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Warner Bros Buys Monolith Productions 19

Posted by simoniker from the matricular dept.
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.
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Warner Bros Buys Monolith Productions

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  • Whew... (Score:1, Troll)

    by suyashs ( 645036 )
    I thought at first that WB had acquired Monolithsoft!

  • They will sell them... (Score:4, Insightful)

    by JVert ( 578547 ) <corganbilly@hotmai[ ]om ['l.c' in gap]> on Thursday August 12, 2004 @08:06PM (#9954229) Journal
    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?

  • makes sense. (Score:2, Insightful)

    by N5 ( 804512 )
    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?
    • But it could also make for bad decisions as companies like to put 'Yes men' in charge of their subsidiaries.

      Having independent companies licensing IP means they have to work harder to make a great game to make sure that 1) the game makes them money and 2) they get more business from WB.
  • It'll be interesting to see if Monolith get hold of any of the game rights for some of Warner's other films. What other films has Warner produced lately which might benefit from a decent, respectful game treatment?

    There are many game studios who chuck out any old rubbish, and sometimes it breaks the geeky little hearts of fans of the source material ("Reign Of Fire" comes to mind - looked like a dragon, sounded like a dragon, steered like a cow). These people, though, seem to know what they're talking abou
    • You forgot to mention 'Sanity' :)
      • I'd not come across that one before. I hunted down a preview here [sharkygames.com].

        They don't seem to know quite how to classify it, but it seems to have a similarly quirky nature to some of their other games. Unfortunately, its official site appears to have been closed down. Was the game ever released?

        It sounds fascinating, and I might go hunt for more about it. Have you played it? How would you describe it?
  • Was hoping that the next AvP game be done on a better game engine. The engine AVP2 used sucked - it was pretty slow for the quality of graphics.

    Also if it's on something like the Quake 3, DOOM3 engine or Unreal engines, it'll probably be easier to mod and there'll be more fun mods.

    AvP is a great franchise. Though it's not quite Star Wars, there's plenty of potential.
    • While Fox may have been ok with Monolith developing this game, I dont think they would care to let Warner have any piece of that bit of IP.

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