Several years and countless delays (of Xbox Live, not UC) later, Unreal Championship has arrived as all of that. In fact, Infogrames' first person shooter was carrying the hearts of doe-eyed Xbox owners well before MechAssault, Ghost Recon and NBA 2K3 were ever announced because this was the game, we were told, that would make Xbox Live worth having.
Ever since we knew there was going to be online gaming for Xbox we knew there was going to be Unreal Championship.