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Marc Rein, the VP of Epic Games, has stated in an interview that the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 won't be retrofitted with the split screen multiplayer mode that will ship on the Xbox 360. He also stated that the 360 version won't have mod support, at least at launch.

Personally I think that slaps UT3 into a very crowded multiplayer shooter field on the Xbox 360, one dominated by the likes of Call of Duty 4 with Halo 3 hot on its heels. And really, if Epic can't convince Microsoft to let them put in mods before the game ships you can kiss that feature goodbye entirely on Microsoft's console.

Via PSU.

Grand Theft Auto IV is looking mighty fine with two new services revealed last week ahead of its April 29th launch, but beware of preorders. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 was supposed to be a shoo-in on the PS3 after its very strong predecessor but it has launched with online multiplayer problems, teaching early adopters a bit of a lesson in either crowd expectations or patience. Sony reveals that they've been toying with online services for about 11 years now, dating back to the PS1, and several high-profile games have been patched on the PS3 bringing them up to snuff.

In other news the PC is still going strong with Steam signing up Epic's slate of games and The Sims 3 announced for delivery next year. This and more in this week's Gaming News Roundup after the jump