Wonder Woman game axed as Warner Bros cuts three studios

Warner Bros Discovery has confirmed plans to unopen 3 of its gaming improvement studios.

The determination means the anticipated Wonder Woman game, which has been successful accumulation for 3 years astatine 1 of the affected studios, Monolith, volition not beryllium released.

Player First Games, which made MultiVersus, and Warner Bros. Games San Diego volition besides beryllium shuttered.

The announcement comes aft a hard clip successful the industry, with wide occupation losses arsenic it deals with a slump successful income since the Covid pandemic.

A spokesperson from Warner Bros told the Reuters quality bureau the determination was aimed astatine boosting profitability.

On Wonder Woman, they said: "Our anticipation was to springiness players and fans the highest prime acquisition imaginable for the iconic character, and unluckily this is nary longer imaginable wrong our strategical priorities."

Last month, MultiVersus said determination would beryllium nary much updates for the game, which would person to beryllium played offline "for the foreseeable future".

Warner Bros said it volition alternatively absorption connected processing its halfway franchises including Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, DC and Game of Thrones.

Last twelvemonth was a challenging 1 for the games sector, seeing games delayed, studios closed astir the satellite and thousands of layoffs including astatine Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation .

Warner Bros Games had large expectations for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League but the crippled was panned by fans and critics.

Updates for the crippled ended successful January aft anemic income and mediocre reviews.

And past month, the institution announced the departure of David Haddad, the main of the gaming unit, aft 12 years.

Wider trends successful the manufacture person seen income conflict arsenic gamers walk little connected caller games, choosing alternatively to instrumentality with long-running online games similar Fortnite oregon yearly franchises specified arsenic Call of Duty and EA Sports FC.

As good arsenic radical spending little connected games since the pandemic, large video crippled makers including Warner Bros person been affected by a rumbling enactment implicit the usage of artificial quality successful production.

BBC Newsbeat has contacted Warner Bros Games for comment.