This Is Why AAAs Are Dying Out (Devs Leak)
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WB Games closed three studios, cancelled a number of projects and are flailing as they try to pick up the pieces & blame the past.
0:00 The Death of Monolith Studios
2:36 The Real Reason This Happened Now
4:35 "Getting Our Swagger Back"
6:24 A Decade of Leadership Failures
8:22 The Few Success Stories
10:32 The Live Service Obsession
12:27 Wonder Woman's Doomed Development
13:28 Decision Paralysis at WB
14:34 A Studio Fighting to Survive
16:00 What's Left for Warner Bros Games?
Sources:
https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1658834
https://www.ft.com/content/2ea08a79-b569-4349-8ee8-993ba5599179
https://kotaku.com/monolith-productions-wonder-woman-multiversus-cancel-wb-1851766400
https://x.com/stephentotilo/status/1894547058503114809
https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/warner-bros-games-acquires-multiversus-studio-player-first-games-1236080155/
https://www.polygon.com/news/529310/warner-bros-games-monolith-productions-multiversus-studio-closure
https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/warner-bros-games-chief-david-haddad-exit-1236283177/
https://x.com/HappehMr/status/1894475074792468977
https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3lizlyrtcf22y
https://www.ea.com/news/meet-cliffhanger-games
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/warner-bros-video-game-division-faces-thin-slate-wonder-woman-issues
https://www.ign.com/articles/itll-be-a-couple-years-before-we-see-the-first-dcu-video-game-james-gunn-says-but-first-fortnite
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenden-rheaume-5163b9/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jared-cook-98b0924a/
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