According to a report from Jason Schreier, Warner Bros. Games has officially cancelled the previously announced Wonder Woman game. Additionally, they’ve also shut down several of their internal gaming studios.
These include Player First Games (Multiversus), Monolith Productions (Shadow of Mordor, Shadow of War, Wonder Woman), and Warner Bros. San Diego. Previous reports from Bloomberg confirmed that the Wonder Woman game had reached a state of development hell, before eventually being cancelled. It also revealed that Rocksteady is working on a new Batman game that is potentially years away.
After the recent failures of Multiversus, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and Mortal Kombat 1, Warner Bros. Games portfolio is more limited than ever. Pitched titles such as games based on The Flash and Constantine have been scrapped. Warner Bros. Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav stated that their video game division is “substantially underperforming its potential.”
Reportedly, Warner Bros. is planning to scale back their video game releases and are considering outsourcing their titles to other companies, similarly to Disney’s approach. With Warner Bros. and DC’s major upcoming films such as Superman, only time will tell how it plans to capitalize on their massive catalog of IPs.
Recently, Rocksteady has faced several layoffs after poor sales of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. The company’s quality assurance has been cut in half and other staff members, including one who was made redundant during their paternity leave. They are now said to be working on a new Batman game. Supposedly, the project is years away from release.
Lastly, Warner Bros. will no longer be working on the Wonder Woman game. The future of the character, both in the gaming and film industry, is now in limbo.
