The Matrix Online…is Finally Coming

Warner Bros. Interactive has recently made it official that the January
18, 2005 release date of this MMOG game will stand. This is the
third or fourth date that they have announced, so you never know if
this will change or not. Invited Beta testing for this game
started earlier this year where thousands of gamers were invited to
jack intp the “Matrix” and experience the game first hand.

“Since ‘The Matrix Online’ is the legitimate continuation of the
‘Matrix’ storyline, we felt that it was imperative to preserve
character continuity between this game and the films as much as
possible,” said Jason Hall, Senior Vice President of Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment. “On Jan 18th 2005, the ‘Matrix’ storyline
will resume right where it left off, and players will see, hear and
ultimately interact with familiar characters while they make gameplay
decisions that can become permanent legend in the storyline of the
‘Matrix’.”

Capturing the authenticity of the “Matrix” films, Laurence Fishburne
(Morpheus), Monica Bellucci (Persephone), Mary Alice (The Oracle),
Lambert Wilson (The Merovingian), Harold Perrineau Jr. (Link), Harry
Lennix (Lock), Nona Gaye (Zee), Collin Chou (Seraph) and Tanveer Atwal
(Sati) have provided voice-overs and their character likenesses to the
game. Don Davis, the film composer for the “Matrix” trilogy, is also
providing the score for “The Matrix Online”.

We shall see how long this release date lasts, especially since there
has been many problems that the developers have encountered while
making this game.