In extremely sad news today, WB Games has announced that the upcoming Wonder Woman has been cancelled alongside the news that Monolith Productions (Wonder Woman/Shadow of Mordor), Player First Games (Multiversus) and WB San Diego have all been closed.
WB Games said that it would focus on key franchises including Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, DC and Game of Thrones, and it definitely sounds like it didn’t have the confidence in Wonder Woman for a variety of reasons. WB had the below to say in a statement provided to Kotaku:
“We have had to make some very difficult decisions to structure our development studios and investments around building the best games possible with our key franchises -– Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, DC and Game of Thrones. After careful consideration, we are closing three of our development studios – Monolith Productions, Player First Games and Warner Bros. Games San Diego. This is a strategic change in direction and not a reflection of these teams or the talent that consists within them.
The development of Monolith’s Wonder Woman videogame will not move forward. Our hope was to give players and fans the highest quality experience possible for the iconic character, and unfortunately this is no longer possible within our strategic priorities. This is another tough decision, as we recognize Monolith’s storied history of delivering epic fan experiences through amazing games. We greatly admire the passion of the three teams and thank every employee for their contributions. As difficult as today is, we remain focused on and excited about getting back to producing high-quality games for our passionate fans and developed by our world class studios and getting our Games business back to profitability and growth in 2025 and beyond.”
Wonder Woman was announced many years ago in 2021 and was set to feature Monolith’s Nemesis system that was featured in the Middle-Earth games but sadly this is not to be.
