We’ve talked plenty about the state of the gaming industry and how some people don’t give it the proper attention it deserves. Yesterday, the co-heads of DC Studios, which will oversee all media within the DCU movie, TV, and gaming universes, stated that “progress was being made” on the next big gaming titles, though it would be a while until their release. That had gamers excited about what James Gunn and Peter Safran had in store. However, less than 24 hours later, Warner Bros dropped a bombshell and noted that the teams behind Multiversus, the upcoming Wonder Woman game, and the WB San Diego studio would be shut down.
This is devastating on multiple levels, and in an official statement that was posted on Twitter, WB claimed that this was done to help their “strategic” priorities, and was “not indicative” of the teams themselves.
It’s a bad joke (worthy of Joker) that WB is talking about making “good games” and “getting back to profitability again” when it was the higher-ups’ decisions that shot so many games in the foot. Multiversus, for example, was a big hit while in beta, even making plenty of money via starter packs. Then, WB...
