After the games division slipped into a serious crisis this year, those responsible at Warner Bros. Discovery decided to change strategy. In the future, the focus will be on a few selected brands.
This year, the new releases from WB Games were certainly not a good star. So it wasn't just the multiplayer brawler “MultiVersus” a disappointing start.
WB Games was hit even harder with the release of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. As the publisher admitted in May, the Rocksteady title was a flop Write-downs of $200 million. To make matters worse, there doesn't seem to be a title on the horizon that could turn the year around for WB Games.
Therefore, the publisher is turning its attention to the future, which WB Games would like to face with fewer new releases, according to David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery. Zaslav continuedthat the focus in the future will be on a few selected brands.
WB Games focuses on these brands
We have it in detail “Hogwart’s Legacy”“Mortal Kombat”, “Game of Thrones” as well as the DC Universe (especially “Batman”). “We've been through some of the worst times – and things weren't going well in the gaming business. But we have four games that are really strong and have a loyal fan base. We will focus primarily on these four,” added Zaslav.
“We will refrain from launching 10, 12, 15 or 20 different games. I think with this focus we now have a real opportunity to make the gaming business more stable.”
“We have four strong and profitable game franchises with loyal, global fans: Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones and DC, particularly Batman. “We are focusing our development efforts on these core franchises and relying on proven studios to increase our success rate,” said the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery.
What are WB Studios working on?
The statement that WB Games should return to the “core franchises and proven studios” could indicate that experiments like “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League” will be a thing of the past in the future. Unconfirmed reports According to Rocksteady executives, they would like to return to classic single-player experiences like the Batman Arkham series.
According to persistent rumors, Rocksteady is currently working with Avalanche Software on a director's cut to “Hogwarts Legacy”. In addition to the main game, the new edition will contain 15 to 20 hours of DLC.
However, the director's cut for the first part has not yet been officially announced. Completely contrary to “Hogwarts Legacy 2”. WB Games confirmed the development here a few days ago announcedwhich Avalanche Software will once again serve as developer.
That leaves NetherRealm Studios, which, among other things, has post-launch content “Mortal Kombat 1” are busy. In addition, according to NetherRealms Ed Boon, work on a new project began a while ago. However, Boon did not become more specific in this regard.
Further reports on Batman, Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat.
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