Unreal Championship

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Unreal Championship
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Developer(s) Epic Games
Digital Extremes
Publisher(s) Infogrames [lower-alpha 1]
Designer(s) Cliff Bleszinski
Programmer(s) Steve Polge
Composer(s) Starsky Partridge
Series Unreal
Engine Unreal Engine 2
Platform(s) Xbox
Release
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Unreal Championship is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Digital Extremes and Epic Games, published by Infogrames, and released for the Xbox. [4] [5] Part of the Unreal franchise, Unreal Championship is the console version of Unreal Tournament 2003 , and was developed to take advantage of Xbox Live. The game is notable for being the first ever console game to receive a downloadable patch. [6] In 2003 Unreal Championship was added to the Xbox "Platinum Hits" line. [7]

Contents

A direct sequel, Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict , was released in 2005.

Gameplay

Reception

The game received "generally favorable" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. [8] It was nominated for GameSpot's annual "Best Online Game" and "Best Shooter" awards among Xbox games, both of which went to MechAssault . [9]

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