Monolith Licenses Engine to Third Law

Monolith Licenses Engine to Third Law is the story today, and it is the kind of late-April 1999 news blast that makes the pre-E3 season feel like someone kicked the hornet nest. Monolith Productions today revealed the licensing of its LithTech 3D Engine to computer game developer Third Law Interactive, formerly Bloodshot. The LithTech 3D Engine will be utilized in Third Law Interactive’s upcoming 3D action game KISS “Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child.” Gathering of Developers, the developer-driven computer and video game publisher, will publish the title in the U.S. in early 2000. The LithTech 3D Engine provides licensees immediate access to a continuously growing, cutting-edge 3D technology, while at the same time significantly simplifying and speeding up overall development time.

It may not be the same thrill as a fresh demo, but this stuff shapes what actually reaches players. Boring paperwork today can turn into games on shelves tomorrow.