WB Games hasn’t given up on its DC comics-based IPs and is moving forward with titles from two different studios. According to a new report from Bloomberg, WB Games is still recovering from multiple losses following the disastrous release of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Harry Potter Quidditch Champions, and now Multiversus, but is looking to take this back to basics with a new single-player Batman game while rebooting its Wonder Woman title.
Rocksteady to the rescue?
Rocksteady Studios may’ve been tasked with the maligned Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League but was never a match made in heaven. The $200 million flop saw employee turnover for the studio which had previously produced the well-received Arkham trilogy which many felt the live service game disrespected. However, now it seems Rocksteady will go back to what it did best by developing a single player Batman game.
Per Bloomberg:
“Now, Rocksteady is looking to return to Batman for a single-player game, but according to people familiar with the timeline, the new project is years away from landing.”
Woes for Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman may have experienced a strong re-resurgence in popularity following some of the first DCU films but it didn’t take long after, particularly WW84, for that to wane. Monolith Productions, known for its popular Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor (2014) title, has been working on a Wonder Woman game since before 2021 using the same Nemesis system found in the former title and its sequel. However, with costs reportedly topping over $100 million, the game is now back on the drawing board, possibly never to be released. This should not come as a surprise though as it was originally announced as a live-service game and WB Games is far from the only publisher to have realized that cash cow has run dry and canceled a plethora of live-service projects the list of which is becoming almost uncountable at this point.
Per Bloomberg:
“The game has already cost more than $100 million, said the people who asked not to be identified discussing nonpublic information, and is still years away from release, if it ever makes it to market.”