Monolith Productions

Not to be confused with Monolith Soft, a Japanese video game studio.

Monolith Productions, Inc.

Logo from 2005 to present
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	October 25, 1994 (1994-10-25)
Founders	Brian Goble Brian Waite Bryan Bouwman Garrett Price Jace Hall Paul Renault Toby Gladwell
Headquarters	Kirkland, Washington, USA
Number of employees	100+ (2004)
Parent	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Website	lith.com

Monolith Productions is an American video game developer based in Kirkland, Washington. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment acquired Monolith Productions in August 2004.

History

Monolith Productions was founded in October 15, 1994 by Brian Goble, Brian Waite, Bryan Bouwman, Garrett Price, Jace Hall, Paul Renault, and Toby Gladwell.

Co-Founder Brian Goble had this to say regarding the company name.

At the time we formed the company, DOS was still the OS of choice for games. Because of this, we knew we had to come up with a name that was 8 characters or less (for 8.3 filenames). We had been researching story and technology ideas for our demo CD and we were watching a lot of movies. "Monolith" came up, was semi mysterious, wasn't taken, and was 8 characters. Perfect.

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.

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

1994–2003

Year	Title	Platform(s)
		Amiga	DOS	GBA	Lin	Mac	PS2	Win	Xbox
1994	Maabus[A]	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
1997	Blood	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Claw	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
1998	Rage of Mages[A]	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Get Medieval	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Shogo: Mobile Armor Division	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Blood II: The Chosen	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
1999	Gruntz	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Rage of Mages II: Necromancer[A]	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator[A]	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter 2	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Gorky 17[A]	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
2000	Sanity: Aiken's Artifact	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	The Operative: No One Lives Forever	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2001	Tex Atomic's Big Bot Battles	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Aliens Versus Predator 2	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
2002	No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
2003	Tron 2.0	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Contract J.A.C.K.	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Notes A These games were published, not developed, by Monolith Productions.

2005–present

Year	Title	Platform(s)
		Lin	PS3	PS4	Win	XB360	XBO
2005	The Matrix Online	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
	F.E.A.R.	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
	Condemned: Criminal Origins	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
2008	Condemned 2: Bloodshot	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
2009	F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
2012	Gotham City Impostors	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
	Guardians of Middle-earth	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
2014	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2017	Middle-earth: Shadow of War	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Notes

External links

• Official website
• Monolith Productions profile on MobyGames
• Monolith Productions entry on Giant Bomb
• Monolith Productions history