Epic has completed its race to the finish line, pushing the PlayStation 3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 out in time for the holidays.

"We got news last night that Unreal Tournament 3 has been approved by SCEA and has been released to North American manufacturing," said Epic VP Mark Rein on the company forums.

Though no release date has been set, Rein suggests keeping an eye out in mid-December for the anticipated, moddable online shooter.

"Midway has started talking to retailers to figure out exact timing and they will have a formal announcement early next week when everyone is back from the Thanksgiving holiday," continued Rein. "My guess is that Midway will start shipping the title to North American retailers on Monday December 10th and it could show up in stores as early as December 11th but more likely toward the middle of that week."