New Wonder Woman Game Canceled, Multiple Studios Closed

I don't know how others feel but I definitely don't think Wonder Woman is the most exciting superhero out there, let alone to play that character in a game. I just can't think of Wonder Woman as a "fun to play" game. Maybe a few might have enjoyed it but I just can't imagine them making any money (or break even) from it ever. Such a poor choice for a game adaptation.

And shutting down Monolith as a result of this bad choice is such a shame. Really sad to see them shuttered.

If Monolith kept making Fear games they'd still be around.

It's such a shame.

Also of course if that Suicide squad rubbish never came out it would have helped too.

I enjoyed the Fear games so am sorry to see Monolith go.

Companies need to start listening to people.

Nobody wanted a Wonder Woman game and Nobody wanted a live service suicide squad game or a suicide squad game full stop.

The movies flopped didn't they.

It was rubbish.

No one is making decent single player first person shooters anymore.

There is a market there that is not being tapped into.

I think it's the CEOs making the decisions who now nothing about actual videogames or what makes a game good and are just chasing the easy money are the problem.

They are running these companies into the ground. I'm not interested in Game of Thrones or Hogwart Legacy games. Maybe a new Batman game could be good. It's not really the same Rocksteady anymore though.

The fact that Warner itself still exists is the biggest mystery on the planet. They reek of incompetence

Sad to see them close but to be honest can't say im surprised, Shadow of War came out in 2017 and Wonder Woman was still reportedly years away and had a budget that was already over $100 million so the writing was kinda on the wall.

The game industry really does need to sort out this long development cycles that so many games have right now. A 5 year development cycle was considered long just a generation or two ago now 5 years is the norm which just can't continue. how do you build a franchise when it takes atleast 10 years for you to get even a trilogy out and by that point alot of your audience from previous entries have grown up got extra responsiblities now and simply just miss the other entries completely because adult life has hit them.

Thats not to say there aren't adult gamers i know the stats on the age range of gamers its just in terms of time to actually play as you get older that decreases so games start going on the back log or simpy not getting purchased and i tell myself ill get them later down the line (which you end up not doing).

Dev cycles need to get back to that 3 year development cycle as being the norm and 5 year dev cycle being considered long that tend to be more of your "generation defining" games like skyrim on 360/PS3 or Witcher 3 on XB1/PS4.

Sad monolith was a good studio, they half created the FPS blood in the late 90s.

RIP Monolith.

So basically WB was like, “Since I can't have my own big live service game on par with Fortnite, War Zone, Warframe, Overwatch, or The First Descent. Then, screw it. I guess we're not making video games anymore.”

This is quintuple painful for me because I really enjoyed all their single-player games.

Genuinely surprised they axed WW instead of trying to recoup their money with a bad game

Sad to see Monolith gone now. They made some amazing shooters back then.

Sad for the loss of jobs, but this is also probably for the best.

DC license in general seems pretty misused of late, while WB is solid.

Gotham Knights, stinker...Hogwort's Legacy, winner.

Suicide Squad, stinker...Mortal Kombat, winner (I think?)

That sucks. This publisher took such a nosedive after they let go of the Lego license.

I hope the devs can find more work soon.

Why do people act like they do not deserve it? What have Monolith made recently? Nothing.

Been like what 8 years since their last game? I'd shut them down too.

This rate there won't be anyone left to make games. We'll have nothing but Fortnite and Minecraft updates. The weird stuff my kids watch youtube videos about that they never actually play.

We'll have to get new hobbies. Anyone want to go 50 50 with me on a whiskey still?

I mean... pretty slippery slope.

mon was a money pit when first lotr mordor game came out.

Are these companies firing everyone and letting Ai make their games from now on? If so, I've got about 2 more years of buying new games. Time to go back to old gen consoles.

DOGE, seemingly, is investigating everything.

That’s so Lame 😒, though it seems like it was inevitably going to happen.

Damn. Really sucks about Monolith. I love the F.E.A.R. games.

thanks to the recent reporting, the WB execs saw what was actually happening and how much money as been lost.

Winning.

If they had developed a video game of Gambit I would even fund my kidney for investment lol.

Pour one out for Monolith.

I'm not surprised to hear about the Wonder Woman cancellation. They spent way too much on the hair physics. I am disappointed that they are shuttering so many studios. Live-service games are a slippery slope and if you lose at 2 of them like that maybe you should rethink doing live-service games!

Dang. Monolith was a solid studio that's been around for decades, and Player First made a good Smash clone that was mucked up C-Suite suits trying to "monetize" it. Hate to see good teams killed off over bad calls made at a higher pay grade.