Warner Bros. is ripe with exciting IPs across the board, including the characters and villains that make up the larger DC Universe, the properties of Adult Swim, Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat and other hidden gems like Scooby-Doo and Samurai Jack.
But if you were hoping to see those properties cross over into games, then you're out of luck.
Following disappointing sales across the board and financial losses, Warner Bros. has re-evaluated its gaming plans. As a result, the company is committed to focusing on just four franchises moving forward: Mortal Kombat, Batman, Harry Potter and Game of Thrones.
There's not going to be any Sonic-style tweaking this time.
As part of WB's latest earnings call, CEO David Zaslav lamented the state of Warner Bros.' gaming initiatives. “I think we’re through some of the worst — and it hasn’t been pretty — on the gaming business,” Zaslav said, per a transcription by Insider-Gaming.
Indeed, WB has had some major misfortunes when it comes to games. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was reported to have caused a $200 million hole. Elsewhere, MultiVersus is responsible for an additional $100 million hit due to its own failures.
Those losses have...
