Unreal Tournament: Expanded Multiplayer

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Unreal Tournament: Expanded Multiplayer, or UT XMP, is an Unreal Tournament 2004 port of eXpanded MultiPlayer, the free 2003 multiplayer expansion pack originally for Unreal 2.

1 Motivation
2 Developer
3 Releases
4 External links

[edit] Motivation

Despite its short lifespan, the original XMP led to a relatively sizable community of dedicated players. After Legend Entertainment was shut down by Atari in January 2004, XMP would no longer be supported. This disappointed its fans, and inspired by this news, in April 2004, several key community members formed Free Monkey Interactive and announced their plans to port the game to Unreal Tournament 2004, with the blessing of Epic Games and former Legend Entertainment developers.

[edit] Developer

Free Monkey Interactive was said to have been founded on a "wing and a prayer", although an investigation by PC Gamer magazine revealed that not only were members of the company's group of paid employees said to be predominently atheist, but also none were in a position to own any aircraft. Free Monkey Interactive employees are catered for while creating their video games by the company canteen, which provides them with three meals a day. The company is also known for its relaxed attitude towards dress, in many occasions allowing their programmers to sit in their underpants coding, surrounded by a banquet of chinese food and prostitutes.