Warner Bros. Games is restructured in divisions that will focus on its four main franchises: Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, DC Universe and Game of Thrones-a strategy that the company revealed earlier this year by ending several studios and canceling a triple-a project. Generalized changes also bring a leadership review, with three studio heads promoted to senior vice -president in WB games, dealing with the development and production of IPs, services and technologies. The latest restructuring effort, as reported by Variety, did not include layoffs in WB games.
WB games to focus on 4 main franchises
Leadership shaking means Yves Lachance, head of the Montréal WB Games, the studio behind games like Batman: Arkham Origins and Gotham Knights, will now be SVP in charge of the development teams working on Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, the report of the detailed variety. Meanwhile, Shaun Himmerick, head of the developer of Mortal Kombat Netherrealm, will supervise the MK and DC Universe games.
Finally, Warner Bros. Games. New York Studio Chief Steven Flenory will be the SVP Supervisioning Game and Publishing Technology, customer service, quality assurance and user research.
“Our company houses some of the largest franchises in the world, and we are optimizing the structure of our team to develop long -term franchise itineraries to delight Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat and DC Games fans,” said Warner Bros. Discovery CEO of Global Games and Games JB Perrettte on Tuesday. “We are very lucky to have a strong stable of development and talent in technology, and Yves, Shaun and Steven are respected leaders with excellent records in their specialization areas. I look forward to working closely with them and the team as we work to make the best possible games for our main franchises.” The three new IPs and SVPs handling services will report to Perrette.
Turbulence at Warner Bros.
The changes follow a period of turbulence at Warner Bros. Games. that saw incorrect releases, leading to losses of US $ 300 million (approximately rs. 2,627 crore) in Warner Bros. ‘ Games division in 2024 and the eventual departure of WB interactive chief David Haddad earlier this year. After a wave of low performance games, such as the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and Multiversus, Warner Bros. Games. closed Three of their studios in February and canceled the Wonder Woman game under development at Monolith Productions. The company said it would change its focus to its main franchises
“We had to make some very difficult decisions to structure our development and investment studios around the construction of the best possible games with our main franchises -Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, DC and Game of Thrones,” WB games said in a statement at the time.
Earlier this month, Warner Bros. Disk announced It would be divided into two separate media companies, streaming and global studios and studios, separating movies, television, streaming and divisions of sports and news network game.