The Matrix Online
Website has news of a delay to Monolith's upcoming MMORPG based on the movie
franchise. The update puts the game's availability at January 18, 2005, cleanly
missing the holiday sales season the previous November release date had
targeted. The move is explained as a way to allow for a simultaneous North
American and European launch. The post also says pre-orders begin next week,
allowing entrance into the closed beta testing beginning November 18, as well as
a three day head-start on the game's official release. Meanwhile,
GameSpot
has a Q&A with WSIE's Jason Hall about the announcement: "I can assure you that
it’s going to ship on January 18. From a technical standpoint, if we really
wanted to not include other countries, we could have shipped it a little bit
earlier. This is why we’re very confident in our ship date."