The 2009 D.I.C.E. summit is going down this week in the always wonderful Las Vegas, and it is here that Epic Games announced the winners of Phase 2 of the $1 Million Intel Make Something Real Contest. The way it works is simple: make the best mods for Unreal Tournament III and get a ton of cash. In this portion of the contest, $70,000 in prizes have been rewarded to mod makers who place in the categories.
These mods will be showcased next month at the 2009 Game Developers Conference. And that’s a big deal if you think about it, as people that make these mods often get promoted to making games.
“Epic’s mod contest has provided benefits for both mod authors and the game industry alike,” said Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games, Inc. “Past winners have gone on to ship commercial games using the Unreal Engine, and several former members of the Unreal mod community have found jobs either with Epic or with companies licensing the Unreal Engine.”
If you’re wanting to get in on the action, you still have two more phases to enter into before the finals. Phase 3’s deadline is May 15th.
Below the jump you’ll find a list of the winners, and above is a video of some of the finalists.
The Best Game Mod winners are recognized as follows:
First place: Prometheus by Rachel “Angel Mapper” Cordone and Prometheus Project
https://www.fileplanet.com/193270/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Prometheus
Second place: The Haunted by Michael Hegemann and The Haunted team
https://www.fileplanet.com/192875/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—The-Haunted-Mod-v1.02
Third place: The Ball: Oztoc by Sjoerd “Hourences” De Jong and The Ball team
https://www.fileplanet.com/193016/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—The-Ball:-Oztoc
Fourth place: Angels Fall First: Planetstorm by Alex Drake and The Planetstorm Team
https://www.fileplanet.com/193254/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Angels-Fall-First:-Planetstorm
Fifth place: Snowreal by Michael Buettner
https://www.fileplanet.com/192445/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Snowreal-Mod
Winners of Best New Character or Customization Pack are:
First place: Xeno by Charles “EvilEngine” Jones
https://www.fileplanet.com/193071/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—UT3-Model-Xeno
Second place: Egyptian Warlord Amenophis by David Hagemann
https://www.fileplanet.com/193307/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Egyptian-Warlord-Amenophis
Third place: The Haunted by Michael Hegemann and The Haunted team
https://www.fileplanet.com/192875/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—The-Haunted-Mod-v1.02
Fourth place: RuneStorm Crusader by Arn Reichart
https://www.fileplanet.com/192639/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—RuneStorm-Crusader-v1.0
Fifth place: RuneStorm Skeleton Minion Characters by Arn Reichart
https://www.fileplanet.com/192690/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Skeleton-Minion-Characters
Winners of Best New Vehicle are:
First place: XS Harpy by Jochem “Xyx” van ‘t Hull
https://www.fileplanet.com/193333/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—XS-Harpy
Second place: Dispatcher by John Beswick
https://www.fileplanet.com/193349/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Dispatcher-vehicle-v1.1
Third place: Sturm Gunship (ULA) by Alex Drake and The Planetstorm Team
https://www.fileplanet.com/193254/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Angels-Fall-First:-Planetstorm
Fourth place: Coda Horse by Nathan “Denrei” Aschenbach
https://www.fileplanet.com/193385/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Coda-Mod
Fifth place: Lav III by John Beswick
https://www.fileplanet.com/193045/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Lav-III-vehicle-v1.0
Winners of Best New Vehicle CTF Level are:
First place: Apex by Neil Hodges
https://www.fileplanet.com/193132/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—VCTF-Apex
Second place: TrainCrossing by Nathaniel Rossol
https://www.fileplanet.com/193389/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—VCTF-TrainCrossing
Third place: Defection_SE by Scott Coxhead
https://www.fileplanet.com/192633/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—VCTF-Defection_SE
Fourth place: FrozenTomb by Robert Ghartley
https://www.fileplanet.com/193248/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—VCTF-FrozenTomb
Fifth place: Kelahf by Wael “cooloola” Ben Dhia
https://www.fileplanet.com/192792/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—VCTF-Kelahf
Winners of Best New Deathmatch or CTF Level are:
First place: SteamTemple by Thomas “Setheran” Browett
https://www.fileplanet.com/192479/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—DM-SteamTemple
Second place: Arean by Daniel Diaz Gonzalez
https://www.fileplanet.com/192910/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—CTF-CBP3-Arean
Third place: Thor by Jesus Diaz Gonzalez
https://www.fileplanet.com/192888/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—DM-CBP3-Thor
Fourth place: Worm by Claes “Nurb” Engdal
https://www.fileplanet.com/192282/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—DM-Worm
Fifth place: Dreary3 by Bryan Sparksman
https://www.fileplanet.com/192322/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—CTF-Dreary3
Winners of Best New Warfare Level are:
First place: Flare by Thomas “Setheran” Browett
https://www.fileplanet.com/193327/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—WAR-Flare
Second place: Tropico by Nick Donaldson
https://www.fileplanet.com/193343/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—WAR-Tropico
Third place: Meditation by Muhammad “MozI” Ahmed
https://www.fileplanet.com/192967/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—WAR-CBP3-Meditation
Fourth place: RealGar by Opeyemi “Jayoplus” Ajayi
https://www.fileplanet.com/192816/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—WAR-RealGar
Fifth place: TanksForPlaying by Josh “CaptainSnarf” Turpen
https://www.fileplanet.com/192461/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—WAR-TanksForPlaying
Winners of Best Graphics in Map are:
First place: Tropico by Nick Donaldson
https://www.fileplanet.com/193343/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—WAR-Tropico
Second place: Worm by Claes “Nurb” Engdal
https://www.fileplanet.com/192282/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—DM-Worm
Third place: Krodan by Sjoerd “Hourences” De Jong
https://www.fileplanet.com/193022/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—CTF-CBP-Krodan
Fourth place: SteamTemple by Thomas “Setheran” Browett
https://www.fileplanet.com/192479/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—DM-SteamTemple
Fifth place: Arean by Daniel Diaz Gonzalez
https://www.fileplanet.com/192910/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—CTF-CBP3-Arean
Winners of Best Use of Physics are:
First place: The Ball: Oztoc by Sjoerd “Hourences” De Jong and The Ball team
https://www.fileplanet.com/193016/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—The-Ball:-Oztoc
Second place: Cubes of Serenity by Anna Beck-Thomsen, Lawrence Johnson, Jens Hammerhøj, André Johansen, Martin Larsen, and Janusch Häring
https://www.fileplanet.com/193311/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Cubes-of-Serenity
Third place: CaptainSnarf’s Modded Vehicles by Josh “CaptainSnarf” Turpen
https://www.fileplanet.com/192488/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—CaptainSnarf’s-Modded-Vehicles-V8
Fourth place: XS Harpy by Jochem “Xyx” van ‘t Hull
https://www.fileplanet.com/193333/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—XS-Harpy
Fifth place: Unreal Demolition 2 by Dan Weiss
https://www.fileplanet.com/193337/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Unreal-Demolition-2
Winners of Best Machinima are:
First place: DoubleKill – Episode 1 by David Tyner
https://www.fileplanet.com/193220/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—DoubleKill:-Episode-1
Second place: Rebirth by Sergey Tomych
https://www.fileplanet.com/193175/190000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Rebirth
