[STEAM] Rocksteady Reportedly Working on Single-Player Batman Game, Monolith Productions’ Wonder Woman in Trouble

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A new report has shed light on the turmoil at Warner Bros. Games, while providing an update on the various projects in the works at its developers.

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on concern about the upcoming slate of games from Warner Bros. Games following

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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 other recent release 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,

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with the delivery of its year one roadmap, and Warner Bros. has announced

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. Rocksteady, meanwhile,

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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 just four games: Hogwarts Legacy (

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), Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones, and DC, "in particular Batman."

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

But it may be some time before fans see the result of this work. Bloomberg said Monolith Productions’

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is in trouble after reportedly rebooting and switching directors early last year. It’s already cost more than $100 million and is still years away from release, Bloomberg added.

Monolith’s reimagined Nemesis system (it developed the much-loved Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and its sequel) that would see Wonder Woman befriending enemies has been ditched in favor of a more traditional action adventure game. Its fate “remains in question.”

Gotham Knights developer WB Games Montreal, meanwhile, pitched a John Constantine game but it was never approved. A Flash game was scrapped after the DCU Flash film bombed. It’s now helping out with other games and is reportedly working on a pitch for a new Game of Thrones game.

Hogwarts Legacy developer Avalanche is, as officially announced, working on new content for Hogwarts Legacy

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Fans of Rocksteady will be excited to hear the studio “is looking to return to Batman for a single-player game,” but according to Bloomberg, it’s years away. There is no word in Bloomberg’s report on what’s next from NetherRealm.

The upshot of this is Warner Bros. Games has, according to Bloomberg, a refreshed version of Hogwarts Legacy, a Lego game, and a few mobile games in the works for the next two years.

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