[STEAM] Warner Bros. Games Boss David Haddad Is Leaving the Company, a Year After Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s Disastrous Launch

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Warner Bros. Games boss David Haddad is set to leave the company, according to a new report.

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said Haddad will leave his role as president of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment after 12 years of leading Warner Bros. Games.

The company has had a troubled 12 months, first with the catastrophic release of Rocksteady’s

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, then the disappointing release of Smash Bros.-style brawler

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Warner Bros. Discovery has said

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. Warner Bros. Games' only new game release during the third quarter of 2024 was

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, which failed to make an impression.

Speaking in a financial call, Warner Bros. Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav said: "We recognise [the games business] is substantially underperforming its potential right now.”

Since then, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League post-launch content has come to an end with the delivery of its year one roadmap. Warner Bros. has yet to announce Rocksteady’s next game, but it is reportedly helping out on a director’s cut of Hogwarts Legacy. The legendary British studio has suffered a number of layoffs in recent months.

There are also question marks over Mortal Kombat 1’s financial performance, although

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During the same financial call, Zaslav said Warner Bros. was doubling down on four games: Hogwarts Legacy (

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), Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones, and DC, "in particular Batman." Warner Bros. recently published VR game

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exclusively on the Meta Quest 3, and has a Wonder Woman game in the works at Monolith Productions.

"We are focusing our development efforts on those core franchises, with proven studios to improve our success ratio," Zaslav added.

According to Variety, Haddad will stay on with Warner Bros. discovery for the next three months as the company looks for his replacement during an apparent quieter release schedule.

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