Epic took the opportunity in th erun up to the Austin GDC Conference to announce the finalists in Phase 1 of the coveted $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest; a mod competition for Unreal T3urnament with prizes worth in excessof US$1 million.

This initial phase of the competition was for the best "Deathmatch Level"; the first in four reliminary phases followed by a grand final judging. Winners in all ten Phase 1 categories will be announced later this month at the Austin Game Developers Conference, September 15-17.

Epic will begin accepting submissions for Phase 2 of the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest on September 30th. The entry deadline for Phase 2 is October 17, 2008, althogh participation in Phase 1 apparently isn’t required for eligibility in Phase 2. Visit www.makesomethingunreal.com for more details on the contest.

The Best Deathmatch finalist line-up looks like this, and GDN would like to forward it’s congratulations to all involved:

Acquistion by Ben "Slainchild" Edney
http://www.fileplanet.com/188405/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Acquisition

August by Nick “neoduck” Donaldson
http://www.fileplanet.com/188367/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-August

Calibrah by Matthias “sklare” Cytatzky
http://www.fileplanet.com/188568/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Calibrah

Cath by Claes "Nurb" Engdal
http://www.fileplanet.com/188553/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Cath

Salvation by Daniel "KaMi" Díaz
http://www.fileplanet.com/188253/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-CBP3-Salvation

Razerate by Matthias “sklare” Cytatzky
http://www.fileplanet.com/188543/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Razerate

Shrift by Michael “genthly” Gmür
http://www.fileplanet.com/188677/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Shrift

Shrine by Thomas “Setheran” Browett
http://www.fileplanet.com/188086/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Shrine

Waterfalls by David “DGUnreal” Green
http://www.fileplanet.com/188293/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-DG-Waterfalls

Xiao by Sander “ZixXer” Vereecken
http://www.fileplanet.com/187649/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Xiao

Epic would like to acknowledge the following Deathmatch mods with an honorable mention:
IronMaiden2 by Muhammad "MozI" Ahmed
http://www.fileplanet.com/188337/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-CBP3-Iron-Maiden-2

Conveyor by Bret Hart
http://www.fileplanet.com/187647/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Conveyor-from-Classic-UT

Downpour by Thomas “Setheran” Browett
http://www.fileplanet.com/188034/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Downpour

Krodan by Sjoerd "Hourences" De Jong
http://www.fileplanet.com/188309/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Krodan

Monastery2 by Michael “Xyos212” Brandsema
http://www.fileplanet.com/188570/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Monastery2

TempestX by Ryan "Morg" Morgan
http://www.fileplanet.com/188276/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Tempest-X

Utopia by Robert Hartley
http://www.fileplanet.com/188484/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Utopia

Wasteland by Remus Brailoiu
http://www.fileplanet.com/187984/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3--DM-Wasteland

About the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest
In the all-new $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contet, aspiring game developers create modifications (“mods”) for the PC version of Unreal Tournament 3 in a range of categories including levels, characters, weapons, game types, tools, vehicles and more. Winnings exceed well over $1 million in value, consisting of one coveted Unreal Engine 3 license as a grand prize in addition to other cash awards and prizes, including Intel® Software Development Products and Velocity Micro PCs based on the Intel® Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform with two Intel® Core™2 Extreme quad-core processors. The 2008 “$1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest” will be judged in four preliminary phases and a grand final. Judging began in June 2008 and will conclude, with the grand final prizes being awarded, in late 2009. For more information, visit www.makesomethingunreal.com.