- Monolith Productions
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Not to be confused with Monolith Soft, a Japanese video game studio.
Monolith Productions, Inc. Type Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Industry Interactive entertainment
Computer and video gamesFounded 1994 Headquarters Kirkland, Washington, USA Products Video games Owner(s) Time Warner Employees 100+ Parent Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Website www.lith.com Monolith Productions (or simply Monolith) is a Kirkland, Washington-based computer game developer. Monolith is also known for the development of the graphical game engine Lithtech, which has been used for most of their games. Between 1997 and 1999, Monolith also published games, some developed by the studio, some by third parties.
Monolith's internally developed technology is currently available to be licensed to 3rd-parties through the company Touchdown Entertainment.
In 2004, Monolith Productions was acquired by Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner.[1]
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Video games
Developed
- Gotham City Impostors (Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)[2]
- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009) (Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
- F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn (2009)
- Condemned 2: Bloodshot (2008) (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
- Condemned: Criminal Origins (2005) (Windows, Xbox 360)
- F.E.A.R. (2005) (Windows)
- The Matrix Online (2005) (Windows)
- Contract J.A.C.K. (2003) (Windows)
- Tron 2.0 (2003) (Windows)
- No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (2002) (Windows, Mac OS X)
- Aliens versus Predator 2 (2001) (Windows)
- Tex Atomic's Big Bot Battles (2001) (Windows)
- The Operative: No One Lives Forever (2000) (Windows, PlayStation 2, Mac OS X)
- The Operative: No One Lives Forever – Game of the Year Edition (2001) (Windows)
- Sanity: Aiken's Artifact (2000) (Windows)
- Gruntz (1999) (Windows)
- Blood II: The Chosen (1998) (Windows)
- Shogo: Mobile Armor Division (1998) (Windows)/(2001) (Linux, Mac OS X, AmigaOS)
- Get Medieval (1998) (Windows)
- Claw (1997) (Windows)
- Blood (1997) (DOS)
- Blood – Plasma Pak (1997) (DOS expansion)
Published
- Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator (1999) (Windows)
- Gorky 17 (Odium in North America) (1999) (Windows)
- Gruntz (1999) (Windows)
- Rage of Mages II: Necromancer (1999) (Windows)
- Rage of Mages (1998) (Windows)
- Shogo: Mobile Armor Division (1998) (Windows)
- Get Medieval (1998) (Windows)
- Claw (1997) (Windows)
- Maabus (1995) (Windows)
Third-party expansions to Monolith games
- F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate (2007, Windows)
- F.E.A.R. Extraction Point (2006, Windows)
- Aliens versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt
- Shugotenshi (failed expansion to Shogo: Mobile Armor Division)
- Legacy of the Fallen (failed expansion to Shogo: Mobile Armor Division)
- Cryptic Passage (1997, MS DOS)
References
- ^ "Warner Bros. buys Monolith Productions". GameSpot. 2004-08-12. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6104711.html. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
- ^ "WB Announces Batman-inspired FPS Game, "Gotham City Impostors"". Comic Book Resources. 2011-05-16. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=32349. Retrieved =2011-05-16.>
External links
- Monolith's official website
- Monolith Productions profile on MobyGames
- Blood Wiki article (contains sections of the history of the company)
Video games developed by Monolith Productions Blood series No One Lives Forever series F.E.A.R. series F.E.A.R. · F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Reborn)Condemned series Condemned: Criminal Origins · Condemned 2: BloodshotOther games Get Medieval · Shogo: Mobile Armor Division · Gruntz · Sanity: Aiken's Artifact · Aliens versus Predator 2 · Tron 2.0 · The Matrix Online · Tex Atomic's Big Bot Battles · Gotham City ImpostorsMonolith published games Maabus · Claw · Rage of Mages · Rage of Mages II: Necromancer · Gorky 17 · Septerra Core: Legacy of the CreatorThird-party games Other articles List of F.E.A.R. characters and organizations · Lithtech · Jace Hall · Guy Whitmore · Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment · HipSoft · PriestFeature film production Television production and distribution The CW (co-owned with CBS) · Toonzai (25%, with 4Kids Entertainment (50%) and CBS (25%)) · New Line Television · Shed Media (55.75%) · Telepictures · Warner Bros. Television Animation · Warner Bros. Television (Warner Horizon Television) · Warner Bros. Television Distribution · Warner Bros. International Television · Warner Channel (with HBO Latin America Group) · WarnerTV (with HBO Asia) · WB Channel (with Turner International India Pvt Ltd)Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Monolith Productions · TT Games · Snowblind Studios · Rocksteady Studios · Turbine, Inc. · NetherRealm StudiosDC Entertainment, Inc. Home video Miscellaneous assets Website: warnerbros.comTime Warner Inc. Board of directors Herbert Allison · Jim Barksdale · Stephen Bollenbach · Jeffrey Bewkes · Frank Caufield · Robert Clark · Mathias Döpfner · Jessica Einhorn · Reuben Mark · Michael Miles · Ken Novack · Richard Parsons · Deborah WrightHome Box Office HBO (Multiplex · Asia) · Cinemax (Multiplex · Asia) · HBO Films · Warner Channel (Latin America · Asia · India)Time Inc. MagazinesAll You · Coastal Living · Cooking Light · Entertainment Weekly · Essence · Fortune · Golf · Health · InStyle · Life.com · Money · People · People en Español · People StyleWatch · Real Simple · Southern Living · Sports Illustrated · Sports Illustrated Kids · Sunset · Time · Time for Kids · This Old House25 Beautiful Homes · Amateur Gardening · Amateur Photographer · Angler's Mail · Beautiful Kitchens · Chat · Chat - It's Fate · Chat passion · Country Homes & Interiors · Country Life · Cycle Sport · Cycling Active · Cycling Weekly · Decanter · essentials · European Boatbuilder · Eventing · Golf Monthly · Homes & Gardens · Horse · Horse & Hound · IBI · Ideal Home · InStyle · Livingetc · Look · Marie Claire (UK) · Motor Boat & Yachting · Motor Boats Monthly · Mountain Bike Rider · Mousebreaker · NME · Now · Nuts · Practical Boat Owner · Pick Me Up · Rugby World · Shooting Times · Soaplife · Sporting Gun · Superyacht Business · SuperYacht World · The Field · Shooting Gazette · TrustedReviews · TV & Satellite Week · TV easy · TVTimes · Uncut · VolksWorld · What Digital Camera · Wallpaper · What's on TV · Woman · woman&home · Woman's Own · Woman's Weekly · Yachting Monthly · Yachting World · World SoccerOtherTurner Broadcasting Warner Bros. Categories:- Monolith Productions
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