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MATRIX ONLINE PUSHED BACK TO THE SPRING
Source: <GameSpot>
The Matrix Online was planned to come out on January 18 but it's release has been pushed back to a Spring 2005 window, in order to polish the game and get the most out of it. Personally, I think this is a good thing.
"The fact of the matter is the game is not ready and we want to take a little more time." With those words, a sober Jason Hall, senior vice president of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment informed GameSpot that the massively multiplayer online role-playing game built around the Matrix universe has been delayed.
Most recently slated to release on January 18, 2005, the title will now launch sometime in the spring of 2005, according to Hall. How will WBIE use the extra time? Not only will the Monolith development team continue to work on the game (the beta remains ongoing, Hall confirmed), but also, according to Hall, "we're going to invest further in The Matrix Online community and provide more events."
Specifically, Hall said that Warner Bros. Interactive had entered into an agreement with DC Comics to produce a "fanzine" that will base its content on the activities of the Matrix Online gamer. The fanzine will "completely focus on The Matrix Online, and more importantly, the users," Hall said. More specific information on the exact form the fanzine will take will be disseminated through the game's Web site and to players in the beta. The addition of DC Comics as a partner in bringing the Matrix world to life is a first for the two parties, serving to take some of the sting away from the delay news, Hall suggested.
Regarding the delay, Hall said the team at Monolith was fully prepared to meet the January 17 launch date, but "ultimately it was WBIE that made the assessment" and kept the game in the shop for further work. "We're going to do the right things," Hall said today, "to be a studio that makes the right decisions for the product and for the consumer."
Saying that, more than anything, the delay "was more about giving Monolith a little more time to cross the t's and dot the i's," Hall did say the decision to delay the release was "difficult."
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IT'S HERE
It's here. The Ultimate Matrix Collection. Go get it, you won't regret it.
Want to know what's on it? Check <this>.
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DECEMBER: COMIC MONTH
It's December, and that means the two comic projects from the Wachowski Brothers (Doc. Frankenstein and Shaolin Cowboy, aside from the Matrix Comics Volume 2) will arrive this month in a comic shop near you. Both comics will be released bi-monthly and are 32 pages back to back.
According to the Official Site Doc. Frankenstein will include an introduction by the Wachowski Brothers. It is illustrated by key Matrix storyboard artist Steve Skroce and scripted by the two brothers. Shaolin Cowboy is written and illustrated by Geof Darrow, conceptual artist on the Matrix Trilogy.
For more on these projects, visit <Burlyman Entertainment>.
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MATRIX ONLINE FANZINE
Source: <Matrix Online>
The Matrix Online fanzine, an innovative collaboration between DC Comics and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment designed to support the ongoing saga of The Matrix, may be coming soon to a mailbox near you! This magazine is destined to become a collector's item, celebrating the evolution of the Matrix into a revolutionary new massively multiplayer online game. Containing 24 pages of exclusive stories and articles regarding the development of the game, its special features include a Q&A session with Paul Chadwick (the man who now gives voice to the Matrix storyline), plus the first installment of Player Spotlight, which will profile a few prominent community members in The Matrix Online each month. Add to this a special-edition map of the Matrix "Mega City" and fantastic pull-out posters to hang on the wall, and the fanzine is guaranteed to be an excellent addition to any fan's Matrix memorabilia collection.
Pre-order customers will be receiving a copy of The Matrix Online fanzine when it is released in early January 2005, before the game launches on January 18th.
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