UTIII PS3 cooker released to a selection of mod developers

PSN@Home is reporting that Epic have finally released the Unreal Tournament III mod cooker to an unknown number of mod developers on the Developer mailing list. This is probably the last step in the testing stages and those who have received the update for the Unreal Editor have been asked not to release the cooking code. Mods for the PS3 version of UTIII will now, as a result, start to be released but not at the torrential rate that they will once the cooker is released publically.

PSN@Home have also checked out the notes for what is and isn't supported in PS3 mods. Restrictions, thankfully, seem few. Mutators can only utilise UnrealScript, due to the the restrictions in the PS3's RAM capacity. Also, due to Unreal Tournament III using a proprietary audio encoder, sound effects cannot be added to the game. This is a shame but could be rectified in the future.

If you are one of the lucky mod developers who received the cooking code and you have a mod to release for the PS3, let us know at Jem @ Joystiq dot com.

[Via N4G]