Monolith Productions

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 games
Founded	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]

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)
  • Tron 2.0: Killer App (2004) (Xbox) — Co-developer
• 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)
  • Blood II: The Chosen – The Nightmare Levels (1999) (Windows expansion)
• 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

1. ^ "Warner Bros. buys Monolith Productions". GameSpot. 2004-08-12. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6104711.html. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 
2. ^ "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)