>Warner Bros. Discovery is refocusing its video game unit on four core franchises: Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat, Harry Potter and the DC Universe.

>The move, which entailed some shuffling of executives, was a response to erratic results in the gaming unit. In 2023, it released the year’s top-selling title, Hogwarts Legacy. The following year, it put out a major flop in MultiVersus, which reportedly added $100 million to a $200 million write-down the company had taken.

>Warner Bros. Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav and Chief Financial Officer Gunnar Wiedenfels said MultiVersus’ failure had added another $100 million to the $200 million writedown the company’s games business has suffered so far in 2024. “We recognize it is substantially underperforming its potential right now,” CEO David Zaslav conceded last year during a quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts.

>The video game division is slated to become part of the streaming and studios part of WBD after the media company splits into two entities in mid-2026.

>There were no layoffs involved in the restructuring, but several execs have taken on new duties.

>Warner Bros. Games Montréal Studio Head Yves Lachance has been promoted to SVP, Development, overseeing the development teams working on Harry Potter and Game of Thrones games. NetherRealm Studio Head Shaun Himmerick has been promoted to SVP, Development, overseeing the Mortal Kombat and DC games.

Does this mean they'll stop pumping out live service garbage and make something worth a damn?

>>712949557
No. This just means they hyperfocus on Harry Faggoter and other turbo slop IPs listed. DC section obviously means Batman only ofcourse.

>>712949557
Of course not. Enjoy your endless amounts of trash.

>>712949401 (OP)
How do you fumble a concept like MultiVersus? If done right it could have been a money printer in the vein of Smash.

>Multiversus was so shit it wiped the gains of the best selling game of 2023
How do you fuck yo that badly?

>>712949557
AHAHAHAHAHAHAAH NO
They'll double down on it even

Here we go again. This time it will be different, for sure. Trust the plan. Warner totally replaced the retards in charge.

>>712949557
>Are the people who think Kill the Justice League failed because it didn't have enough microtransactions going to make something good?
No.

>>712949401 (OP)

They should bring back FEAR and LOTR

>>712949401 (OP)
can't wait for more games that try to copy other popular games but worse.

>>712949557
I sure hope. That's one of the bigger killing blows to Mortal Kombat. I did not buy MK1 for a NUMBER of reasons, and that was a significant one. I do not want rotating stores in my fighting game. I don't want to have to literally play for 4 years to get all of the skins I want or have to deal with them just being gone forever because the game isn't in it's support phase. I don't want it to have features that aren't it's multiplayer locked behind an internet connection. Ideally I wouldn't even have DLC's, not how they are in modern fighting games certainly. Let me unlock things by playing the game, like you could in every MK prior to 2011.
The whole DLC release cycle thing in MK I came to dislike quite a bit. Once they made that a business model that they just fell back on it felt less and less about being a game.

Is there at least one guy who works with warner that actually likes playing video games?

>>712950148
By not releasing a DLC to the top selling game of 2023.

>>712949732
>DC section obviously means Batman only ofcourse
Yeah, dont forget about the Arkham Asylum remake lmao

>>712954924
The dlc was going to be shit so they skipped it. They're better off making a second game at this point.

>>712949401 (OP)
>Blames Multiversus, not SQ
>No layoffs
>Kills Monolith

They must think we are fucking retarded if they truly believe we are going to drink that shit up.

>>712949557
They did not mention SQ for a reason.
They fired the DEI jew who mishandled MK to replaced him with a worse jew who is doubling down on that, you can look up Zaslav replacement.

MK, MK, MK....

Ya know, Midway had other games, guys.

>>712957040
Ah yes, Midway's other great games like.....Pit Fighter and.....uhhhh......

>>712949557
Look us all in the eye and tell us a corporation in history has ever had self-reflection and a desire to improve.

>>712957149

Primal Rage.

And technically they only released it, but Mace the Dark Age.