2000 | title=The Sixth Annual ''PC Gamer'' Awards | volume=7 | number=3 | pages=46, 47, 49, 50, 54–56, 60, 62 | journal=[[PC Gamer US]] | author=Staff}}</ref> ''Unreal Tournament'' was named as a finalist by the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]]", "Computer Game of the Year", "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Action Game of the Year|Computer Action Game of the Year]]", and won "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement|Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering]]" at the [[3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]].<ref name="AIAS_GOTY" /><ref name="AIAS_PC" /><ref name="AIAS_Craft" /> The Dreamcast version ''Unreal Tournament'' was a finalist for "11th Annual ''GamePro'' Readers' Choice Awards" for "Best Combat Game of The Year", but lost to ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' for [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=11th Annual Gamepro Readers' Choice Awards|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=161|publisher=[[International Data Group]]|date=February 2002|pages=44–45}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Readers' Choice: Your Best of 2001|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=166|publisher=[[International Data Group]]|date=July 2002|pages=42–43}}</ref>

In 2011, [[G4 (American TV channel)|G4tv]] included two maps from this game, [[Facing Worlds]] and DM-Deck 16, in its list of the "Most Influential FPS Multiplayer Maps Ever".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/719258/10-of-the-most-influential-fps-multiplayer-maps-ever/ |title=10 Of The Most Influential FPS Multiplayer Maps Ever |publisher=[[G4 (American TV channel)|G4tv]] |date=December 19, 2011 |access-date=October 15, 2016 |author=Scimeca, Dennis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019010246/http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/719258/10-of-the-most-influential-fps-multiplayer-maps-ever/ |archive-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref> In 2013, ''PC Gamer'' labeled the Flak Cannon the greatest gun in PC gaming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/why-the-flak-cannon-is-the-greatest-gun-in-pc-gaming/ |title=Why the Flak Cannon is the greatest gun in PC gaming |publisher=[[Future plc]] |work=[[PC Gamer]] |date=May 4, 2013 |access-date=October 15, 2016 |author=Lahti, Evan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018213115/http://www.pcgamer.com/why-the-flak-cannon-is-the-greatest-gun-in-pc-gaming/ |archive-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> In 2014, ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' magazine placed ''Unreal Tournament'' as number three on its list of "The 50 Best First Person Shooters Of All Time",<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://uk.complex.com/pop-culture/the-50-best-first-person-shooters-of-all-time_563321/ |title=The 50 Best First Person Shooters Of All Time |magazine=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=April 8, 2014 |access-date=October 14, 2016 |author1=Hester, Larry |author2=Freedman, Andrew |author3=Rubin, Peter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019002509/http://uk.complex.com/pop-culture/the-50-best-first-person-shooters-of-all-time_563321/ |archive-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref> while ''[[Moviepilot]]'' placed it as number two on its list of "The 7 Most Influential Video Games Ever".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moviepilot.com/posts/2367181 |title=Unreal Tournament, Street Fighter & Mario: The 7 Most Influential Video Games EVER! |publisher=[[Moviepilot]] |date=October 21, 2014 |access-date=October 15, 2016 |author=Horton, Tim |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018220613/http://moviepilot.com/posts/2367181 |archive-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> In November 2014, ''[[Kotaku]]'' named Facing Worlds the best multiplayer map.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/unreal-tournament-s-facing-worlds-is-still-the-best-mul-1659822174 |title=Unreal Tournament's 'Facing Worlds' Is Still The Best Multiplayer Map (originally published on November 24, 2014) |publisher=[[Gawker Media]] |work=[[Kotaku]] |date=September 3, 2016 |access-date=October 15, 2016 |author=Wong, Kevin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018211142/http://kotaku.com/unreal-tournament-s-facing-worlds-is-still-the-best-mul-1659822174 |archive-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> In January 2016, [[Red Bull]] labeled Facing Worlds one of the 10 greatest FPS multiplayer levels of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redbull.com/en/games/stories/1331770502287/the-10-greatest-fps-multiplayer-levels-of-all-time |title=The 10 greatest FPS multiplayer levels of all time |publisher=[[Red Bull]] |date=January 14, 2016 |access-date=October 15, 2016 |author=Partridge, Jon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018212626/http://www.redbull.com/en/games/stories/1331770502287/the-10-greatest-fps-multiplayer-levels-of-all-time |archive-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> In July 2016, the game was ranked number 20 on ''[[Bit-Tech]]''{{'s}} The 50 Best PC Games of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2016/07/22/50-best-pc-games-4/1 |title=The 50 Best PC Games of All Time: Part Four |publisher=[[bit-tech]] |date=July 22, 2016 |access-date=October 15, 2016 |author=Rick Lane |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018212852/http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2016/07/22/50-best-pc-games-4/1 |archive-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref>

=== Awards ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | List of awards and nominations
|-
! Publication !! Category !! Result !! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Computer Gaming World]]''
| Game of the Year
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="cgw">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_188#page/n73/mode/2up |title=Game of The Year Unreal Tournament |issue=188 |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=March 2000 |access-date=October 18, 2015 |pages=70–71 |issn=0744-6667 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_188 |archive-date=March 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_188#page/n91/mode/1up |title=Best Level Design Unreal Tournament |issue=188 |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=March 2000 |access-date=October 8, 2016 |page=88 |issn=0744-6667 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_188 |archive-date=March 18, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Best Level Design
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[GameSpy]]''
| Game of the Year
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/articles/99gameofyear_a.shtm|title=The GameSpy 1999 Game of the Year: Unreal Tournament|publisher=[[GameSpy]]|access-date=September 14, 2015|author=The GameSpy Staff|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810164814/http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/articles/99gameofyear_a.shtm|archive-date=August 10, 2002}}</ref>
|-
| Special Achievement in Artificial Intelligence
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/articles/99reviewSpecial_b.shtm|title=The GameSpy Best of 1999: Special Awards|publisher=[[GameSpy]]|access-date=October 31, 2015|author=The GameSpy Staff|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017183751/http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/articles/99reviewSpecial_b.shtm|archive-date=October 17, 2002}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="8" | ''[[GameSpot]]''
| Action Game of the Year
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999/p3_01a.html|title=The Best & Worst of 1999: Action Game of the Year|work=[[GameSpot]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=September 14, 2015|author=GameSpot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010802141433/http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999/p3_01a.html|archive-date=August 2, 2001}}</ref>
|-
| Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999readers/page11.html|title=GameSpot's 1999 Readers' Choice Awards: Game of the Year|work=[[GameSpot]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=October 12, 2016|author=GameSpot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510193807/http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999readers/page11.html|archive-date=May 10, 2000}}</ref>
|-
| Action Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/1999readers/page2.html|title=GameSpot's 1999 Readers' Choice Awards: Action Game of the Year|work=[[GameSpot]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=March 23, 2017|author=GameSpot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510203134/http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999readers/page2.html|archive-date=May 10, 2000}}</ref>
|-
| Game of the Year
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/1999/p4_01.html |title=The Best & Worst of 1999: Game of the Year nominees |website=[[GameSpot]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010801154556/http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999/p4_01.html |archive-date=August 1, 2001 |access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Best Multiplayer Game
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/1999/p2_06.html |title=The Best & Worst of 1999: Best Multiplayer Game |website=[[GameSpot]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010322221358/http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999/p2_06.html |archive-date=March 22, 2001 |access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Best Graphics, Artistic Design
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/1999/p2_05.html |title=The Best & Worst of 1999: Best Graphics, Artistic Design |website=[[GameSpot]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010610185353/http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999/p2_05.html |archive-date=June 10, 2001 |access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Best Shooting Game (Console)
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=bestworst2000>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213041653/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/ | url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/ | title=Best and Worst of 2000 | author=''GameSpot'' Staff | date=January 5, 2001 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=February 13, 2002}}</ref>
|-
| Best Dreamcast Game
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=bestworst2001>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803185618/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2001/ | url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2001/ | title=''GameSpot''{{'}}s Best and Worst Video Games of 2001 | author=''GameSpot VG'' Staff | date=February 23, 2002 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=August 3, 2002}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]]<br />([[3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]])
| [[D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AIAS_GOTY">{{cite web |title=Third Interactive Achievement Awards - Game of the Year |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_titleofyear.html |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011211428/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_titleofyear.html |archive-date=October 11, 2000}}</ref><ref name="AIAS_PC">{{cite web |title=Third Interactive Achievement Awards - Personal Computer |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |website=Interactive.org |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=28 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011204415/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |archive-date=October 11, 2000}}</ref><ref name="AIAS_Craft">{{cite web |title=Third Interactive Achievement Awards - Craft Award |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011155820/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |archive-date=October 11, 2000}}</ref>
|-
| Computer Game of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[D.I.C.E. Award for Action Game of the Year|Computer Action Game of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement|Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''[[CNET]]''
| PC Game of the Year
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gamecenter.com:80/Features/Exclusives/Awards99/ss02y.html |title=The Gamecenter Awards for 1999: PC Game of the Year nominees |website=[[CNET]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000301052125/http://gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards99/ss02y.html |archive-date=March 1, 2000  |access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Action Game of the Year
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamecenter.com:80/Features/Exclusives/Awards99/ss02.html |title=The Gamecenter Awards for 1999: Action of the Year nominees |website=[[CNET]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000301104534/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards99/ss02.html |archive-date=March 1, 2000  |access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Multiplayer Game of the Year
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards99/ss02j.html|title=The Gamecenter Awards for 1999: Multiplayer Game of the Year|website=[[CNET]]|access-date=September 14, 2015|author=CNET|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000302081007/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards99/ss02j.html|archive-date=March 2, 2000}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" | ''[[Game Revolution]]''
| Best Online PC Game
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.game-revolution.com:80/articles/awards/pc-awards.htm |title=Best PC Games of 1999 |website=[[Game Revolution]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000301032352/http://www.game-revolution.com/articles/awards/pc-awards.htm |archive-date=March 1, 2000 |access-date=October 30, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" | ''[[Games Domain]]''
| Action Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamesdomain.com:80/gdreview/awards99/winners.html |title=GDR Readers' Awards |website=[[Games Domain]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000417152031/http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/awards99/winners.html |archive-date=April 17, 2000  |access-date=November 23, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Daily Radar]]''
| Best PC Game
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyradar.com/awardasaurus/bestpcconsole.html|title=1999 Awardasaurus for The Best and Worst in Games, Movies and Television|website=[[Daily Radar]]|access-date=October 12, 2016|author=Daily Radar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816000850/http://www.dailyradar.com/awardasaurus/bestpcconsole.html|archive-date=August 16, 2000}}</ref>
|-
| Game of the Year
| {{won|place=silver|Runner-up}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="dailygoty">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailyradar.com:80/awardasaurus/gameoftheyear.html |title=1999 Awardasaurus for The Best and Worst in Games, Movies and Television |website=[[Daily Radar]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818053806/http://www.dailyradar.com/awardasaurus/gameoftheyear.html |archive-date=August 18, 2000 |access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
| {{won|place=silver|Runner-up}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="dailygoty"/>
|-
| rowspan="1" | ''[[Macworld]]''
| Best Network Shooter for the Mac
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="macworld"/>
|-
| rowspan="1" | ''[[GameStar]]''
| Multiplayer Game of the Year
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.golem.de/0002/6119.html|title=GameStar kürt die besten Computerspiele von '99|publisher=golem.de|date=February 4, 2000|access-date=October 10, 2016|first=Christian|last=Klaß|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010133604/http://www.golem.de/0002/6119.html|archive-date=October 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" | ''[[:de:PC Player|PC Player]]''
| Best First Person Shooter
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-01/PC_Player_2000_01#page/n49/mode/2up|title=Bester Ego-Shooter Unreal Tournament|issue=1/2000|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=January 2000|access-date=October 8, 2016|author=PC Player|magazine=Pc-Player das Testmagazin Für Pc-Spiele: Klar, Kritisch, Kompetent|language=de|issn=0943-6693|page=74}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[PC Zone]]''
| Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Reader Awards 2000 |url=https://archive.org/stream/PC_Zone_Issue_090_2000-06_Dennis_Publishing_GB#page/n48/mode/1up |magazine=[[PC Zone]] |author=PC Zone|issue=90 |page=49 |access-date=August 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Reader Awards 2000 |url=https://archive.org/stream/PC_Zone_Issue_090_2000-06_Dennis_Publishing_GB#page/n45/mode/1up |magazine=[[PC Zone]] |author=PC Zone|issue=90 |page=46 |access-date=August 29, 2017}}</ref>
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| First Person Action Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
| {{won}}
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| Game of the Millennium
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |last=PC Zone |title=Game of the Millennium |url=https://archive.org/stream/PC_Zone_Issue_86_February_2000#page/n63/mode/2up |magazine=[[PC Zone]] |edition=Special Millennium |issue=86 |page=67 |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_86_February_2000 |archive-date=April 20, 2015 |access-date=December 15, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

=== Player community ===
[[File:US Navy 021102-N-3235P-505 Crewmember assigned to the guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) play Unreal Tournament.jpg|thumb|250px|[[USS San Jacinto (CG-56)|USS ''San Jacinto'' (CG-56)]] crewmembers playing the game, 2002]]

Lead designer Cliff Bleszinski credited much of the game's success to its community. As he said in the November 2001 issue of ''[[Maximum PC]]'': "''Unreal Tournament'' would not have sold nearly two million copies if it did not have support from the community... We ship the very same tools that we used to build the game, and folks use these tools to realize their own visions of first-person action".<ref name="infiltration">{{Cite magazine |title=Infiltration |url=https://archive.org/stream/Maximum_PC_November_2001#page/n57/mode/2up |magazine=[[Maximum PC]] |author=Maximum PC|publisher=[[Future US]] |issue=November 2001 |page=58 |access-date=August 29, 2017}}</ref> Like ''Unreal'', ''Unreal Tournament'' is designed to be easily programmable and highly modularized.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ischool.pitt.edu/people/lewis/utsaf.pdf |title=UTSAF: A Multi-Agent-Based Software Bridge for Interoperability between Distributed Military and Commercial Gaming Simulation |publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh]] |work=Department of Information Sciences and Telecommunications |access-date=October 19, 2016 |author1=Prasithsangaree, Phongsak |author2=Manojlovich, Joseph |author3=Hughes, Stephen |author4=Lewis, Mike |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020042336/http://www.ischool.pitt.edu/people/lewis/utsaf.pdf |archive-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> Through its scripting environment [[UnrealScript]] and level editor [[UnrealEd]], developers are able to modify easily most parts of the game to both manipulate default game behavior and to supplement the game with their own [[Mod (video games)|mods]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wlv.openrepository.com/wlv/bitstream/2436/34653/2/CGAMES_06(a)_Davies+and+Mehdi.pdf |title=BDI for Intelligent Agents in Computer Games |publisher=[[University of Wolverhampton]] |work=School of Computing and Information Technology |access-date=October 19, 2016 |author=N.P.Davies & Q.H.Mehdi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020035948/http://wlv.openrepository.com/wlv/bitstream/2436/34653/2/CGAMES_06%28a%29_Davies%2Band%2BMehdi.pdf |archive-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1329&context=ese_papers |title=Human Behavior Models for Agents in Simulators and Games: Part II Gamebot Engineering with PMFserv |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania]] |work=Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering |date=April 1, 2006 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |author1=Silverman, Barry G. |author2=Bharathy, Gnana K. |author3=O'Brien, Kevin |author4=Cornwell, Jason |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020041350/http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1329&context=ese_papers |archive-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> These range from slight changes on some aspects of gameplay (such as map voting) to [[Mod (video games)#Total conversion|total conversions]]. One modification, ''ChaosUT'', became popular enough that it was included with the 'Game of the Year' edition of the game, while ''[[Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror]]'' was released as a stand-alone retail product.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOkDAAAAMBAJ&q=GameAxis+mark+rein&pg=PA1994|title=GameAxis Unwired|first=S. P. H.|last=Magazines|date=April 2005|page=13|access-date=October 7, 2016|publisher=SPH Magazines|via=Google Books}}</ref>

''Unreal Tournament'' was played at the [[World Cyber Games]] in 2001<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/WCG2001/wcg2001_overview.asp | title=WCG History – WCG 2001 | publisher=[[World Cyber Games]], Inc. | access-date=July 1, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528115952/http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2001/wcg2001_overview.asp | archive-date=May 28, 2013}}</ref> and 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/WCG2002/wcg2002_overview.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012225/http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/WCG2002/wcg2002_overview.asp|archive-date=December 3, 2013|title=WCG History – WCG 2002|publisher=[[World Cyber Games]], Inc.|access-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref>