The constant changes, be it for bad or good, in the videogame industry continues, as this time, several studios under Warner Bros. will shut down, as well as Warner Bros. cancelling its previously announced Wonder Woman videogame.

Warner Bros. originally announced their Wonder Woman-focused videogame back in 2021, with the game now being officially cancelled. But that's not all, as Warner Bros. is seeking a restructure of their development studios and divisions, closing down three studios: Monolith Productions (the studio behind the now-cancelled Wonder Woman videogame), Player First Games and Warner Bros. Games San Diego.

According to a statement by Warner Bros., they are trying to structure their studios to focus on giving players the "best games possible with their key franchises", like Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones and DC, claiming they want to remain focused on producing high quality games for their passionate fans.

WB also mentioned that their difficult and though decision to close down these three studios comes due to an strategic change in direction, and that their decision is "not a reflection of these teams or the talent that consists within them".

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[The Catboy]

Nothing of value was lost

 

[KingVamp]

I guess getting anything that isn't just the original Batman, is just cursed. I wish they would have continued on what they were doing with Arkham and gave us Batman Beyond.

 

[Deleted member 706757]

We'll probably get to see some prerelease builds in around 15 years or so

 

[Reploid]

Nothing of value was lost

Monolith made good games in before

 

[BlusterBong]

>Suicide Squad game fails because WBD wanted it to be a live service (oh and it unintentionally revealed that Sweet Baby Inc's writing teams are hackfrauds but let's not go there yet)

>Multiverus died becuase WBD went out of thier way to kill any good things about the game

>Kills entire games division alongside mass layoffs because those are a slap on the wrist in the west

totally healthy company that is not drowning in debt right there

 

[YoureALoser]

Sounds like someone fired their DEI hires.

 

[RAHelllord]

Warner Bros Execs saw their yearly bonuses getting threatened so naturally they had to fire a bunch of people real quick to give the impression of infinite growth.

 

[Noctosphere]

I give it 1 hour after release before we see nudes/big tits/Boob&ButtFX mods

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Go [beep], go broke

We are going to witness gaming turn around the next 4 years. Trump is saving videogames! Nature is healing!

 

[Megadriver94]

Go woke go broke, like with Ocean's 8, Terminator: Dark fate, and Disney's Star Wars Sequel trilogy,

 

[SylverReZ]

Go woke go broke, like with Ocean's 8, Terminator, Dark fate, and Disney's Star Wars Sequel trilogy,

Don't forget Star Trek Voyager.

 

[Megadriver94]

Monolith made good games in before

Monolith did make good games here and there up until the early-mid 2010s. I am sad about the cancelled Batman Beyond game, though. ;(

 

[Xzi]

Go [beep], go broke

We are going to witness gaming turn around the next 4 years. Trump is saving videogames! Nature is healing!

Righties don't develop games, sorry. They're the dipshit executives who push live-service slop on the industry and ruin whole studios. David Zaslav of WB-Discovery is a prime example of that.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Righties don't develop games, sorry. They're the dipshit executives who push live-service slop on the industry and ruin whole studios. David Zaslav of WB-Discovery is a prime example of that.

Yeah bro righties are greenlighting all these $100,000,000+++ woke games. That makes sense

More like weirdo liberal elites throwing around massive swathes of money in the form of E.S.G grants and to push DEI and "the message" propaganda in games.

Well, the masses are thoroughly rejecting it all.

 

[JaNDeRPeiCH]

Righties don't develop games, sorry. They're the dipshit executives who push live-service slop on the industry and ruin whole studios. David Zaslav of WB-Discovery is a prime example of that.

Warner Bros with their nemesis system can print infinite money.

But instead they choose the same path like ubisoft.

Edit: Sorry for the edits, keyboard phone its a mess right now.

 

[Xzi]

Yeah bro righties are greenlighting all these $100,000,000+++ woke games. That makes sense

Neither Suicide Squad nor Gotham Knights was "woke," they were just plain garbage. And yes, righties will chase any trend that they believe will make them more money, but the end result is always soulless. Both Baldur's Gate 3 and Kingdom Come 2 ARE woke, and yet they sold very well and received universally glowing reviews. That's the difference between a developer making something that they themselves would want to play, and a developer making a game just because their clueless CEO demanded it.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Neither Suicide Squad nor Gotham Knights was "woke," they were just plain garbage. And yes, righties will chase any trend that they believe will make them more money, but the end result is always soulless. Both Baldur's Gate 3 and Kingdom Come 2 ARE woke, and yet they sold very well and received universally glowing reviews. That's the difference between a developer making something that they themselves would want to play, and a developer making a game just because their clueless CEO demanded it.

Suicide Squad wasn't woke? The DLC with the gender AND race swapped Mr. Freeze wasnt woke? Nothing says "not woke" than a gay Chinese mister freeze.

Nothing says not woke like having 13 (thirteen) different kinds of gay flag COSTUMES

 

[Xzi]

Suicide Squad wasn't woke? The DLC with the gender AND race swapped Mr. Freeze wasnt woke? Nothing says "not woke" than a gay Chinese mister freeze.

I was unaware any of that existed, and I doubt it was in there at launch, but sure, that's woke. It's also gotta be like #382 on the list of reasons why the general population hates the game. Character customization to any extent is typically viewed as a positive thing, but not when it's unlocked piecemeal through a live-service season pass or micro-transactions.

 

[UltraHurricane]

Suicide Squad wasn't woke? The DLC with the gender AND race swapped Mr. Freeze wasnt woke? Nothing says "not woke" than a gay Chinese mister freeze.

Nothing says not woke like having 13 (thirteen) different kinds of gay flag COSTUMESView attachment 487976

ahhh yes, THAT... optional cosmetics you have to go out of your way to get is the sole reason on why this game was soy woke dei slop and not the tons of other issues of being a bloated AAA game

fr thou, it never ceases to amaze me how so many chuds fall for the idiot trap of blaming woke/dei things for ruining gaming cause it's an easy thing to point to and farm engagement for and you never have to think about the systemic problems and practices of corporations that are actually pushing the industry to the brink

but yeah, it's really stupid and uninformed to say "wokeness" had anything to do with why this Wonder Woman game was cancelled cause we'll never know what it could have had, it could have been the most based unwoke sigma game ever, we'll never know and it's stupid to speculate from that perspective ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯