The remarkable story of Unreal 2, the sequel rescued from development hell by dooming it to failure: 'There was…

This article details the troubled development of Unreal 2, originally envisioned as a revolutionary FPS by Legend Entertainment. Creative differences, leadership crises, and a problematic business deal with Infogrames led to significant feature cuts, including multiplayer, and a rushed release. Despite its compromised state, the game's post-launch multiplayer expansion, Unreal 2: XMP, was well-received, but ultimately too late to save the studio.

• COMPANY Electronic Arts
• GAME Unreal 2
• GAME The Wheel of Time
• COMPANY Atari
• COMPANY Legendary Entertainment
• GAME Unreal
• COMPANY Epic Games
• PLATFORM PC
• COMPANY Infogrames