1. After Shadow of Mordor 2, Monolith began developing a new IP in 2017
2. WB said no
3. Monolith continued to develop it for 4 more years in order to convince WB
4. Monolith finally unveiled it to WB in 2021
5. WB said no
6. Monolith’s entire leadership team and a lot of their talent immediately quit to go start a new studio under EA
7. Remaining talent asked for time to rebuild their leadership team before embarking on a new game
8. WB said no
9. What remained of Monolith tried to rebuild their leadership team while starting on a Wonder Woman game
10. WB lost a bunch of money on expensive, poorly-conceived flops from existing IPs
11. WB dissolved Monolith
12. WB reiterated that they will continue focusing entirely on existing IPs

… Shadow of Mordor that earned Monolith it’s stars and stripes

This guy obviously never heard of Alien VS Predator 2, and No One Lives Forever.

The marine and alien missions in AVP2 were killer.