Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier commented on Warner Bros. Games executives’ statements about the craze for games-as-services in a recent episode of the Kinda Funny Gamescast podcast.
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Recall that in last year’s financial report, Warner Bros. Games mentioned the release of a game-as-service for Hogwarts Legacy, and later confirmed plans for a sequel to the popular fantasy action game.
According to Schreier, the talk about games-as-a-service during financial reports is mostly for the benefit of investors, while in reality Warner Bros. Games is not currently interested in such projects.
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Earlier, Warner Bros. Games cancelled the action film Wonder Woman and closed the studio that developed it, Monolith Productions, known for Blood, No One Lives Forever, F.E.A.R., Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War, as well as two other teams.
Warner Bros. explained its decision by saying that it is currently focused on its four main franchises: Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, DC and Mortal Kombat. At the same time, Wonder Woman was part of the DC universe.