Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) has bought Monolith out of the MMORPG space. Today, the often rumored deal that would see SOE aquire the Matrix Online and the rights to an unannounced DC Comics MMORPG was confirmed in this article on Yahoo News from the Hollywood Reporter, as first seen by us on Blue's News.
| Sony Online Entertainment Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are set to announce Friday an exclusive long-term licensing agreement that will let gamers share a universe with DC Comics' Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, the Sandman and other action immortals.
The companies also disclosed that Sony Online had acquired Warner's "The Matrix Online" game. All 25 staff members currently operating the subscription-based massively multiplayer online game have been offered their existing position under the new ownership. |
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