Today, Warner Bros. Games officially confirmed reports that WB is effectively shutting down WB San Diego, Player First Games, and Monolith Productions as well as canceling their still-in-development Wonder Woman game.
The critical and commercial failure of last year's Suicide Squad game as well as the lack of success of Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions and MultiVersus directly led to the stepping down of David Haddad as the head of Warner Bros. Games earlier this January.
Warner Bros. Games provided the following statement today:
Despite naming DC (Detective Comics) as part of their key franchises in which WB is supposedly invested in continuing to build games, the closing of Monolith Productions and the cancelation of their upcoming Wonder Woman title only brings up further questions.
Warner Bros.'s statement about the developing title, at the time of writing three years past its official reveal and announcement back in 2021, remained vague.
"The development of Monolith’s Wonder Woman videogame will not move forward. Our hope was to give players and fans the highest quality experience possible for the iconic character, and unfortunately this is no longer possible within our strategic priorities," they added.
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