The current attitude towards Warner Bros.’ handling of its IPs is certainly questionable with the direction for its gaming division. After the disappointment that was Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the publisher has went on to address it is re-evaluatng the attention to producing games. Although a “strategic asset”, the firm told that its focus lies on DC Comics, Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, and Game of Thrones moving forward.
However, there has been some disappointing developments as of this year so far. 2025 has introduced the closure for Multiversus coming later this spring. Moreover, both The Flash & Constantine games were once considered internally at Warner Bros. Games. And, progress on Wonder Woman has essentially restarted since the initial announcement from 2021.
According to a new development from Bloomberg, it is revealed that Warner Bros. is to shutter work on Wonder Woman. It is disclosed that studios are to also be closing its doors at Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and Warner Bros. San Diego. Jason Schreier breaks the news via a post on BlueSky.
Further in the thread, Schreier does elaborate on how Warner Bros. Games reached this outcome for its talent being laid off. “I see a lot of people responding to this news with complaints about David Zaslav, but it was president David Haddad who ran Warner Bros. Games for the last decade and who was responsible for overseeing all of the studios and their output.
“By the time David Zaslav took over WB Discovery in April 2022, Monolith had already gone almost five years without shipping a game and lost almost its entire leadership team under Haddad’s management.” Haddad recently announced his departure from spearheading Warner Bros. video game effort in January. Amid this development, James Funn & Peter Safran did press both Rocksteady Studios and NetherRealm Studios have been approached to work on more comic book titles. You can read the full report by heading here.
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