Quite a bit goes down at Warner Bros. Video games, particularly with rumors of Monolith’s Surprise Lady being rebooted. Nevertheless, one other studio that’s been comparatively quiet is WB Video games Montreal following the underwhelming Gotham Knights.
Bloomberg’s latest report supplied some updates whereas seemingly confirming the 2022 motion RPG’s authentic reside service mannequin. These plans had been reportedly dropped midway by means of improvement because the studio “struggled to make progress.” Although it needed to develop a “1.5” iteration of Gotham Knights, the higher-ups had been apparently not having it and relegated the studio to aiding different initiatives.
WB Video games Montreal would subsequently pitch different initiatives, together with John Constantine (which WB Video games had been noncommittal on) and the Flash (the latter not occurring as a result of 2023 movie flopping). There have since been resignations amongst management on account of “frustration with their company bosses,” in keeping with sources. It’s serving to with Surprise Lady, as reported final yr and pitching a brand new title primarily based on George R.R. Martin’s Sport of Thrones. Whether or not it’s authorized or not stays to be seen.
For extra particulars on Gotham Knights, try our evaluation right here. WB Video games Montreal additionally assisted Rocksteady with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which noticed its finish of help final month.
