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The lukewarm reception of Rocksteady's Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League didn't make its parent Warner Bros. Games happy, so the studio is going back to what it knows best: Batman.
According to Bloomberg's report, via IGN, the company is developing a new Batman game. Rocksteady's Kill the Justice League flop led to a wave of layoffs, and the game stopped getting updates in 2025, but this is not the only letdown for Warner Bros. Games.
It will also cut support of MultiVersus, which makes payers who bought the Founder's Pack feel cheated. Moreover, the relatively recently released Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions hasn't managed to catch much positive attention.
Speaking in a financial call, Warner Bros. Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav said: "We recognise [the games business] is substantially underperforming its potential right now."
Warner Bros. has high hopes for Hogwarts Legacy's sequel, Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones, and DC, "in particular Batman."
"We are focusing our development efforts on those core franchises, with proven studios to improve our success ratio," Zaslav said.
However, Monolith Productions' Wonder Woman game might not contribute to the overall success: Bloomberg claims it is in trouble and has been rebooted, switching directors early last year. Bloomberg says it has already cost more than $100 million and is still years away from release.
Monolith abandoned the Nemesis system with Wonder Woman befriending enemies – it will be a more traditional action adventure game.
In other news, Gotham Knights developer WB Games Montreal pitched a John Constantine game, which was never approved, while a Flash game was scrapped after the DCU Flash film flopped. The studio is helping with other titles and is reportedly working on a pitch for a new Game of Thrones game.
Rocksteady will be excited to hear the studio “is looking to return to Batman for a single-player game,” but according to Bloomberg, it’s years away.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros. Games is busy with a refreshed version of Hogwarts Legacy, a LEGO game, and several mobile experiences for the next two years.
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