E3 offers many developers and publishers a massive stage with which to show off their latest and upcoming games. In recent years however, E3 has become less of a centralised focal point for gaming, with publishers creating their own independent showcases. WB Games, who currently have many projects in development, …
Read More »WB Games studios to be broken up as AT&T spins off WarnerMedia
Yesterday AT&T announced plans to spin off WarnerMedia, sparking some concern for what would happen to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and all of its major game studios. As it turns out, WB's studios are likely going to be split up, with some going to the new company and others remaining …
Read More »AT&T is spinning off WarnerMedia, leaves future of gaming division uncertain
Last year it was reported that AT&T was looking to sell off Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the division responsible for publishing and developing video games like the Batman: Arkham series, Mortal Kombat and more. A few months later, it seemed that those discussions had died down, but big changes are now …
Read More »Warner Bros patents Shadow of Mordor’s ‘Nemesis System’
It has been years since Shadow of Mordor introduced us to the Nemesis System, a dynamic in-game mechanic that turns NPCs into long-term rivals throughout the single-player campaign. Many of us expected to see similar systems appear in other games over the years but there have been very few attempts …
Read More »J.K. Rowling not directly involved in the development of Hogwarts Legacy
As per Warner Bros. Games, the author of the Harry Potter franchise “is not directly involved in the creation of the game”. Nonetheless, J.K. Rowling's writing is the foundation of any project in the Wizarding World, meaning that the game will still be based on her literary work. The official game …
Read More »Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment reportedly no longer up for sale
Back in mid June, Warner Bros parent company, AT&T, was reportedly in talks to sell off Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment – the company's massive game development and publishing division. Since then, Rocksteady and WB Montreal have revealed their next massive projects and now, it would appear that a sale is …
Read More »Suicide Squad and Gotham Knights will be unveiled at DC FanDome next week
The official schedule for DC FanDome has been announced and just as anticipated, next weekend's event will see two separate game panels. The first will go over Rocksteady's newly announced Suicide Squad game, while the other will focus on WB Montreal's long-teased Batman game. Interestingly, the schedule announcement gives us …
Read More »Warner Bros’ games division seemingly no longer up for sale
Just a few weeks ago, it looked like AT&T was preparing for a shake-up of Warner Media, starting with the possible sale of Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment – the company's gaming division. This would have been a huge deal that would have seen studios like Rocksteady change ownership. It would …
Read More »Batman: Arkham City made over $600 million and sold over 12.5 million copies
Batman: Arkham City was one of the best open-world games to release in the Xbox 360/PS3 era. Less than half a year after the game's launch in 2012, the game had shipped six million copies. Now all these years later, we have a better idea of how well the game …
Read More »Microsoft is reportedly interested in buying WB Games
Back in June, we reported that the gaming division of Warner Bros. was reportedly up for sale. At the time, it was claimed that Take-Two, EA, and Activision Blizzard were all interested in the acquisition. Now, according to one publication another major name can be added to the list of …
Read More »Warner Bros. gaming division reportedly up for sale
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Read More »Rumour claims Hitman 3, new Batman and Injustice 3 are coming
With E3 now cancelled for 2020, we are all wondering what some of the large publishers will be doing with their announcements. An earlier report on WB Games suggested that Harry Potter and Rocksteady's next project were due for announcements, but new rumours indicate a wider slate of games, including …
Read More »Leaked concept art hints at Rocksteady Superman game that may no longer be in the works
It has been a while since Rocksteady confirmed that its next project would not be a Superman game. Since then, there has been plenty who believe that it definitely was something the studio was working on at one point. Now, there may be some proof thanks to a new concept …
Read More »WB Games Montréal is teasing its next Batman game again
Just in case you didn't get the message during the first teaser four months ago, WB Montreal is in fact working on a new Batman game. We were all anticipating an announcement for this late last year after the first round of teasers but that never came to fruition. Perhaps …
Read More »Fantastic footage of an alleged Harry Potter RPG has appeared online
Update: The original video embedded below has since been taken down. In the meantime, this mirror from Twitter is still live (at the time of publishing) Rumours are that we may be getting a new Harry Potter role-playing game after this video leak from a reddit user (who claims that …
Read More »IO Interactive reveals why Hitman 2 is ditching the episodic format
Alongside its announcement of Hitman 2, IO Interactive revealed that it would be returning to a more traditional full release instead of the episodic format it experimented on with its predecessor. This is all a part of the developer’s long-term plans to not rely on the “trendy bubble” of games-as-a-service, …
Read More »Shadow of War developer comments on microtransactions
Middle-earth: Shadow of War was put in the firing line of fans last month when published WB Games announced that the sequel title will be housing microtransactions despite being a full-priced title. Developer Monolith Productions has since addressed fan concern, stating that it doesn't unbalance or distract from the core …
Read More »Shadow of War’s Orc-Slayer is homage to developer who passed away
Update: Many have brought to our attention that the donations per purchase to the DLC are limited to the U.S. only, “excluding purchases made from AL, HI, IL, MA, MS and SC,” and that these purchases will not be tax deductible. This, of course, means that anyone buying from anywhere …
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