Everyone was really excited at E3 when mods were annouced for the PS3 version of UT III, this was also related to a for UT3 being a timed exclusive for the PS3 till 2008. Although, the game is still coming out for the 360 some reasons for this time exclusive might be surfacing along with certain frustrations that Epic is having with mods for the Xbox 360. Epic’s VP Mark Rein says,

” That’s part of the reason we announced we were shipping the game on PC and PS3 this Fall, but we don’t have a date for the Xbox 360 version – it’ll be some time after the new year. Part of that is because we haven’t been able to figure out just how we’re going to do the mods. And Microsoft’s got a very busy Christmas schedule… We just couldn’t get enough attention from them to solve that problem”, Rein said. “

Mods have always been a big part of the Unreal Tournament series, which will be included in UT3 and with these probelems could steer away hard-core Unreal fans from buying it on the X360( though most will buy it on the PC anyway, which is also scheduled for Fall). Rein posed some solutions that might have to happen with the 360’s mods such as, paid mods, a rigourous scanning process and then posted as downloadable content. This would destroy the user-managed aspect and really hurt the game. Hopefully, this will get worked out and everyone on the 360 can enjoy the great mods to come.