Posted on Wednesday, March 11 2009 @ 19:22 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Valve reports the Unreal Tournament 3 Steam sale has been extended because it was a huge success, the game maker says the sale increased the number of simultaneous online players by over 2000%!
Unreal Tournament 3 Black, the fully updated version of UT3 with the Titan Pack, has enjoyed an increase of over 2000% in simultaneous player numbers since its March 5th release and last week's Free Weekend on Steam. In addition, UT3 Black has claimed the number one spot on Steam's bestseller list.
To celebrate the game's overwhelming success and meet the huge demand, the UT3 Black 40% off Steam sale has been extended through Sunday, March 22, and an encore Free Weekend of play begins this Friday via Steam. Pre-load for the encore Free Weekend begins today.
