Wed, Feb 24, 2010 | 08:04 GMT
Warner boss “hopes” Rocksteady will work on non-Batman Warner IP
Warner Bros Entertainment UK president Josh Berger has told VG247 that Rocksteady’s future isn’t likely to be solely bat-related, following the firm taking a majority shareholding the British developer yesterday.
“Going forward, we hope to have them work on other Warner Bros. intellectual properties,” Berger said, speaking in an email interview.
Rocksteady achieved major success with Batman: Arkham Asylum on PS3, 360 and PC, and is currently working on a sequel.
Berger added that Warner had learnt through the success of Rocksteady’s Batman title – which was published by Square Enix – that the core gamer has “extremely high standards”.
He added: “We have been looking to increase our development capacity and, as a high quality development studio, Rocksteady is a great fit for that strategy.
“The acquisition of a majority stake in this leading games developer continues Warner Bros.’ pattern as one of the industry’s fastest growing games publishers.”
Warner’s move on Rocksteady is merely the latest in a string of acquisitions, which include TT Games in 2007 and Snowblind in 2009.
Warner has also bought the rights to Mortal Kombat from Midway.
Arkham Asylum 2 was announced at the VGAs last December. It was erroneously pegged for an October release recently; this turned out to be a Warner mistake.
The game has no ship date as yet.
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9 comments
#1
Blerk
24/02/10, 8:55 am
Oh man, don’t give them smelly Mortal Kombat! Eww!
#2
Gheritt White
24/02/10, 10:59 am
The Flash! Please, give them The Flash as a character and get them to craft a high-quality game around him, just like Arkham Asylum!
#3
Detale
24/02/10, 11:01 am
More likely a Green Lantern game to tie in with the movie release?
#4
absolutezero
24/02/10, 11:02 am
I’d take a Green Arrow game to be honest, a proper Green Arrow.
#5
Blerk
24/02/10, 11:03 am
Wasn’t someone working on a Flash game before? And then went out of business? I can’t remember who it was.
#6
The Hindle
24/02/10, 11:06 am
Superman even though they have said in interviews it would be a nightmare to make a game about him.
#7
Gekidami
24/02/10, 11:06 am
BottleRocket Entertainment were making The Flash game.
Apparently the game was canned because the publisher, Brash Entertainment went bust. BottleRocket went bust abit later when Splatterhouse was taken off them.
#8
NiceFellow
24/02/10, 9:19 pm
Superman’s obvious, if challenging, choice. But then there’s Green Lantern, Flash, lots of potential I guess.
#9
Bourbonand Bongwater
28/02/10, 2:00 am
Arkham worked because of its limitations. An isolated and defined game space, A Batman who’s tough but not invulnerable and interactions that are mutable but channel the player through a defined story. That and gameplay that matched the Batman persona made it the compulsively playable game that it was.
The problem with most superheroes for this kind of gaming success is how hard it is to confine them by any similar limitations.