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[Wastelander92]

Warner Bros. Games statement provided to Kotaku over email:

We have had to make some very difficult decisions to structure our development studios and investments around building the best games possible with our key franchises -– Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, DC and Game of Thrones. After careful consideration, we are closing three of our development studios – Monolith Productions, Player First Games and Warner Bros. Games San Diego. This is a strategic change in direction and not a reflection of these teams or the talent that consists within them.

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. This is another tough decision, as we recognize Monolith’s storied history of delivering epic fan experiences through amazing games. We greatly admire the passion of the three teams and thank every employee for their contributions. As difficult as today is, we remain focused on and excited about getting back to producing high-quality games for our passionate fans and developed by our world class studios and getting our Games business back to profitability and growth in 2025 and beyond.

Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social)

BREAKING: Warner Bros. Games is shutting down Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB San Diego, sources tell Bloomberg News. Warner Bros. is also canceling the Wonder Woman game.

bsky.app

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Monolith fate is just sad. FEAR, Shogo, TRON 2.0 and NOLF are one of the cornerstones of narrative FPS genre. It's so sad to see them go.

 

[SlimySnake]

Well, No sympathy for these guys. They havent made a game in like 8 years. Wonder Woman was in development for years and we saw nothing. If you cant even show any work you've done in almost a decade then you dont deserve to be in the industry.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Outside of Hogwards Warner Gaming seems to be in utter shambles this generation.

 

[Hookshot]

Wasn't WW a gaas? Dressing up fit Amazons could have worked but there's no way they would have been sexy.

 

[analog_future]

Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social)

BREAKING: Warner Bros. Games is shutting down Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB San Diego, sources tell Bloomberg News. Warner Bros. is also canceling the Wonder Woman game.

bsky.app

 

[mansoor1980]

Monolith Productions​

30 years old iconic studio , killed just like that

 

[Mister Wolf]

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

Monolith is a bummer.

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

Ouch, that could have been an interesting game. Even a bigger shame as wb has patented the nemesis system and wonder woman seemed to be the only game on the horizon that was going to use it. Some patents just shouldn't exist

 

[Kataploom]

The industry needs to go back to 10-50M dollars games as standard and just leave the 100M budgets for special cases, really we all saw the painting in the wall regarding this disaster and it's becoming a self stated prophecy at this point...

 

[Saber]

Wonder Woman cancelled?
Dude, what the fuck is happening in the game industry? Is this because of the Suicide Crap? Lol

 

[SEGAvangelist]

 

[adamsapple]

edit: nvm

fucking hell lol, they just took a broadsword to their gaming division.

 

[Danjin44]

Well my Monolith still lives on....

 

[mèx]

Monolith had a long run. RIP.

 

[Astray]

That Nemesis system patent is gonna go unused until it expires huh?

Sociopathic response.

 

[KyoZz]

 

[ProtoByte]

That beyond sucks. Monolith didn't even release a flop like Rocksteady or WB Montreal. They just took too long, and probably got caught in the crossfire of James Gunn's stupid plans to integrate the video games into his mess of a DC multimedia universe.

 

[Leviathicus]

Noooo, Monolith

 

[Punished Miku]

It is what it is. I wasn't going to buy WW for $70 I can tell you that.

I really enjoyed Shadow of Mordor. I made it a few hours into Shadow of War and was a bit bored with it. That was 9 YEARS AGO.

 

[Gambit2483]

WB Games is becoming a dumpster fire. I'm just hoping the upcoming Hogwarts Legacy
Directors Cut doesn't become a full blown GAAS game

 

[TintoConCasera]

They are closing Monolith? Why? They made some cool games like Shogo and Condemned and some real bangers like FEAR and NOLF. The fuck?

 

[Werewolf Jones]

WB got greedy and made bad business decisions.

The MultiVersus community can cope and blame the character choices but the game simply wasn't fun to stick around and play. I log in and do the daily BP challenges then log out. Also had really bad approach towards micro transactions and how you unlock characters. They did FINALLY fix the game but it's too late.

Hopefully with James Gunn taking control on DC moving forward they can actually pose a threat. Not sure if the video game market will be of much interest to them anymore like how Disney dropped out and just loans out IPs.

 

[struggler_guts]

RIP

 

[Gonzito]

Man Monolith made the Middle Earth games which are absolutely incredible.

What a mess

 

[BigBeauford]

Really smart to cancel the game as it was going to mega bomb, but closing the studio? Totally sucks.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Only the strongest will survive.

 

[RJMacready73]

Damn I was really looking forward to playing a wonder woman game.... /s

 

[Loomy]

San Diego was just a support studio, right?

That Nemesis system patent is gonna go unused until it expires huh?

To be fair, anyone can make their own version of it.

They are closing Monolith? Why? They made some cool games like Shogo and Condemned and some real bangers like FEAR and NOLF. The fuck?

The last FEAR game was 15 years ago. The last of the LoTR games was almost 10 years ago. Monolith had unfortunately been on life support for ages at this point.

So much self own in this. Multiversus had 2 chances and they fumbled both.

 

[semiconscious]

It is what it is. I wasn't going to buy WW for $70 I can tell you that.

I really enjoyed Shadow of Mordor. I made it a few hours into Shadow of War and was a bit bored with it. That was 9 YEARS AGO.

shadow of mordor was interesting. shadow of war was a miscalculation. yet another inferior sequel...

 

[Gambit2483]

They are closing Monolith? Why? They made some cool games like Shogo and Condemned and some real bangers like FEAR and NOLF. The fuck?

They wasted 5 years of time and money and probably had shit-all to show for it. Rumors were Wonder Woman was basically in development hell

 

[Sgt. Pinback]

Monolith were awesome. What a shame. The LOTR games were brilliant.

Plus, they did Tron 2.0, and that was fucking incredible.

 

[Hudo]

FOR FUCK'S SAKE. Monolith Productions is a big loss...

No One Lives Forever 1 & 2, Blood, Tron 2.0 (I really like this game), Fear 1 & 2, Shogo: Mobile Armor Division, Condemned, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor & Shadow of War...

Their games were always solid to really good. Warner Bros. are absolute retards for really mismanaging all of their studios.

 

[LectureMaster]

The whole WB Games is falling apart. Maybe only Avalanche will survive.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Thread 'Wonder Woman game has already cost $100 million; “years away from release, if it ever makes it to market”'
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/wond...lease-if-it-ever-makes-it-to-market”.1680545/


^ sounds like Wonder Woman was an expensive clusterfuck. Not surprising that WB cut their losses

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Sociopathic response.

Thank you.

 

[Luipadre]

Wait is this true? I thought its a meme first. RIP monolith i guess, but its probably for the best. 5 years and we didnt see a glimpse of their next game. All these studios just wasting fucking money and scratching their balls while smaller studios are releasing amazing titles with a lot smaller budget

 

[BennyBlanco]

Monolith going down like this sucks. They were great.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Ivan]

Monolith ;(

Claw
Blood
Nolf
Fear

Rip...

 

[Mister Wolf]

Don't be sad. Any talent at Monolith will just go over to Cliffhanger Games if they already didn't leave initially to work on that Black Panther game.

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor studio boss is heading up all-new singleplayer Black Panther game

Electronic Arts is working with Marvel Games on the new superhero project.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I don’t know how we’ll survive with one less Strong Female Protagonist game.

 

[ProtoByte]

It is what it is. I wasn't going to buy WW for $70 I can tell you that.

Your money, but it would've been cool.

American military + DC-fied Greek myth... Nemesis System actually makes a surprising amount of sense with the Lasso of Truth - it has telepathic and mind control-type abilities.

 

[El Muerto]

Not Monolith...

 

[viveks86]

Seemed like the writing was on the wall for a while… sad news nonetheless. Was a big fan of Shogo back in the day

 

[TintoConCasera]

Blood

How could I forget that one. Probably the best game on the Build engine and one of the best retro-FPS games.

Damn.

 

[ahtlas7]

For the fun memories.

 

[JackedTortoise09]

Makers of Condemned, FEAR and Shadow of Mordor. A damn shame as they were a great studio.

 

[Punished Miku]

Your money, but it would've been cool.

American military + DC-fied Greek myth... Nemesis System actually makes a surprising amount of sense with the Lasso of Truth - it has telepathic and mind control-type abilities.

$30, for sure. $70, probably not. I wasn't into any of the story in Shadow of Mordor either. If they made a competent beat-em-up I would have picked it up eventually.

I am actually pretty interested in the Black Panther game, ironically.