Atari is developing and publishing The Matrix: Path of Neo, an interactive console and PC game based on The Matrix movie trilogy from Warner Bros. Pictures. The Matrix: Path of Neo is slated for worldwide release in Q4 2005 and will be available on the PlayStation 2, the Xbox and the PC.
The Matrix: Path of Neo marks the second collaboration of Atari and its Shiny Entertainment development studio; the Wachowski Brothers, creators of The Matrix trilogy; and Joel Silver, producer of the trilogy. In May 2003, Atari released Enter The Matrix, a parallel timeline to The Matrix Reloaded and a bridge to The Matrix Revolutions, which debuted at No.1 at gaming charts around the world and has sold nearly 6 million units worldwide to date.
Set in the Matrix universe, The Matrix: Path of Neo will enable players to actually play as Neo, the central character, and relive his most important and memorable scenarios from the complete film trilogy, including the original film, The Matrix. Throughout the game, the path the player takes to resolve each scenario and the resulting consequences will be scripted and directed by the Wachowski Brothers. The likenesses of all of the films' key actors - including Keanu Reeves ("Neo"), Laurence Fishburne ("Morpheus"), Carrie-Ann Moss ("Trinity), and Hugo Weaving ("Agent Smith") - will be featured in The Matrix: Path of Neo, which will also include footage from all three feature films, as well as The Animatrix.
According to Atari's CEO Jim Caparro in Path of Neo gamers will get their ...first chance to personally relive Neo's journey, and the chance to experience new adventures they cannot yet even imagine.
