Warner Bros. Games Splits Into Divisions Based on IP - Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat, and DC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 June 2025 / 5,546 Views
Warner Bros. Games announced it will be restructuring into divisions based on different IP - Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat, and DC.
Warner Bros Games Montréal studio head Yves Lachance has been promoted to oversee Harry Potter and Game of Thrones games, while NetherRealm studio head Shaun Himmerick will oversee Mortal Kombat and DC games.
"Our company is home to some of the biggest franchises in the world, and we are optimizing our team structure to develop long-term franchise roadmaps to delight players and fans of Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat and DC games," Warner Bros Discovery’s CEO of global streaming and games J.B. Perrette told Variety.
"We are very fortunate to have a strong stable of development and technology talent, and Yves, Shaun and Steven are respected leaders with excellent track records in their areas of expertise. I’m looking forward to working closely with them and the team as we work to make the best games possible for our key franchises."
Warner Bros. Games in February of this year announced it had cancelled its Wonder Woman game and it would be shutting down three studios.
The studios shut down included Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and F.E.A.R. developer Monolith Productions, MultiVersus developer Player First Games, and Warner Bros. Games San Diego.
Parent Warner Bros. Discovery plans to split into two company by the middle of 2026. Warner Bros. Games would be under Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming & Studios.
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Cannt we just take these IPs away and give them to developers who still value games?
Maybe Uncle Phil could buy them, DC and HP shouldn't be platform locked
This basically tells me that Warner Bros. will only focus on those select I.P's and not try and make something new and unique.
In saying that... Hogwarts Legacy was an absolutely brilliant game and a breath of fresh air from the last few years, I want more of that.
Oh, dear. What could possible go wrong with this move...
Can't wait for MK Legacy Kollection, for nostalgia and to remember how it looked like when this franchise still meant something, before WB screwed it totally. I'll never forgive Boon for selling my now-dead-but-long-time-ago favorite IP to those sharks who never gave a dung pie about the franchise or video games in general.
They need to completely offload Discovery and David Zaslav. They’re being run by a guy who makes money off of “reality” dreck like My 600-Lb. Life and 90 Day Fiancé. It’s like Idiocracy come to life.
Sony is rumored to be courting them for ownership. Wonder if the same people will express their concern over potential exclusivity, like they did with MS and the ABK deal?
I would, yes.
Because I think that someone controlling the distribution platform should not be allowed to purchase external manufacturers, no matter their size.
Warner bros os all over the place,
Like a bunch of headless chickens just sell them i.ps if you don't know what to do with them useless kentz
Just fire David Zaslav. -_-
