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Warner Bros. Games (also known as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) is the video game division for Warner Bros. Discovery that handles licensing and distribution of games based on Warner Bros. properties as well as owning a few developers.
History[]
The company was established in 1993 as Time Warner Interactive after Warner Bros. acquired Atari Games. Time Warner would soon sell Time Warner Interactive to WMS Industries while holding onto the name Warner Bros. Interactive.
As Warner Bros. Interactive, the company started to license out video game properties starting with Batman Forever but, it wouldn't fully fund and publish themselves until 2007 with Justice League Heroes.
In 2007, Warner Bros. acquired the company TT Games and obtained the exclusive rights to the Lego franchise. In 2009, with the collapse of Midway, Warner Bros. purchased the majority of assets from the company including classic Midway games like Mortal Kombat and Spy Hunter. They turned Midway's Chicago studio into NetherRealm Studios.
In January 2017, Warner Bros. announced it acquired Avalanche Software from Disney Interactive, along with all their software. The studio has so far only released Cars 3: Driven to Win.
Instead, in May 2021, AT&T announced that it was splitting off WarnerMedia for about $43 billion, where it will be merged with Discovery, Inc. into a new venture. As part of this sale, there were rumors that only portions of WBIE would be moved with the bulk of the other WarnerMedia properties, but WBIE will be retained under the new merged company, set to be named Warner Bros. Discovery. Playdemic will be one of the few properties divested from the merger, with it being in the pending acquisition of being sold to Electronic Arts for $1.4 billion in June 2021 with the acquisition to be completed by 2022. The Electronic Arts' acquisition of Playdemic was completed on September 20, 2021. It was announced on April 7, 2022, that Warner Bros. Games was reorganized with streaming services HBO Max and Discovery+ to form Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment, to be overseen by JB Perrette; WB Games president David Haddad would report directly to Perrette.
List of games[]
Nintendo DS[]
- Justice League Heroes (2006)
- Tom and Jerry Tales (2006)
- Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck (2007)
- Speed Racer (2008)
- Lego Batman: The Videogame (2008)
- Guinness World Records: The Videogame (2008)
- Lego Battles (2009)
- The Clique: Diss and Make Up (2009)
- Scribblenauts (2009)
- Scooby-Doo! First Frights (2009)
- Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
- TouchMaster 3 (2009)
- Lego Rock Band (2009)
- TouchMaster (2009)
- Galactic Taz Ball (2010)
- Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (2010)
- The Bachelor: The Videogame (2010)
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame (2010)
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp (2010)
- The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest (2010)
- Super Scribblenauts (2010)
- Sesame Street: Cookie's Counting Carnival (2010)
- Sesame Street: Elmo's A-to-Zoo Adventure (2010)
- TouchMaster Connect (2010)
- TouchMaster 2 (2010)
- Lego Battles: Ninjago (2011)
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters (2011)
- Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover! (2011)
- Happy Feet Two (2011)
- Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (2011)
- Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (2012)
- Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Monsterpiece (2012)
- Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012)
- Scribblenauts Collection (2013)
- Lego Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey (2013)
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril (2014)
- Lego Friends (2014)
Wii[]
- Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal (2007)
- Speed Racer (2008)
- Lego Batman: The Videogame (2008)
- Guinness World Records: The Videogame (2008)
- Scooby-Doo! First Frights (2009)
- Game Party 3 (2009)
- Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
- Lego Rock Band (2009)
- Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! (2009)
- Vacation Isle: Beach Party (2010)
- Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (2010)
- The Bachelor (2010)
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame (2010)
- The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest (2010)
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp (2010)
- Sesame Street: Cookie's Counting Carnival (2010)
- Sesame Street: Elmo's A-to-Zoo Adventure (2010)
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters (2011)
- Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover! (2011)
- Happy Feet Two: The Videogame (2011)
- Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (2011)
- Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Monsterpiece (2012)
- Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (2012)
- Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012)
Nintendo 3DS[]
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters (2011)
- Happy Feet Two (2011)
- Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (2011)
- Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (2012)
- Spy Hunter (2012)
- Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012)
- Scribblenauts Unlimited (2012)
- Lego Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey (2013)
- Hot Wheels: World's Best Driver (2013)
- Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (2013)
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril (2013)
- Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (2013)
- Lego Friends (2013)
- The Lego Movie Videogame (2014)
- Lego The Hobbit (2014)
- Scooby-Doo! & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure (2014)
- Lego Ninjago: Nindroids (2014)
- Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (2014)
- Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (2015)
- Lego Jurassic World (2015)
- Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016)
- Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016)
Wii U[]
- Scribblenauts Unlimited (2012)
- Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition (2012)
- Game Party Champions (2012)
- Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013)
- Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (2013)
- Hot Wheels: World's Best Driver (2013)
- Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (2013)
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes (2013)
- Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)
- The Lego Movie Videogame (2014)
- Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition (2014)
- Lego The Hobbit (2014)
- Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (2014)
- Lego Jurassic World (2015)
- Lego Dimensions (2015)
- Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016)
- Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016)
- Cars 3: Driven to Win (2017)
Nintendo Switch[]
- Lego City Undercover (2017)
- Cars 3: Driven to Win (2017)
- Lego Worlds (2017)
- The Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game (2017)
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 (2017)
- Rocket League (2018)
- Scribblenauts Showdown (2018)
- Lego The Incredibles (2018)
- Scribblenauts Mega Pack (2018)
- Lego DC Super-Villains (2018)
- Lego Harry Potter: Collection (2018)
- Fortnite (2018)
- The Lego Movie 2 Videogame (2019)
- Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)
- Lego Jurassic World (2019)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition (2019)
- Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia (2020)
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes (2021)
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (2022)
- Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)
- Batman: Arkham Trilogy (2023)
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Batman: Arkham City
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Hogwarts Legacy (2023)
External links[]
- Warner Bros. Games at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia