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Matrix Online Sold to SOE

by Alec Matias, Jun 16, 2005 1:51pm PDT
Related Topics – The Matrix Online, Sony, MMO, Monolith

Not quite official yet, but it's pretty clear at this point that Sony Online Entertainment has acquired from Monolith both The Matrix Online and an in-development DC Comics MMO. This move marks the end of Monolith's MMO productions and it is being reported that certain staff members have been given a 60 day notice whereas others are being offered positions at SOE. The DC Comics MMO hasn't been announced yet, so hopefully more will be revealed whenever SOE and Monolith make an official announcement. Looks like City of Heroes has a bit of competition while they battle Marvel in court.





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  • CoH will have to watch their backs with competition from a vaporware DC MMO? Hardly the difference is you can be any type of character in CoH since it's a open ended universe. Any forthcoming DC themed game along with Star Wars, Matrix, and Warcraft forces you to play in their fixed universe where outcomes are determined/known ahead of time. Your just on a leveling treadmill while textures and models are there from the fixed game systems. Slap some named npc in and maybe the first few times you see it you think wow i'm ingame with such and such, but after a week it's like well i'm camped out by so and so waiting on you folks, you going to hurry up? Or to put it this way the moment you can't log into the DC MMO and play (pick one) Flash, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Robin, Nightwing, Hawkman/Girl, Aquaman, Batgirl, Oracle, Huntress, Zatana and other minor figures it turns into a giant suckfest. Oh wait Matrix and SWG are both giant suckfests.