Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery has revealed that its free - to - playact fighting gameMultiVersushas underperformed , along with the rest of its video game division , as it announced two fresh characters make out to the grapheme crossover brawler on Thursday .
As describe byIGN , MultiVersushas contributed another $ 100 million to the already $ 200 million write - down from originally this year after Rocksteady’sSuicide Squad : Kill the Justice League , which launch to poor revaluation , sold less than the company expect . Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed in a late earnings call that the games division has been “ well underperforming . ” However , he sum that the company has four brands that it ’ll sharpen on : Harry Potter , Mortal Kombat , Game of Thrones , and DC ( Batman in particular got a shoutout ) .
Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery only release one new plot in the most recent financial quarter — Harry Potter : Quidditch Champions — but it ’s been supporting game likeMortal Kombat 1andMultiVersus , along with reportedly modernize aHogwarts Legacydirector ’s gash . The individual - role player Harry Potter simulator was the top - selling game of 2023 , so the company wants to lean further into that IP , with asequel set to alignwith the upcoming Harry Potter HBO series .
“ We ’re through some of the spoiled — and it has n’t been pretty on the gaming business — but we have four games that are really knock-down and have a veridical constituency that love them , and we ’re going to pore on those four primarily , ” Zaslav said . “ We ’re run to go away from trying to launch 10 , 12 , 15 , 20 unlike games . I intend we have a existent chance now with centering to have the gambling stage business be regular . ”
The earnings call comes on the same day that the society announced more character forMultiVersus ‘ approaching fourth season , which will launch on November 12.Midnight Misfitswill featureAdventure Time‘s Marceline and Raven from DC . Raven will be available at the start of the time of year , while Marceline will come to the game at a late date . The season ends on January 21 , 2025 .
MultiVersusis also getting a young domain modal value that ’ll have player match up in team of two and record hop in a match with a total of eight team . There will also be two Modern mapping .
Despite the results , Warner Bros. Discovery does n’t seem to be let up onMultiVersusany time soon . It falls into its focusing on established IP ( in that it boast multiple IPs ) , and the party alsorecently acquired developer Player First Gamesto work more closely on the fighting game .
