Monolith Productions
Logo from 2005 to present | |
Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
Industry |
Interactive entertainment Computer and video games |
Founded | October 1994[n 1][1] |
Founders |
Brian Goble Bryan Bouwman Garrett Price Paul Renault Toby Gladwell Brian Waite Jace Hall |
Headquarters | Kirkland, Washington, USA |
Products | Video games |
Number of employees | 100+ (2004)[2] |
Parent | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (2004–present) |
Website |
www |
Monolith Productions is an American video game developer based in Kirkland, Washington.
History
The company was founded in October 1994 by Brian Goble, Bryan Bouwman, Garrett Price, Paul Renault, Toby Gladwell, Brian Waite, and Jace Hall.[1] The company is known for their games Blood, the No One Lives Forever and F.E.A.R series. Monolith is also known for the development of the graphical game engine LithTech, which has been used for most of their games and premiered with Shogo: Mobile Armor Division in September 1998; they also used Brian Goble's Windows Animation Package 32 engine for their 2D games. Between 1997 and 1999, Monolith also published games – some developed by the studio, some by third parties.
In 2004, Monolith Productions was acquired by Warner Bros.[3]
In 2014, they released Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, the game was heavily praised. Following after that with a sequel, Middle-earth: Shadow of War released in 2017, also critically praised.
List of video games
1997–2003
Year | Title | Platform(s) | Metacritic Score (PC) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amiga | DOS | GBA | Lin | Mac | PS2 | Win | Xbox | |||
1997 | Blood | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 82/100[4] |
1997 | Claw | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | N/A[5] |
1998 | Rage of Mages[A] | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | N/A[6] |
1998 | Get Medieval | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | N/A[7] |
1998 | Shogo: Mobile Armor Division | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | 88/100[8] |
1998 | Blood II: The Chosen | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 72/100[9] |
1999 | Gruntz | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | N/A[10] |
1999 | Rage of Mages II: Necromancer[A] | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | N/A[11] |
1999 | Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator[A] | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 72/100[12] |
1999 | TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter 2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | N/A[13] |
1999 | Gorky 17/Odium[A] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | N/A[14] |
2000 | Sanity: Aiken's Artifact | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 73/100[15] |
2000 | The Operative: No One Lives Forever | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 91/100[16] |
2001 | Tex Atomic's Big Bot Battles | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | N/A[17] |
2001 | Aliens versus Predator 2 | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | 85/100[18] |
2002 | No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | 91/100[19] |
2003 | Tron 2.0 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 84/100[20] |
2003 | Contract J.A.C.K. | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | 56/100[21] |
Notes A These games were published, not developed, by Monolith Productions. |
2005–present
Year | Title | Platform(s) | Metacritic Score | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lin | PS3 | PS4 | Win | X360 | X1 | ||||
2005 | The Matrix Online | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 69/100[22] | |
2005 | F.E.A.R. | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | 88/100[23] | |
2005 | Condemned: Criminal Origins | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | 78/100[24] | |
2008 | Condemned 2: Bloodshot[A] | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | 82/100[25] | |
2009 | F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | 79/100[26] | |
2012 | Gotham City Impostors | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | 65/100[27] | |
2012 | Guardians of Middle-earth | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | 56/100[28] | |
2014 | Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 84/100[29] | |
2017 | Middle-earth: Shadow of War | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 80/100[30] | |
Notes A The metacritic score came from the PlayStation 3 version of the game. |
Notes
References
- 1 2 Keefer, John (March 31, 2006). "GameSpy Retro: Developer Origins". GameSpy. Archived from the original on June 25, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ↑ Fahey, Rob (January 16, 2004). "Monolith Productions appoints new CEO". gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ↑ Thorsen, Tor (August 12, 2004). "Warner Bros. buys Monolith Productions". GameSpot. Archived from the original on January 12, 2006. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Blood for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Claw for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Rage of Mages for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Get Medieval for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Shogo: Mobile Armor Division for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Blood II: The Chosen for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Gruntz for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Rage of Mages II: Necromancer for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter 2 for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Odium for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Sanity: Aiken's Artifact for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "The Operative: No One Lives Forever for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Tex Atomic's Big Bot Battles for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Aliens versus Predator 2 for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Tron 2.0 for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Contract J.A.C.K. for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "The Matrix Online for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "F.E.A.R for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Condemned: Criminal Origins for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Condemned 2: Bloodshot for PlayStation 3 review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Gotham City Impostors for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Guardians of Middle-earth for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor for PC review". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Middle-earth: Shadow of War". Metacritic. Retrieved 2017-11-12.