“640k ought to be enough for anyone”. Remember that? D’you also remember how Microsoft was slamming the PS3’s decision to use BluRay media and how a DVD9 was more than enough? Well, as if it wasn’t enough that Microsoft is choking on the Blue Dragon fiasco (the game, incidentally, ships on three discs) it looks like Epic, who gave them their system seller, Gears of War, is also head-over-heels in love with BluRay. Speaking at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, Epic head honcho Mark Rein said that while the PS3 version of their upcoming flagship shooter, Unreal Tournament III was going great, thanks to BluRay, the Xbox 360 version may suffer in the long run, simply because they don’t have enough space to pack it all in.

We’ll compress some things. But you know, we may have fewer maps on the 360 version… Blu-Ray has definitely given us a lot of legroom.

If you think down the road, well maybe the next UT beyond this one, on Blu-Ray disc, we might fill the whole damn disc with all the cool stuff the mod makers make.

Sure, we all knew Epic was pissed at Microsoft for deciding to charge people for their map packs, but after taking it lying down, it looks like Epic may be finally getting back at Microsoft for the Gears of War Hidden Fronts map pack release. So, enjoy, ladies and germs, who plan to enjoy this super fast paced, frag or get fragged in 1/100th of a second on a console (somehow) while the rest of us will just get it on the PC, with all the mods and maps and TCs that you can shake a controller at.

Rein: DVD size limiting UT3 on 360 [CVG]

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