Tag: Warner Bros
News Warner Bros CFO Admits MultiVersus Is A Big Underperformer
Quidditch Champions seems to have struggled too
It feels like MultiVersus just can't find the right formula. After originally arriving in 2022 and then being stripped away in 2023 ahead of a relaunch, it finally emerged again in May of this year... aaand, it's apparently not doing very well. This is according to Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar...
News Hogwarts Legacy Sequel A 'Big Priority' For Warner Bros In The Next Few Years
Creating a new legacy
Hogwarts Legacy has been a huge success for Warner Bros over the last 18 months or so, with the game selling like crazy on Xbox since its launch back in Feb. It's no surprise, then, that the publisher sees a sequel as "one of its biggest priorities" in the next few years. This revelation comes from outlet Variety,
News Warner Bros Is 'Looking At' Outsourcing Its Famous IP To External Game Studios
"We need to get bigger"
Warner Bros. has some absolutely humongous franchises amongst its ranks across movies, TV and games, and the company says that it wants to better leverage that IP in gaming. In a recent earnings call (via IGN), CEO David Zaslav talked about the growing medium of games and how the team wants to take advantage of that with its...
News Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Leads To Disappointing Results For Warner Bros.
It's another game that's "fallen short of expectations"
We hate talking about all these games that are "falling short of expectations" (SteamWorld Build was another one today), but it feels like they're coming thick and fast and the moment - and Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is the latest to suffer this fate. As part of a recent financial...
Deals 300+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (September 26 - October 3)
Including special Warner Bros. & FPS sales!
Another week, another batch of Xbox deals! It's a pretty interesting selection this week, dominated by special "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary" and "FPS" sales, along with the usual "Sales & Specials" and "Spotlight" offers. Highlights here include Hogwarts Legacy, Evil West, Blacktail,
News Mysterious 43GB Warner Bros. Game Discovered On The Xbox Store
Suicide Squad? Wonder Woman? Or something else?
We often find ourselves reporting on the Twitter account Aggiornamenti Lumia here at Pure Xbox, which scans the Microsoft Store for listings that aren't yet public, and it's found something mysterious related to Warner Bros. Games. A new title has been spotted on the Xbox Store under the codename of...
News MultiVersus Season 1 Launch Date Revealed, New Modes To Come
Plenty more content will arrive throughout the season
Following a short delay announced last week, WB Games has revealed exactly when MultiVersus Season 1 is set to launch. Mark your calendars for August 15th, with Season 1 set to kick off next Monday! Alongside the new date, the team has also stressed that plenty more content is coming later on in...
News MultiVersus Is Now Officially Free To Play For Everyone On Xbox
Go get em!
Warner Bros' free-to-play fighter, MultiVersus, is now live on Xbox! Well, the game has entered 'Open Beta' anyway, which for all intents and purposes is the game's main free-to-play launch. There's quite a bit of hype behind MultiVersus as well, especially for us who reside on Xbox. It's looking like it'll finally provide a decent...
Rumour Warner Bros' Game Studios & IP 'Supposedly' Up For Sale
Acquisition season
Right, let's take a breath. Yesterday, May 2nd, Embracer Group announced that it's to acquire Square Enix's western studios, but that's not all the acquisition talk done just yet. WB Games' development studios appear to be the next bunch up for sale, and quite a few publishers are said to be interested. This rumour comes from...
News Hogwarts Legacy & Gotham Knights Are On Track For 2022, Says WarnerMedia CEO
Believe what you will
Earlier this month, we heard that the highly anticipated Hogwarts Legacy was potentially set to be pushed into 2023. It seemed plausible, given the fact that we know very little about the game as of yet. However, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has reiterated the company's 2022 plans and there's some good news! Right, so, his...
News MultiVersus Is WB's Free-To-Play Version Of Smash Bros, Heading To Xbox In 2022
Featuring Batman, Bugs Bunny, Shaggy & more!
Warner Bros. Games has announced today that MultiVersus is coming to Xbox in 2022, which will take the form of a Smash Bros. clone in a free-to-play format, starring the likes of Batman, Bugs Bunny, Superman and even Shaggy! The game will feature an "innovative 2v2 co-op-focused experience" along with...
Deals Warner Bros Publisher Sale Brings 100+ Discounts To Xbox This Week
Save up to 80% on WB Games titles
It's time for another Xbox sale! Warner Bros. Games is currently hosting a special publisher sale on Xbox for the next few days (it actually unofficially started last week), featuring 100+ discounts on WB games and add-ons. Below, we've highlighted all of the standalone games in the sale, but be aware that the...
News Warner Bros Won't Be Selling TT Games Or NetherRealm, Says Exec
'They will continue to remain a part of Warner Bros. Games'
Update (Mon 12th Jul, 2021 11:00 BST): Well, we can seemingly put this one to bed! Warner Bros. Games exec Remi Sklar, who is senior vice president of worldwide communications and PR, has contacted TheGamer to confirm that NetherRealm and TT Games aren't going anywhere. "I can confirm...
News Warner Bros' Future Games Will Have 'A Heavy Focus On Live Service'
According to its careers website
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has some exciting projects on the way to Xbox over the next couple of years, and according to its careers website, the company wants its new games to have "a heavy focus on live service". This specific line was spotted by MauroNL on Twitter, and it indicates that WBIE is keen...
News Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Doesn't Sound Like It's Going Anywhere For Now
Remains part of WarnerMedia
In June, a report from CNBC suggested AT&T was eager to sell its video game division Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for around $4 billion to help wipe some of its debt. Interested parties included Take-Two, Electronic Arts, Activision-Blizzard, and a month later Microsoft was thrown into the mix. Now, in a...
News Microsoft Reportedly Interested In Acquiring Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
But there's some stiff competition
Back in June, it was reported that AT&T was eager to sell its video game division Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to help pay off some of its debt, and now according to a new report, Microsoft might be interested in buying it. We're hearing this courtesy of The Information, which says that two people...
News AT&T Reportedly Looking To Offload Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Sale would include NetherRealm, Rocksteady and more
A report from CNBC suggests AT&T is eager to sell its video game division Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for around $4 billion to help pay off some of its debt, valued at almost $200 billion. Parties that are believed to have shown interest so far include Take-Two, Electronic Arts, and...
Maximum carnage
With the critical and commercial success of Mad Max: Fury Road, it's no wonder that the video game adaptation of the Mad Max universe has been so highly anticipated. Then, when you consider the fact that publisher WB Interactive has also had a rockin' year of releases – Batman: Arkham Knight, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and Mortal...
Review Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Xbox One)
Dark and delightful
We’ve been hearing about Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and its innovative Nemesis System for a while now, but we’d be lying if we said we weren’t skeptical of the game living up to its potential. Delivering a brutally violent and relentlessly grim look into the Lord of the Rings universe might alienate too many fans of the...
News Harry Potter for Kinect Demo Goes Live
Expeliamus!
The demo of Warner. Bros new Hogwarts-'em-up Harry Potter for Kinect is now available for download from Xbox Live. The game, which is based on all eight of the Harry Potter movies, allows players to scan their face into the game so that they can create a unique witch or wizard to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. A...
