Monolith Productions, Inc. is an American
video game developer
A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large ...
based in
Kirkland, Washington
Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States. A suburb east of Seattle, its population was 92,175 in the 2020 U.S. census which made it the sixth largest city in the county and the twelfth largest in the state.
The city's downto ...
. The company has been a subsidiary of
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment since August 2004.
History
Monolith Productions was founded on October 25, 1994 by Brian Goble, Brian Waite, Bryan Bouwman, Garrett Price,
Jace Hall
Jason "Jace" Hall is an American film, television and video game producer.
Career
Hall was one of the founders of Monolith Productions and is CEO of record keeping platform Twin Galaxies. His music video "I Play W.O.W" was featured on IGN's Y ...
, Paul Renault, and Toby Gladwell.
Co-founder Brian Goble had this to say regarding the company name.
The company is best known for the ''
Blood'', ''
No One Lives Forever
''The Operative: No One Lives Forever'' (abbreviated as ''NOLF'') is a first-person shooter video game with stealth gameplay elements, developed by Monolith Productions and published by Fox Interactive, released for Windows in 2000. The game w ...
'' and ''
F.E.A.R'' series. Monolith developed the
LithTech game engine
A game engine is a software framework primarily designed for the development of video games and generally includes relevant libraries and support programs. The "engine" terminology is similar to the term "software engine" used in the software i ...
which was used for most of their games starting with ''
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division'' in September 1998. 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.
In 2014, the company released the title ''
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'' with a sequel entitled ''
Middle-earth: Shadow of War'' being released in 2017.
In 2021, the company announced that they are developing a video game starring
Wonder Woman.
Video games
Developed
Published
References
External links
Official websiteMonolith Productions
profile on MobyGames
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Monolith Productions
entry on Giant Bomb
Monolith Productions history
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2004 mergers and acquisitions
Companies based in Kirkland, Washington
American companies established in 1994
Video game companies established in 1994
Video game companies of the United States
Video game development companies
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
1994 establishments in Washington (state)