Warner Bros. Video games is engaged on a brand new live-service recreation, regardless of the excessive profile flop of Suicide Squad final yr.
A brand new job for an government producer at WB Video games Montréal has been listed, which incorporates point out of growth “from idea to post-launch stay operations”, and the expertise required contains “deep understanding of the total recreation growth lifecycle, together with stay companies”.
Whereas the sport itself is not specified, it will likely be a “high-quality AAA recreation based mostly on one of many iconic IPs from the huge Warner Bros. and DC Comics catalogue”.
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WB Video games Montréal beforehand developed DC recreation Gotham Knights, which – whereas not live-service – was one other flop for the corporate. In December final yr, 99 builders from the studio had been laid off.
Now it appears it is starting to ramp up growth on its subsequent mission.
Again in February, DC boss James Gunn confirmed he’d been in talks with each Rocksteady and NetherRealm to develop new video games within the DC Universe.
It is unknown if WB Video games Montréal can also be engaged on a DC recreation. In June, Warner Bros. Video games introduced a shift in management because it refocuses its efforts on its greatest franchises: DC, Mortal Kombat, Harry Potter, and Sport of Thrones.
The DC Universe is maybe the most definitely candidate for an additional live-service recreation. Nonetheless, this may observe the failures of Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad, which struggled to seek out an viewers. That resulted in a 41 p.c drop in Warner Bros. gaming income final yr, and layoffs on the studio later within the yr resulting from it underperforming.
Whereas Suicide Squad stays on-line, it obtained its closing piece of content material at the beginning of the yr.
Warner Bros. additionally cancelled its Marvel Girl recreation from Monolith earlier this yr resulting from a “strategic change in route”, with Monolith Productions, Participant First Video games, and Warner Bros. Video games San Diego all closing.
