# Monolith

> 2010 video game

**Wikidata**: [Q110817192](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110817192)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/monolith-q110817192

## Summary
Monolith is an unreleased Russian action game developed by Lesta Games for PlayStation 3 and IBM-compatible PCs in 2010. The title was cancelled before launch and never reached store shelves.

## Key Facts
- **Status**: Cancelled/unreleased video game (2010)
- **Developer**: Lesta Games (founded 1991, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- **Intended platforms**: PlayStation 3, IBM PC compatible
- **Distribution format**: Optical disc
- **Russian title**: Монолит
- **GameFAQs IDs**: 611758 (PC), 611759 (PS3), 611760 (Q48263)
- **OGDB title ID**: 15497
- **GamersGlobal game ID**: 47273
- **LKI ID**: Monolith
- **Country of origin**: Russia

## FAQs
### Q: Was Monolith ever released?
A: No. The game was cancelled during development and never launched on any platform.

### Q: What genre was Monolith?
A: It was planned as an action game.

### Q: Which studio was developing Monolith?
A: Lesta Games, a Russian developer headquartered in Saint Petersburg since 1991.

### Q: On which platforms was Monolith supposed to launch?
A: PlayStation 3 and IBM-compatible personal computers.

## Why It Matters
Monolith represents a snapshot of Russia’s early-2010s game-development scene, when domestic studios attempted ambitious console projects but struggled to bring them to market. Its cancellation illustrates the financial, technical, and logistical hurdles that often derail mid-tier titles—especially in regions without established publishing pipelines for PlayStation 3. For historians, the game preserves a data trail (multiple database IDs, press mentions, and platform SKUs) that documents how a title can progress far enough to receive certification codes yet still vanish before release. Monolith also underscores Lesta Games’ diversification beyond its better-known strategy titles, showing the breadth of experimentation that preceded the studio’s later pivot to free-to-play naval combat games.

## Notable For
- One of the few known Russian action games slated for PlayStation 3 that never shipped
- Dual-language branding: “Монолит” in Russian and “Monolith” internationally
- Multiple authoritative game-database entries despite never launching
- Planned optical-disc distribution in an era when Russian PC gaming was shifting toward digital

## Body
### Development & Cancellation
Lesta Games, founded in Saint Petersburg in 1991, began developing Monolith for two target platforms: Sony’s PlayStation 3 and standard IBM-compatible PCs. The project entered catalogues sufficiently to receive GameFAQs IDs for each SKU (611758, 611759, 611760) and was logged in the OpenGamesDB (title ID 15497) and GamersGlobal (ID 47273). Despite this visibility, the title was ultimately classified as “cancelled/unreleased,” and no retail discs ever shipped.

### Platform & Technical Details
Monolith was engineered for the Cell Broadband Engine architecture of the PlayStation 3 as well as x86-based Windows PCs. Distribution was planned on optical disc, aligning with 2010 retail norms in Eastern Europe.

### Legacy & Archival Presence
Even though the game never launched, its metadata persist across industry databases, preserving a record of Russian console development efforts during the seventh generation era.

## References

1. LKI