It’s no mystery that WB Games have been having major missteps recently, what with the cancellation of huge games like Wonder Woman and the underperformance of Mortal Kombat 1.
While rumors had been flying around that WB should just sell their gaming division, it does look like they’ve decided to do some major restructuring—which a lot of people in the game community think could mean great things for the brand.
According to Variety, WBD has announced that they will now focus on four key franchises, namely Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat, and DC. Three studio heads have been promoted to major decision-making positions, them being WB Games Montreal studio head Yves Lachance, NethereRealm Studio head Shaun Himmerick, and WB Games New York studio chief Steven Flenory.
All three have been promoted to senior vice president with Lachance handling Potter and Thrones; Himmerick dealing with DC and Mortal Kombat; and Flenory overseeing ‘game and publishing technology, customer service, quality assurance, and user research.’
With WB Games recently getting flak for poor management, a lot of people in the community think that the promotion of Lachance, Himmerick, and Flenory is a great choice since all have been in the industry for a long time, and they have a better handle at the game development process—which should allow them to make better decisions from up top.
The news of the restructuring follows the announcement that heads like David Zaslav will be taking huge paycuts based on the performance of the WB brand since he took over. What’s great news is that no layoffs have been made, and it’s said that mostly the executives were the one to take the blow here.
We don’t know what the future holds for WB Games now, but hopefully the restructuring will lead to less games getting cancelled and more hits coming out under the WB banner.
