Football, with a bang...
I was reading an article on Planet Unreal. It seems the forthcoming Unreal Tournament 2003 won't feature Assualt mode. Instead of having one team defend a series of objectives from another, they decided to play football. Check it out:

"UT Assault fans will be disappointed to hear that Assault mode isn't included in UT 2003. It's been replaced by a new mode called Bombing Run, which has been described as football with a bomb instead of a ball. After the bomb spawns in the middle of the map, both teams attempt to pick up the bomb and take it to the opposing team’s base. If you succeed, the enemy’s base blows up and your team gets a point.

To make things more interesting, you can pass the bomb back and forth between other players. Teamwork and passing are essential, because if you’re carrying the bomb you can’t fire any of your weapons. Nothing stops you from throwing the bomb in the air, wasting some guy, and catching it yourself on the way down, though. You can also pass the ball to an unsuspecting enemy to prevent them from firing at you, kill him, and take the ball back!"

Posted at 21:48 # G