Rocksteady is reportedly engaged on a brand new, single-player Batman sport as Warner Bros. Video games seems to be to concentrate on its core franchises.
Talking in a monetary name, Warner Bros. Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav addressed the troubled 12 months the corporate has confronted with the poor efficiency of titles reminiscent of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and the Tremendous Smash Bros.-style brawler MultiVersus.
“We recognise [the games business] is considerably underperforming its potential proper now.” mentioned Zaslav, earlier than including that Warner Bros. will now be doubling down on simply 4 video games: Hogwarts Legacy (a sequel is already within the works), Mortal Kombat, Sport of Thrones, and DC, “particularly Batman.”
“We’re focusing our growth efforts on these core franchises, with confirmed studios to enhance our success ratio,” Zaslav added.
The Discovery President and CEO confirmed that Rocksteady is “trying to return to Batman for a single-player sport,” however based on a report from Bloomberg, any such title can be years away as a result of troubled growth of different video games.
Monolith Productions’ Surprise Girl sport is alleged to be in bother after reportedly rebooting and switching administrators early final yr. It’s already price greater than $100million and remains to be years away from launch, Bloomberg added.
In the meantime, Gotham Knights developer WB Video games Montreal pitched a John Constantine sport nevertheless it was by no means permitted. A Flash sport was additionally scrapped after the DCU Flash movie underperformed on the field workplace. The developer is now serving to out with different titles and is reportedly engaged on a pitch for a brand new Sport of Thrones sport.
Stories of a brand new Batman sport emerged in September 2024, when XboxEra co-founder Nick Baker said in an X/Twitter submit that Rocksteady could be returning to make it.
“Unsure which studio individuals’s dream is, however I heard Rocksteady are again making it. I additionally assume Sony are attempting to moneyhat it lol,” he wrote in response to The Sport Awards account asking individuals to call their dream developer for a brand new Batman sport.
Rocksteady is the studio behind the critically-acclaimed and fan-loved Batman Arkham collection of video games, which noticed gamers step into the sneakers of the caped crusader and save Gotham from varied villains.
