Upon its release in early November 1999, Unreal Tournament surprised the gaming community with its rock-solid network code, challenging single-player bot play, unique gameplay modes, and polished presentation. The critics were equally impressed and UT was awarded with Game of The Year honors by a variety of publications, including GameSpy.com and Computer Gaming W­orld.

Three years later, people are still making great modifications and add-ons for UT.

There is a native Linux version of UT, but it has a number of bugs and problems, so running the game through Wine is recommended.