The highly awaited First Person Shooter from Epic Games, Unreal Tournament 3, has finally arrived and is ready for sale at retailers nationwide.

Here is the official press release statement:

CHICAGO - July 7, 2008 – Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer, and world-renowned developer Epic Games, today announced Unreal Tournament 3, for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, is now available, with several new features including split screen, five exclusive maps and two all-new characters, as well as all previously released downloadable content. Rated “M” for Mature by the ESRB, Unreal Tournament 3 is available for a suggested retail price of $59.95 in the U.S. Unreal Tournament 3, the award-winning first-person-shooter, has already shipped more than 1 million units for Windows PC and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

An exclusive video preview of Epic’s upcoming shooter, Gears of War 2, is available for Xbox 360 gamers who purchase Unreal Tournament 3.

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This Monday (July 7th), Bungie and Halo fans will celebrate Bungie Day. On Bungie Day, developer Bungie will be offering 7 exclusive gamerpics and a Bungie Day dashboard theme which will be available for download for 1 day only!

They will also be offering a download to a new map called Cold Storage which is available for free and has a similar structure to the map found in Halo: Combat Evolved, Chill Out.

The Legendary Map Pack will also drop down to 600 Microsoft Points

For full information and events that are going to be happening, visit Bungie’s official website.