About

Dedicated to Online Games and Virtual Worlds.

Monumental (Nottingham, UK) was founded in 2005 by video game industry veterans with the principle objective of providing everything an organisation needs to enter the Virtual World and Online Game marketplace.

Monumental provide technology and a wide range of partnerships, consultancy, development and publishing services that enable organisations to pursue commercial opportunities, enjoy sustainable long term competitive advantage and high-growth operational success within the global Online Game and Virtual World marketplace.

Monumental build large scale consumer and business facing Online Games and Virtual World projects for a growing number of International organisations, joint ventures and brands. As developers of our own large scale ‘Business to Consumer’ and ‘Business to Business’ Virtual World and MMO Games, Monumental enjoy established partnerships with global billing, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), In-Game Advertising, Hosting, Publishing, Retail and Distribution partners necessary to take customers and internal projects from the design board to the global marketplace.

Monumental specialise in Online Game and Virtual World development projects and have extensive experience with multiple game development platforms i.e. console, handheld and PC. Monumental work with a growing number of global publishing, investment and strategic partners across multiple projects, genres and platforms in the development of cutting edge consumer video game projects. Monumental manage a constantly expanding portfolio of game development projects. These projects span multiple development teams and a wide range of genres, platforms and license types.

Monumental work across multiple development contracts including standard work-for-hire partnerships and joint ventures with platform holders, publishers and developers. Our partnerships include joint ventures with angel investors, venture capital and financial institutions keen to leverage opportunities within the dynamic and constantly expanding online marketplace.

Monumental develop, market and license the Online Game and Virtual World project development solution, Monumental Technology Suite (MTS). This suite of complimentary components, tools and software systems allows project stakeholders to plan, design, create, develop and manage large scale online game, entertainment and Virtual Worlds projects throughout the development, product and market lifecycle in a cost effective and timely manner. MTS allows organisations to develop Online Game and Virtual Worlds projects for a diverse range of applications.

Board of Directors

Experience. Application. Passion.

Rik Alexander - Chief Executive Officer

Rik is the Chief Executive Officer and a co-founder of Monumental. Rik oversees all strategic, operational and tactical activities.

Prior to founding Monumental Rik was General Manager of Climax Online and oversaw a studio of 80 development and publishing staff working on the original massively multi-player game Warhammer Online for Games Workshop. Rik was responsible for all business, operational, game development and management activities at Climax Online. Prior to moving into the online games sector Rik served as Game Director at the Climax Group’s specialist racing studio in Brighton and was tasked as Brand/Game Director for the MotoGP product line. Rik was instrumental in building the key franchises that lead to the acquisition of the Climax Racing Studio by Buena Vista Games in September 2006. Rik has extensive experience throughout the publishing side of the video game value chain and has served in various production roles at global game publishing firms Acclaim and Hasbro Interactive.

Rocco Loscalzo – Chief Technical Officer

Rocco is the Chief Technical Officer and a co-founder of Monumental. Rocco oversees all technical, R&D, product, tools and software development activities. Rocco graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc (Hons) degree in Computer Studies.

Prior to founding Monumental Rocco was Technical Director of Climax Online and oversaw a team of 15 technical development staff working on the original massively multi-player game Warhammer Online for Games Workshop. Rocco was responsible for all architectural, technical, programming, R&D, infrastructure and tool development activities at Climax Online. Rocco oversaw the technical strategy and development of Climax Online’s MMO game development technology platform ‘Leviathan’.

Prior to his involvement in the online gaming sector Rocco was Software Lead for Charybdis a UK based developer of multi-format video game projects. Rocco was a director for Delta Computing where he was responsible for developing control and business solutions for a diverse cross-section of fortune 500 organisations throughout a wide range of industrial sectors. Rocco served as Software Engineer, Project Manager and Operations Manager where he performed project management, team management, technical development, strategy and consultation, R&D and new product development activities throughout all operational divisions of the organisation.

Rocco was a jurist on the 2007 Technical Achievement panel for the 2007 Bafta awards.

Gylan Hunter – Art Director

Gylan is the Art Director of Monumental. Gylan oversees all art, creative, media, animation, graphic and 3D content development, planning and strategy relating to video game product development. Gylan graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art with a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art.

Prior to joining Monumental and the online video game industry Gylan was Lead Character Artist at Visual Science where he was responsible for leading all character art teams in the creation of FMV and in-game character art across numerous projects, titles and platforms. Gylan was Art Director at Freak Studios where he worked on multi-platform projects for a number of global publishers, developers and external clients. Gylan was Lead Character Artist at Climax Studios. Gylan has a diverse range of artistic, creative, project and team management skills on multiple video game delivery platforms.

Luke Smith – Development Director

Luke is the Development Director of Monumental. Luke oversees all game design, development and production strategy relating to video game product development. Luke graduated from the University of Sheffield with a BMus (Hons) degree in Classical Music History and Composition.

Prior to joining Monumental Games Luke was Development Director at Evolucion SL a Spanish developer of multi-platform video games. Luke was Lead designer for Climax Studios and has a successful track record of bringing high quality games to market on-time, on-budget and with significant accolades by consumer, press and industry sources. Luke has served as lead designer on console and PC video game projects for large scale global platform holders and publishers such as Sony, Activision, THQ and Microsoft.

Management Team

We understand business.

Alan O’Dea – Business Development Director, Monumental

Alan is the Business Development Director at Monumental Games. Alan oversees all strategic, tactical and operational business development activities at Monumental. Alan graduated from the University of Bradford with a BSc (Hons) in Interactive Systems and Video Games Design and from the Bradford University School of Management with a MBA specialising in the video game industry.

Before joining Monumental Alan was a business, game design and marketing consultant for a series of traditional and online video game developers producing business, management, game design, investment, strategy and planning materials for numerous video game projects.

Prior to joining the video game industry Alan was a co-founder and project director of online advertising, design, marketing consultancy agency Steamdriven working with global clients such as Google, Doubleclick and HP developing dynamic technology driven advertising and marketing campaigns within the global marketplace. Alan served as Account Director for Internet, graphic design, marketing and advertising firm Newmedia working with banks, investment & VC firms, government agencies, political parties, TV and radio stations in the development of strategic marketing, design, and advertising campaigns using emergent technology and media delivery platforms. Alan was Lead Designer for Ireland’s largest Internet Service Provider and consumer facing portal Ireland On-Line where he managed day-to-day content creation and lead the special projects department for this semi-state owned organisation. Alan was Creative Director for multi-media and Computer Based Training company Interact Services international working for global clients SkillSoft, Sacs of Fifth Avenue and Hilton Hotel Group’s global media services.