The Matrix Online Going Offline

[Gambit]

The Matrix Online Going Offline
By Gus Mastrapa

What happens when a persistent world doesn?t stick around quite as long as planned? Players and game-makers throw an end-of-the-world party.

On July 31, Sony Online Entertainment will pull the plug on The Matrix Online. Until then, any former player with an account in good standing will be able to log in and play for free.

In what is now becoming a tradition for failing MMOs, the game?s administrators are already amping up the number of enemies in the game. Massively?s Colin Brennan reports sightings of ?ashes falling from the sky? as well as waves of ?zombies, agents, angels and demons? descending upon the game?s virtual populace to wreak havoc.

The Matrix Online launched in 2005, several years after the series? two disappointing sequels bowed. It was slowed down by problems with publishers: Sega had it first, and Ubisoft almost took it but backed away, handing the reins over to SOE. It didn?t review well: Wired.com?s Lore Sj?berg called it ?unpleasant?, for one. It never came close to capturing the MMO mind-share monopolized by World of Warcraft.

wired.com

[Decapitation]

awesome, i will give it a go again lol

[Tr00jg]

Totally forgot it even existed! (see what I did there?)

[Graal]

What? What is this Matrix Online you are talking about?

Anyway, since release I don't remember there ever being an expansion or anything, so I'm not surprised it's closing down.

[Decapitation]

i still got the retail box lol. but the updates are gonna kill me. but i feel like playing it again for a few seconds untill i realize why i stopped playing

[Cleric]

Not like this... not like this.

[dislekcia]

The story stuff they did was really awesome. Read through it if you ever get a chance and spent hours talking about the story possibilities after Matrix Reloaded (like I did). Very worth it.