While Hogwarts Legacy has been a huge hit for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the same can't be said for some of the company's other video game offerings. At the start of 2024, WB released Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League -- a game that was in development for nearly a decade -- that flopped horribly both commercially and critically. It bombed so hard that Warner Bros.' gaming revenue declined by over 40% because of it.
If that doesn't paint a bleak enough picture, Warner Bros. doesn't even have a game releasing soon that could help the gaming division's bleeding. So, what does the company plan to do?
Warner Bros To Focus on Four Key Properties For Video Games
It's because of bombs like Suicide Squad that Warner Bros. has decided to pull back on developing a lot of games at once and, instead, will focus on four properties moving forward. The company revealed this during its quarterly earnings call (via IGN). Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said they plan to reduce the number of video games the company releases and, instead, will focus on gaming properties: Hogwarts Legacy, Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat, and DC "in particular Batman."
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