Well, it looks like Epic has worked out all the legal issues with Sony surround the update for the Unreal Editor 3. Mark Rein announced that the update, which allows users to cook their own PS3 mods for Unreal Tournament 3, is in the final stages of internal testing and should be released next week, if everything goes to plan.

We’re very close to releasing an update to the Unreal Engine 3 editor, that comes with the PC version of UT3, that will allow UT3 mod-makers to cook their mods into the required PS3 format. We’ve been doing some internal testing and we’re hoping to expand to a wider group tomorrow or Friday. If all goes well then we should see the update released next week which is what I expect will happen. Obviously the process works, as we put out a few mods before Christmas and people seem to be playing them, but it is the update to the editor that we’re testing.

This is great news for PS3 gamers who are looking to get some more mod action going on their copy of Unreal Tournament 3. I know the mods already released are terrific, and I only hope the community continues to grow.