Official Site:Â The Matrix Online (Wikipedia)
Studio:Â SOE, now Daybreak Game Company, and Monolith Productions
Launch Date:Â March 22, 2005
Sunset Date:Â July 31, 2009
Genre:Â Sci-Fi Themepark
Business Model:Â Subscription
Platform: PC
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That might well...
Massively Overthinking: The future of Daybreak
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Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for EverQuest franchise and Daybreak fans
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The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online
"The future in your hands."
This was Funcom's promise to gamers in the early days of the 2000s. Even as the MMORPG genre slowly took...
The Game Archaeologist: The Matrix Online
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