Wonder Woman Game Already Cost $100 Million Before Being Rebooted

At long last, there’s fresh information about the Wonder Woman game hinted at during the 2021 Game Awards! Here’s what we know: The project is indeed ongoing, but it’s come with a hefty price tag of $100 million and a recent reboot as early as last year. Monolith Productions, renowned for their work on the Lord of the Rings series, particularly Shadow of Mordor, are the developers behind this project, while WB Games serves as the publisher.

Three years after Wonder Woman game announcement, development is more than troubled

According to Jason Schreier’s report for Bloomberg, he revealed details about several projects that Warner Bros. Games studios are currently engaged in. Notably, it was suggested that Rocksteady, known for creating the Arkham series, is once again focusing on a single-player Batman game following some challenging years working on Suicide Squad. This development isn’t entirely surprising considering Warner Bros. has recently halted progress on both Suicide Squad and MultiVersus in the past few weeks.

Around the beginning of last year, the production of the popular character, Wonder Woman, underwent a fresh start, with new directors taking over. This shift in leadership could potentially signal changes for the project. Given Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav’s past comments about games, there’s a possibility that Wonder Woman may transform into an interactive live-service game featuring microtransactions and battle passes. Here’s hoping it won’t come to that.

A positive development for WB Games has been the success of their Harry Potter franchise, with 2023’s Hogwarts Legacy being the top-selling game of that year. Reports suggest that Warner Bros. plans to continue backing this game and potentially develop a sequel as well.

If the reboot of “Wonder Woman” happens at the start of 2024, as rumored, we might not get any updates about the associated game for a few more years. If it does come out eventually, it may take another four or five years before this game is available to the public.

WB Games, like numerous other big gaming publishers, is currently facing challenges. Ubisoft is pinning high hopes on Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, following a string of underperforming games. EA has also reported disappointing returns from Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Sports FC 25. It’ll be intriguing to monitor the fortunes of these prominent AAA game publishers in the coming years.

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2025-02-08 04:32