After Years in Limbo, Warner Bros. Is Killing Its Wonder Woman Game

There’s further distressing news today from the world of video games, which has seen job cuts and shutdowns as part of a wider wave of tech industry turmoil. As Bloomberg first reported, Warner Bros. Games is shuttering three game studios, as well as pulling the plug on its long-teased Wonder Woman game. Bloomberg viewed a memo sent to staff, and reports it revealed the closure of Monolith Productions—the team behind the would-be Wonder Woman game, as well as Lord of the Rings titles Shadow of War and Shadow of Mordor—along with Player First Games and Warner Bros. Games San Diego. The update comes on the heels of an earlier Bloomberg article digging into ongoing problems at the company, which have only been compounded by recent releases under its umbrella that failed to deliver (including Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League). Of the Wonder Woman game, that same earlier report noted after reboots and director changes, “the game has already cost more than $100 million” ... Read full article.