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Earlier this year, the grand prize winning mod for the second Make Something Unreal contest was won by The Haunted: Hell's Reach team for their efforts in making a third-person horror-themed shooter. At the time the grand prize was awarded back in February the team announced plans to launch a stand alone commercial version of The Haunted but there's been little info since.

That is, until this week when the team released an impressive new gameplay trailer and new screenshots from the title. The multiplayer oriented game is scheduled to come out in 2001, according to the end of the trailer, and will apparently have a digital download release. While the game will have a single player mode there will also be support for four-player co-op, a "battle mode" with four human players versus four demons and more. You can check out the trailer after the jump:

The Ball, this year's overall runner up in the second Make Something Unreal mod contest, has been in development as a stand alone commercial game from its developer Teotl Studios. Today, it was announced that Tripwire Interactive would publish The Ball as both a downloadable and retail game later this fall. The commercial version of the game will be a six hour single player action-adventure game as you control a mysterious "ball" through a cavern filled with puzzled to solve and enemy creatures to fight. You can download a stand alone UDK version of The Ball here at Big Download.

Tripwire Interactive got its start by first winning the Make Something Unreal mod contest with the UT 2004 mod version of Red Orchestra. The developer released the mod as a stand alone game to great success and then turned another UT 2004 mod, Killing Floor, into another successful commercial game.

It was one of the finalists of the Make Something Unreal contest and now Toltec Studios, the makers of the Unreal Tournament 3 mod The Ball, are making a stand alone version of their first person action-puzzle game using the Unreal Development Kit. However, due to some business issues, the name of the development team had to be changed. So say hello to Teotl Studios.

The game's official web site has also revealed a new look for the game's mysterious character The King. We are promised that we will learn more about this being in the new commercial version. Meanwhile the site hints that an actual release date for The Ball might be announced soon.

The Haunted is a third-person horror survival total conversion mod for Unreal Tournament 3 and winner of the 2010 Make Something Unreal Contest. In it, up to four players can play cooperatively to survive against waves on oncoming demons. Other multiplayer game modes include a 4v4 Humans vs Demons mode and a survival mode where defeated humans return as demons. Visit the official website to learn more about the game. The complete readme file can be found after the jump.

"The Haunted is a fast paced third-person horror-action game with focus on a intense multiplayer experience that is all about making a stand and liberating cursed places from the minions of evil. The game features several multiplayer modes such as coop or demons .vs. humans where enemies are spawned and controlled by players. The outstanding visuals lay a perfect tone for the gameplay."

Download The Haunted v3 Mod (392 MB)
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It's been a long time since the contest started but this week Epic Games finally revealed the grand prize winners in their second Make Something Unreal mod contest. Using Unreal Tournament 3 as its basis, mod makers created games for the ultimate prize of $50,000 and more importantly a full Unreal Engine 3 license which would allow the mod team to release a full commercial game.

The grand prize winner turned out to be The Haunted, an impressive third person survival horror-style shooter. You can bet that a full stand alone version is in the works. Indeed many of the runners-up for the contest have already released stand alone demos via the Unreal Development Kit. You can check out the list of winners after the jump:

Epic Games' lengthy Unreal Tournament 3 based Make Something Unreal mod making contest is nearing its end. Today the developer announced the winners of the fourth and final phase of the contest in various catagories. The winner of the best first person shooter mod went to The Ball (winning ($10,000) with Prometheus getting the first runner up prize (winning $7,000). Both mods have been turned into small stand alone games via the Unreal Development Kit. The winner of the best non-FPS mod went to the zombie third third person shooter The Hunted which also won $10,000.

While the contest is no longer taking any more entries there's still one more part of the contest that will be awarded soon in Las Vegas (and we aren't talking about playing in a casino kingdom). That's the grand prize of the best overall mod where the winning mod team will get a $50,000 cash prize as well as access to a full commercial Unreal Engine 3 license. The winner and runner-ups will be announced at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas in February.

Epic Games continues to look for the best Unreal Tournament 3 mods with their ongoing Make Something Unreal Contest. Today the developer announced the winners of Phase 3 of the contest. The screenshot you see above is from the winning entry in the Best FPS Mod category. The The Ball: Teotl Mod is described as "an adventure that puts you in the boots of a geologist who gets stuck in a cavern and bumps onto an ancient and Mesoamerican complex holding a mysterious ball."

The Best Non-FPS Mod category winner went to The Haunted, a horror themed third person shooter which can be played in both single and multiplayer modes. The contest's official web site has a list of all the Phase 3 winners and their runners-up in all the categories. Phase 4 will begin soon and will be the last that mod teams can enter on their own. After Phase 4 is completed the top 12 mods will be chosen for the final phase of the contest. The Grand Prize winning mod will receive $50,000 and more importantly a full Unreal Engine 3 license.

If you own Unreal Tournament III you know that there are big things ahead for Epic Games' 2007 shooter title. There are plans for a massive patch adding a ton of new features along with plans for a new expansion for the game. Today Epic announced the winners of the second phase of their massive second edition of the Make Something Unreal mod contest. which uses UT 3 as its basis

The winners were named in a number of different catagories and all of the winners can be seen after the jump. The mods themselves can be downloaded at the Make Something Unreal web site. Phase three of the contest starts accepting submissions in April. Remember, the final grand prize winner of the contest will win a full Unreal Engine 3 license from Epic. In the meantime check out the video that showcases just some of the finalists in the contest.

Download the Make Something Unreal Phase 2 video at Big Download (284 MB)

Epic Games launched their second major "Make Something Unreal" mod making contest earlier this year and today the developer announced the Phase 1 winners of the contest in 10 categories. The contest used Epic's 2007 shooter Unreal Tournament 3 as its basis for creating the levels and mods. Each category has first through fifth place winners who receive $2,500, $2,000, $1,500, $1,000 and $500, respectively. In addition, the first place winners in the categories of Best Deathmatch Level, Best Capture the Flag Level, Best Vehicle Capture the Flag Level, Best New Game Type, and Best Character/Customization Pack will each receive a new PC built by Velocity Micro containing dual quad core Intel Core 2 Extreme processors.

This is just Phase 1 of the contest. Phase 2 entries will be accepted starting September 30 with the cut-off date being Oct. 17. Catagories in Phase 2 are Best Game Mod, Best New Character/Customization Pack, Best New Vehicle, Best Warfare Level, Best vCTF Level, Best Deathmatch or CTF Level, Best Machinima, Best Graphics in Map, and Best Use of Physics. Meanwhile you can check out the Phase 1 winners after the jump.