STORY: Warner Bros. Games is shutting down three studios, including Monolith Productions, and cancelling the Wonder Woman game. "The quality of too many of our new releases has really missed the mark." Employees blame the weak slate on former president David Haddad www.bloomberg.com/news/article... - ThreadSky

jasonschreier.bsky.social • 15 hours ago

STORY: Warner Bros. Games is shutting down three studios, including Monolith Productions, and cancelling the Wonder Woman game. "The quality of too many of our new releases has really missed the mark."

Employees blame the weak slate on former president David Haddad https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-25/warner-bros-shuts-three-video-game-studios-in-restructuring?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MDUxMzA2NSwiZXhwIjoxNzQxMTE3ODY1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUzk2MEtUMEFGQjUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.SBfLQKCACjjIuwN0vWXzYzPc6sRVo4CJwy7a-N9ltB4

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kingcano.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I really hope some assets for the Wonder Woman game come to light. I really want to see what they were going for, now that it's cancelled.

acequeenking.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I’m pretty bummed about this one. I feel like it had some serious potential.

davedonth.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Investors must be excited!

zefined.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Fucking insane how Warner keeps getting away with this shit. They ruin everything they touch

ejonesfilm.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Oh man, I loved Monolith’s games. Really upsetting.

quienesrafa.bsky.social•12 hours ago

What does this mean for the nemesis system patent?

arikado.bsky.social•6 hours ago

WB still owns the patent for the next decade, apparently, so they'll continue to do nothing with it.

Seriously, stuff like the Nemesis System are why you shouldn't be allowed to patent video game mechanics. Nine times out of ten, the publisher never lets any developers actually use them.

darkattack.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Screw both Davids to HELL!!!

tatanka78.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Thanks for your reporting Jason. It’s a damn shame look forward to reading your article.

Keep up the good work!

petexn.bsky.social•14 hours ago

It really looks like on the outside as if Zaslav is trying to drive the entire ship into the ground, am I wrong here? Guy seems good at making money from write offs and not much else

musicntutor.bsky.social•14 hours ago

This is example when you have extreme incompetent and weak leader as a so called BIZ LEADER…

tigeroovy.bsky.social•13 hours ago

WW wasn’t live service enough for WB I guess.

But the live service HP game definitely still happening, right?

mattpedroso.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Monolith is gone?😢
Shogo, Blood, F.E.A.R.? So much talent!
They should have just let them make a modern version of No One Lives Forever. NOLF 3 would be them printing money.

Thanks for the years of fun. You deserve so much better.

precious1648.bsky.social•8 hours ago

True talk!!

youngstruggler.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Wonder Woman is the most disrespected trinity member. Hope the employees find new work soon

hi-im-swat77.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Are any of these studios behind Hogwarts Legacy?

vi0lettendencies.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Doesn’t seem so

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche_Software

twoleft.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Christ almighty. I'm so excited to be going to GDC in the year where the mantra is "survive to 25" and 2025 remains a fucking bloodbath 😭

symbiote95.bsky.social•15 hours ago

What a shame! Awful news

flackncoke.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Monolith made two of the best games of the last generation with Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War. Shutting them down because WB made OTHER shitty decisions is idiotic.

kron123456789.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Monolith also made probably the best Aliens vs Predator games. But that was decades ago, so nobody remembers it and the game itself is in licensing hell, so you can't buy it anywhere outside of 20 years old used copies.

maryjennifer.bsky.social•12 hours ago

To all the young dudes, who listened to Joe Rogan, and just couldn’t see your way to get down there and vote for Harris…you now have Big Balls and his daddy Musk taking a poo on you. Sad.

oweknow3.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Sigh, there is so much talent sitting out there for someone with the capital to allow them to create.

Its what I would be doing if I was a billionaire, instead of....whatever the hell it is most of them are doing these days.

ripmcstudly.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I just hope the executives, poor frail babies that they are, face absolutely no repercussions for their mismanagement.

shadeaurion.bsky.social•3 hours ago

The age of executives, CEOs and investors needs to end. Thats why Indies go so hard. Smaller studios taking longer to make games for the people who enjoy them. WB is just as trash as EA for this

farsendor.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Unfortunately this not surprise, hate it though darn

xannisv.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I hate what has become of this industry...

macika22.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Monolith?? Thqts a big suprise... they made a really really fine work with Middle earth series...

sameyaro.bsky.social•15 hours ago

WB doesn't have any idea about what they're doing, huh? What even happens to the Nemesis System patent with Monolith closing down?

kron123456789.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I'm pretty sure it was WB who filed it in the first place, not Monolith. So they're gonna keep it.

l0git3ch.bsky.social•14 hours ago

If it wouldn't happen now, it would happen with Warner Bros in the future. RIP Monolith.

sp1teful.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I wonder what will happen to the nemesis system moving forward?

deroche.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Imran Khan over at Venturebeat looked into it a little and it sounds like WB's got patent on it for another 12 years.

werthead.bsky.social•14 hours ago

My last dreams for a Shogo: Mobile Armored Division sequel are finally dashed.

I know, it was a very, very long shot.

Ground Control 3 or World in Conflict 2 from Massive Entertainment are at least still theoretically possible (sob).

ryderofchaos.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I had dreams of Monolith getting to do a Doom 2016 style revival of Blood.... but now that dream is dead.

befreetogether.bsky.social•14 hours ago

deformedmonkey.bsky.social•12 hours ago

The video game industry is fucked.

kinjalkishor.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Meanwhile Stardock is held privately not for sale earning 6 figures yearly for Brad Wardell.
Valve is also not for sale till Gabe is alive.
Smart choice by them.

deboom.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Someone leak whatever final build of the WW game they have please

alebeard.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Hey so what does this mean for the Patented Nemesis System, anything, or is it now just going into some WB vault till the end of time and no one gets to have fun?

thesmart1.bsky.social•15 hours ago

All of these people’s jobs gone in a flash, but this David Haddad loser will probably fail upwards like the rest of these executives who couldn’t punch their way out of a paper bag.

goatsfoot.bsky.social•12 hours ago

"couldn't punch their way out of a paper bag"

zero-to-hero.bsky.social•14 hours ago

There needs to be a union for game devs with teeth. This is going to keep happening because C-suites only see the bottom line and devalue the human cost. 100 bux says some of the people who signed off on these lays think AI will save them too.

darthtastrophe.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Maybe if those fuckers didn't push Live Service shit into their games, they would have done better.

darthtastrophe.bsky.social•12 hours ago

To be clear, I mean the publishers, not the developers who were forced to put that shit in.

thetexascomrade.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Damn. Hope all the workers land on their feet.

jakoov81.bsky.social•12 hours ago

The executives sure did.

backingtrack.gg•15 hours ago

Warner Execs: "Hey Monolith just wanna say thanks for making so many great games."

Monolith: "Hey no problem, so we're gonna get rewarded right?"

*Execs leave room*

ryderofchaos.bsky.social•13 hours ago

"That's one less loose end"

adam407.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Hopefully they allow their remaining teams to concentrate on making games that fans of their IPs will want to experience and play long term; high quality, feature rich experiences with compelling characters, stories, and gameplay that don’t feel like a store with a game built around it.

jenosonbsky.bsky.social•11 hours ago

ryukupo.bsky.social•15 hours ago

RIP Monolith :( that's awful news.

davenscastle.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Ok. Davids? We need to really step up. You’re making me look worse than I usually am.

flintlockwoodsdad.bsky.social•13 hours ago

They sure owned those chuds

nonameo7.bsky.social•14 hours ago

MONOLITH STUDIOS IS GONE?!?!?!?! NOOOOOOOO

marholland.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I hope Netherrealm stays safe for the foreseeable future

pixelryan.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Dang... I know it's not the same crew but I remember playing Monolith games since way back in the day, No One Lives Forever, Shogo, Aliens Vs Predator 2, I thought it was cool they were still going. 😢