Game Publisher Leaving “Matrix Online”

Ubisoft Exits Matrix Online

Game publisher Ubisoft announced that it was pulling out of its deal to co-publish The Matrix Online with Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment, according to the GameSpot Web site. GameSpot cited the lackluster response to last year’s films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions as well as the overcrowding of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game genre as the likely reasons for Ubisoft’s decision. Word of Ubisoft’s move comes just a few weeks after the company announced that it would no longer be involved with the online component of Uru: Ages Beyond Myst.

However, in an interview with GameSpot, Jason Hall, senior vice president of Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment, explained that the Matrix Online is still in the works despite the amicable split with Ubisoft. “Development of the Matrix Online is still being handled by Monolith Productions,” Hall said. “We are on schedule for our November release and are moving towards our planned open beta this spring.”