"Following the leak of an early test version of Unreal Tournament 2003 that has been hopping around the Net, Epic has responded to queries on the official Infogrames forums.
A post by Epic Games' Mark Rein assured that the leaked version is not representative of the quality or performance of the final game or imminent public demo, and that it lacks a ton of AI code, sound, music, Karma physics, has unfinished levels and weapons, and "generally is indicative of something still too early to even be called 'beta'".
Rein also refuted that the demo has missed any officially targeted release date and that the priority is getting the game right before unveiling to the public. "A great deal of the success of a game comes from the last 5 per cent of development which is why we like to say 'when it's done'," Rein explained. "We've all played a few almost-great games and said to ourselves 'if only they got these few features right' - well Digital Extremes and Epic are devoted to getting it right so that your weeks or months of anticipation will be replaced by YEARS of joy."
After making a final plea to not share the illegal and unfinished version, Rein closed the post with the following words of encouragement for the impatient masses: "We really want to ensure that people don't wreck their first impression of an absolutely wonderful game. The demo is close and before long you'll be playing it the way it was meant to be played."
fonte: gamedomain.com