Before this week in news, both Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment were co-publishing the upcoming PC title Matrix: Online, which is being developed by Monolith Studios. As of today, however, Ubisoft has left the partnership, leaving Warner Bros. and Monolith to continue development of the title alone.
This makes it the second time Ubisoft has removed a huge project from their calendar, the first being when they cancelled the online components to Uru: Ages Beyond Myst. And from my perspective, this seems rather odd. Either Ubisoft is simply lightening their load a little to remain competitive, or something is seriously going wrong within their ranks. We'll have to see how their situation develops.
However, this hasn't stopped Monolith from developing, or Warner Bros. from handling the publishing rights. Matrix: Online is still on track for a Spring beta test, and an official November release.