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Last week Epic Games updated Unreal Tournament III with both a new patch and a big new content update known as the Titan Pack. The updated game also made its way to Steam where Valve gave it a big 40 percent discount and let players check out the full game for free last weekend.

However there were reports on the Steam message boards that the amount of traffic generated by the free game weekend caused some Steam owners to have download issues with UT 3. While Valve has not officially mentioned these reported issues, today they seemed to throw some Steam owners a bone by announcing a second free weekend for UT 3 (beginning on Friday) and an extension of the Steam sale until Sunday, March 22. Valve did say that UT 3 rose to the number one spot on their list and that simultaneous player numbers have gone up over 2000 percent since the release of the new patch and Titan Pack.

February may be the shortest month of the year but it's turned out to be a huge one for PC gaming news. From the reveal of a long awaited sci-fi RPG sequel to the launch of a browser-based FPS to the delay of one of the most anticipated titles of the year, we were kept on our toes with lots of major and sometimes unexpected news.

Now that February is over we wanted to look back and remind both ourselves and you about what the big events of the month were like. You may disagree over some of our choices and that's OK. However all of the news items we picked will likely have effects, both big and small, that will be felt for a while.

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While Epic Games hasn't released a lot of public screenshots that show off the upcoming Titan Pack for Unreal Tournament III, they have set over a list of all the new maps that will be included in the free downloadable expansion for the 2007 shooter. The following info comes directly from Epic. Remember to check out our UT3 Titan Pack hands-on feature for more info.

Hostile (Warfare)
Many research vessels were lost in the early days of Na Pali exploration. When the terrain or local fauna proved to be too dangerous for recovery, equipment was often abandoned and forgotten. But when it was learned that the Necris had moved in to recover this equipment for their own purposes, the NEG dispatched military salvage units to reclaim their property.

Confrontation (Warfare)
Confrontation Canyon serves as a training ground for Axon forces, improving unit readiness by providing highly realistic, stressful training across the full spectrum of infantry and mechanized conflict. It is the premiere facility for heavy armor training, and all forces must complete courses here before assignment to a Leviathan unit.

It's been a long time since Epic Games released a new patch for their 2007 shooter Unreal Tournament III. However the developer is now working on what looks like a huge patch for the game. Fan site BeyondUnreal has posted up a massive change log for the patch which will include improved server browser features, AI bot improvements, the addition of demo recording and, for people who download the game via Steam, the addition of 57 Steam achievements.

There's no word yet on when the patch will be released, but BeyondUnreal also states that after the patch is sent out Epic plans to work on what they are calling the "Titan Pack" for the game. Epic's AI programmer Steve Polge states that the pack will be "substantially bigger than any bonus pack we've released in the past.". If you know the history of the Unreal Tournament franchise, you know that Epic has released huge free content updates for the previous games in the series. Last October, Epic's VP Mark Rein indicated that a big expansion for UT3 was indeed in the works.

[Via Blue's News]