The Quebec government invests $63 million into Batman: Arkham Origins studio to up headcount within five years
Concept art of the Batcycle from WB Games Montreal's canceled Batman game featuring Damien Wayne has been revealed.
WB Games Montreal is working on a new AAA game set in the DC universe, with a recent job listing hinting at early development stages.
No, they haven't, they've already said they're going to double down on GAAS instead of single player games like Hogwarts, I would not be surprised if that's what this game turns out to be, in fact, I fully expect it to happen.
March 2024 the ceo of WB said they want to double down on GAAS
https://www.ign.com/article...
So expect this to be a gaas then gutted or half rebuilt later like gothem knights that everyone has forgotten about.
They should really try to make a good third person single player action/adventure game with Deathstroke as main character.
I dunno, they keep structuring their games as convoluted GAAS type gameplay loops even when they arent monetized, if this game isn't any different i don't want it.
Saad from eXputer: "Despite the success of Hogwarts Legacy, WB's decided to focus on live service and I've lost all hope for a potential sequel."
Let's just chalk this game up as a fantastic one-off, and WB can go f******* rot in hell.
No, David Zaslav and everyone in the WBD executive office is scum and deserves the absolute worst.
It was actually pretty repetitive. I got bored after a few hours and forced myself to finish.
I'm hoping with the layout and foundation already done now they can spend their time in the sequel to refine things and give it a lot more depth so things don't feel repetitive.
I have no idea how eceutive teams can look at both Hogwarts and suicide squad next to each other and go hey our critical and commercial darling was a fluke suicide squad was the real success they just didn't know it.
Seemingly there's some weird ego involved someone wants to be proven right
I mean, not to necessarily give them any kind of credit, because they clearly have some pretty dumb ideas… but the reality of AAA development has meant basically all big publishers have had to look at Live Service games in one way or another to try to cope with increasingly bigger budgets and longer development times.
The 5 years it took to make HL (with no doubt a massive budget) cannot be hard to manage when they are also expected, by gamers AND shareholders, to come up with several quality releases each year, just look at how much complaining (warranted or not) there has been about Sony’s first party release drought (with Sony also going through their own Live Service issues)
I cant really fault them for trying to find a sustainable and profitable live service game or two that helps keep their quarterly and yearly numbers looking good while they would, ideally (and this is where they appear to be going wrong), using that time and money afforded by their live service games, to fund their big non-live service projects.
For this reason the industry needs to move away from so many 50+ hour long AAA games and focus on high quality but shorter stuff. Obviously they would sell at a reduced price too (don’t want £70 12 hours games) but you know what I mean hopefully!
They look at charts. One of them is how much money live service games make and the other is how much money single player experiences make. Hogwarts may have sold really well but it's a drop in the ocean when compared to an on going live service game if you manage to get a hit.
Personally I don't understand why so many people dump their money into live service games and I find it super sad that they're so popular. The kids absolutely love them.
I agree I'm the same I don't understand the appeal I've never wanted to pay for cosmetics I've always felt that should be included in the game but kids love them
Think thats the thing about getting old you aren't garunteed to know why the next gen loves something you hate I guess my parents hated the music I listened to growing up maybe this is the same thing
I bought thought it was okay first 10 hrs then boy did the repeative gameplay kick in
Yep. The castle was so fun. The overworld was just like every other overworld. They should have doubled down on the castle/student stuff.
The game overall was mid.
They will realize that live service games die pretty much as soon as they begin and then they’ll stop and we may still get a sequel.
If you strike gold with Live Service, you have guaranteed mega-income for years. If you fluff it, then you just have a single player game. This is the way publishers who don't really care about gaming see it.
I don't agree with it btw - but this is why it is how it is. Publishers see no downside - just up-sides and dollars.
PUBG, APEX, MW & numerous mobile games show that IF publisher can make a popular live-service game, they will have a cash cow in their hand. That's why publishers keep trying.
Yes, IF it’s popular. Of all live service games, something like 3 percent are “popular”
Montreal FTW!
I just hope they don't f**k up Orgin
I don't expect this one to be anywhere near a Rocksteady title.
I love wb games. A batman series that dosent stink, saving mortal kombat. WB is one of the best publishers.
Pretty much whats wrong with the AAA industry. Over budget and over staffed studios.