Everyone loves a pretty map. Here are the MSUC Phase 4 Finalists in the Best Graphics in Map category. (Pictured below are the three CBP3 maps)

• Best Graphics in Map Phase 4 Finalists:
• City_Domination
• CTF-Strand
• CTF-CBP3-Antediluvian
• CDom-CBP3- Saip
• DM_AfterInfection
• DM_Nano_Beta
• Planetstorm-Space_Ixion
• TH_Temple
• War_CBP3_midst
• War_Haunting_The_Chapel

• Best Graphics in Map Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:
• CDom-CBP3-Yarith
• vctf-electro
• The Ball
• Black Sierra
• Deadman's tales
• DM_Dust
• DM_Gamme
• DM_Necrosis
• JB-pagoda
• CDom-CBP3-Velocity

Make Something Unreal Contest Phase 4 Finalists in the "Best Art in a Game Mod" category have been announced!

• Best Art in a Game Mod Phase 4 Finalists:
• The Ball
• Crucible
• Renegade X
• PlanetStorm
• The Haunted
• Airborn
• Deadman's Tales
• UT3 Domination
• Archasis II
• Coda

• Best Art in a Game Mod Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:
• Killing Time UT2D
• Bailter Ray
• Jailbreak
• Boilerplate
• Prometheus
• Sanctum

Probably lots of people who learned that Epic wasn't bringing UE3 to the Wii platform figured that meant Epic would never be taking their engine outside the scope of the far-future, high density tech group or systems, however one of the editors over at Anandtech recently got together with Mark Rein and was shown a version of UE3 running on an iPod Touch 3G! Not only that, but the test build of this game seems to be based on UT3 and is absolutely the most amazing looking 3GS game I have ever seen. Take a look at the original story, as well as the screenshot reposts seen below...

Mark also mentioned that they were looking at other mobile platforms in the future, as well. Zune HD anyone?

If you ever encountered a problem where server in Favorites, History or main window show 9999 ping, then you might be interested to know how to fix this. Here's what a thread on UTForums recommends:

1. Some of my Favorites or History servers show as “9999”

Issue: This was the original issue from several weeks ago, which turned out to be the result of a UT3 game server being restarted using a new GameSpy account (OwningPlayerId), which causes all players who have previously added that game server under the old GameSpy account number to no longer be able to see it.

Resolution: Players must remove and re-add UT3 game servers from their Favorites that show as “9999” to requery the updated account number.

2. Some servers still show as “9999” in Favorites, History, and the main Servers list

Issue: This was the continuing issue encountered by cRaZyLaDy*SIG* despite having reinstalled UT3 and removed and re-added the problematic UT3 game servers from her Favorites list, which results from the game client being unable to issue ICMP pings to some game servers when run on operating systems that require Administrator privileges to do so (i.e., Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Linux).

Resolution: UT3 must be run as Administrator.

Rachel Cordone's award-winning UT3 modification has undergone a full move to the Unreal Development Kit platform and is available for free (yes free!) at Impulse. Word is that the UDK release allows for the quantum states to be 100% accurate in movement.

What this means to you is that if you don't have Unreal Tournament 3, you can still play Prometheus. If you have played Prometheus and loved it, you'll want to check out this version with the fixed quantum states. Finally, if you haven't given it a shot.. do it!