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Warner Bros Buys Monolith Productions
NeoCode writes "Gamespot is reporting that Warner Bros has bought the developer Monolith Productions. Monolith, in the past, has produced games like Tron 2.0, No One Lives Forever 1 and 2, Aliens vs. Predator 2 and Blood 1 and 2. Currently, Monolith is working on The Matrix Online (aka MxO), the WB-produced, Sega-published MMORPG which is undergoing Beta testing right now." We've previously reported on current WB game boss Jason Hall, who was formerly the CEO and co-founder of Monolith.
Soon to be parted again 9 months after Matrix online goes bust.
By the time it comes out people will be more interested in I robot then Matrix.
No offense to the Matrix franchise. But they milked it like mad, and its not even the fact that they exausted it, but that was along time ago and nobody is really talking about the Matrix anymore. If it was just a WB tv show people would stay interested.
But who's gonna pick Matrix online over World of warcraft?
Since they bought the developer, WB will have a far greater control of content going from IP owner to studio owner.
It's also a great investment on their part. Not only are they a great developer, but they will now have a real studio to make games. Why licence your movie IP to EA or Acclaim, ect. and hope for the best when you can control the purse strings of the studio making it?
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The same people who pick up other technology based games. There is a severe lack of games that are NOT Fantasy based. In fact I am damn sick of swords and sorcerers, I want a gun for a change.