Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive (WB Games) allegedly prepares two internal studios for sale at once. The senior editor announced this with reference to his sources. Windows Central Jez Corden.
According to preliminary data, the company intends to get rid of the studios NetherRealm (Mortal kombat, Injustice) and TT Games (video games licensed Lego). According to Corden, he received copies of documents confirming the information.
It is not known exactly how the sale of the studios will be implemented. Presumably the combined company Warner Bros. Discovery will retain rights to franchises, including Mortal Kombat.
At the end of June it became known that the publishing house Electronic Arts bought the studio from WB Games for $ 1.5 billion Playdemicknown for its mobile game Golf clash… It was also announced that the decision is related to the implementation of “an overall strategy for creating games based on the legendary Warner Bros. franchises.”
You need to understand that the conglomerate AT&T is now trying to reduce its debt burden of more than $ 150 billion. A bet on a streaming platform HBO Max in the conditions of a fierce “streaming war” and a pandemic, it did not bring the desired result.
There is interest in NetherRealm and TT Games on the market – even without franchises. Recently head Xbox Phil Spencer stated that Microsoft interested in the release of the sequel to the fighting game Killer instinct…
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