Despite the continuing issues and fixed shuttering of reside service video games, it is trying like Warner Bros nonetheless needs a chunk of that questionable pie. A job itemizing at Warner Bros Video games Montreal for an executive producer role went reside lately (thanks, VGC), which explicitly makes point out of reside service titles. The position would “oversee post-launch content material and reside service technique,” for one, and it additionally notes that having a “deep understanding of the complete sport growth lifecycle, together with reside companies,” could be helpful expertise.
There’s additionally a few mentions of overseeing reside operation processes, so it definitely looks as if no matter WB Video games Montreal is engaged on can have some type of reside service factor. That clearly may elevate some eyebrows for a few causes.
The larger of the 2 is after all what occurred with final 12 months’s Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, which was a large monetary flop for Warner Bros, reportedly resulting in layoffs at developer Rocksteady. There’s additionally MultiVersus, which you’ll now not obtain or play until you already had it put in in your platform of alternative. Even exterior of reside service video games, the Marvel Girl sport in growth at Monolith Studios was canceled, main that studio to be shut down.
It was additionally reported earlier this 12 months that WB Video games Montreal was engaged on a pitch for a brand new Recreation of Thrones sport, however there’s been no additional phrase as to how far alongside that may now be.