The Matrix Online, the MMOG whose storyline continues directly after the events of the final movie in the trilogy, officially launched yesterday.
As a part of the launch, the developers, Monolith Productions have created a live team that will continue the storyline of the game by playing as the famous characters from the movies (Morpheus, Niobe, the Merovingian etc) and interacting with regular gamers, who will meet, battle and eventually team up with them.
This interaction lets players have a direct influence on the evolving Matrix story:
“The Matrix Online takes massively multi-player online games to a new level by giving players the chance to directly participate and make history within the Matrix’s continuing, intriguing story,” said Jason Hall, Senior Vice President for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “In The Matrix Online, gamers can create their ideal character for combat and socialization within an incredibly expansive urban environment and then interact with actual characters from the Matrix films.”
A PvP functionality is planned for release during the week of 4 April, and a live event with the lead characters will take place at the same time.The game went out of beta last week, with a surprise for gamers - the developers had the Matrix go suddenly haywire, with enormous eyes filling the sky, and all of the characters simultaneously imploding.
Check here for a video of the end of The Matrix Online beta.
More info:
Warner Bros/ Sega Press Release for Launch
Official website
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