What can a bunch of amateurs turn Unreal Tournament 3 into? The just-completed Make Something Unreal contest offered money in order to find some answers. One is the shot top this post, but that wasn't the winner.

Top honors went to a mod called The Haunted, a horror take on UT3, developed by a six-man crew and set for release as a standalone game. (Check out the official trailer.)

Valve Software have announced a new version of Steam which is currently in beta testing. Boasting improved functionality for Friends, a central news feed, and a stack of other things. Here's the full list of major new features: * Complete overhaul of Steam client UI design to improve discoverability of features and to better expose all the information related to games in your library

I suppose at some point this will cease to be news, but the franchises that made LAN gaming great continue to turn their back on it, providing a long slow obituary for the service. Command & Conquer is the latest.

Capcom brings their biggest brawler yet to one of the smallest gaming devices, announcing an iPhone version of Street Fighter IV, due out in March. How are Ken and Ryu handling the trip?