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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. (www.gematsu.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by misk@piefed.social to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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In the video games space, the acquisition means Warner Bros. Games and its subsidiaries—including Avalanche Software, NetherRealm Studios, Portkey Games, Rocksteady Studios, TT Games, WB Games Boston, WB Games Montreal, WB Games New York, and WB Games San Francisco—will soon be under the Netflix banner.

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[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hasn't Netflix been "in gaming" a while? You can access a lot of games on mobile from them. I opened my Netflix Android app and just from the suggested I can play Red Dead Redemption, Story Teller, Dead Cells, Spirit Fairer, Shredder's Revenge, Street Fighter, and bunch of Choose your own Adventure type stuff from their own IPs. They've been angling in to game publishing for a while.

[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They have, but their in-house studios have suffered tremendously.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, this I believe. I saw the news that they sold one of their studios back to the original owners while still publishing the game they were developing. I must have missed the news about them downsizing their in-house stuff.

I looked up what studios they would be acquiring under the WB merger and uh...outside of the new Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy, and the DC games...I don't really know if they're going to make a big dent in the gaming sphere immediately. A lot of these already look pretty mismanaged, maybe it could get worse, but it could also get better.

But if we're worried about moving towards even more subscription-based cloud gaming...yeah...looking at the state of gaming and hardware right now, I can't argue with you there.