After a lengthy and hush-hush beta testing period (which you can read about at length HERE), The Matrix Online has finally hit store shelves. As you read this, people all over the U.S. are jacking into the dank, violent world that Monolith has created. If you've been following our coverage of the beta, then you already know our stance on it: while it has potential, we weren't able to get a feel for what the game would really be like outside of its pure mechanics. This was mostly because the game's most hyped innovation on the genre -- a fully interactive, evolving storyline - hadn't yet been worked into the beta.