Update, February 25, 2025: In a statement, the Warner Bros. games said that the decision to close three studies was “very difficult” and “not a reflection of these teams or the talent that consists of them”, but simply the result of a “change strategic in the direction.
It is not clear at this time how many developers will be affected by the closures, but the LinkedIn profile of Monolith establishes that he uses 201-500 people, the San Diego WB Games list 51-200 employees and the player of the first staff of 11- 50.
“We have had to make some very difficult decisions to structure our development and investment studies around the construction of the best possible games with our key franchises: Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, DC and game of Thrones,” said Warner Bros. Kotaku in a statement.
“After a careful consideration, we are closing three of our development studies: Monolith Productions, Player First Games and Warner Bros. San Diego Games. This is a strategic change in the direction and not a reflection of these teams or the talent that consists within them.
“The development of the Wonder Woman video game of Monolith will not advance. Our hope was to give the players and fans the experience of the highest possible quality for the iconic character, and unfortunately this is no longer possible within our strategic priorities. This is Another difficult decision, as we recognize Monolith’s historical history to deliver epic fans through incredible games.
“We greatly admire the passion of the three teams and thank each employee for their contributions,” concludes the statement. “As difficult as it is today, we are still focused and excited to re -produce high quality games for our passionate fans and developed by our world -class studies and make our game business return to profitability and growth in 2025 and beyond “
Original story: Warner Bros. Games is closing Monolith Productions, Player First Games and Warner Bros San Diego.
According to Jason Schreier de Bloomberg, Warner Bros. also canceled his next Wonder Woman game.
A spokesman for the Warner Bros. games told Bloomberg that the closures “were not a reflection of these teams or the talent that consists of them.”
“The quality of too many of our new releases has really lost the brand,” said JB Perrette, Chief of Games and Transmission of Warner Bros., to the staff in the Memo.
“We need to make some substantial changes in our portfolio/equipment structure if we want to compromise the necessary resources to return to a less but bigger franchise strategy.”
Last month, the president of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, David Haddad, retired after 12 years leading the company. In December, almost 100 developers were fired from Warner Games Montreal.
The cuts occurred after Warner Bros Discovery reported that he had taken “another deterioration of $ 100+ million” due to the multiverse “of low performance”, a free cross -fighting game. Recently it was announced that the game would be eliminated and all in line in line disabled in May 2025.
