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Warner Bros Games says he will focus on other franchises, including Harry Potter and Mortal Kombat
Warner Bros Discovery has confirmed its intention to close three of its game development studios.
The decision means that the planned Wonder Woman game, which has been in production for three years in one of the assigned studios, Monolith, will not be published.
Player First Games, who made multi -lives, and Warner Bros. games. San Diego will also be closed.
The announcement comes after a difficult period in industry, with widespread job losses because it deals with a drop in sales from the cocovio pandemic.
A spokesperson for Warner Bros told the Reuters news agency that the decision was aimed at increasing profitability.
On Wonder Woman, they said: “Our hope was to give players and fans the experience of the highest quality possible for the emblematic character, and unfortunately, this is no longer possible in our strategic priorities.”
Last month, Multiversus said that there would be no more updates for the game, which should be played offline “in the predictable future”.
Warner Bros said that he will rather focus on the development of his basic franchises, including Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, DC and Game of Thrones.
Last year was difficult for the game sector, seeing the delayed games, the studios closed the world and thousands of layoffs, including Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation.
Warner Bros Games had great expectations for Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, but the game was shot by fans and criticism.
The game updates ended in January after low sales and mediocre criticisms.
And last month, the company announced the departure of David Haddad, the chief of the play unit, after 12 years.
Larger trends in the industry have seen sales while playing players spend less for new games, choosing rather to stick to long -standing online games like Fortnite or annual deductibles such as Call of Duty and EA SPORTS FC.
In addition to people spending less in games from the pandemic, the major video game manufacturers, including Warner Bros, have been affected by a rumbling row on the use of artificial intelligence in production.
BBC Newsbeat contacted Warner Bros Games to comment.
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