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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, owner of studios such as Rocksteady, NetherRealm, and TT Games, is seemingly no longer up for sale.

It "remains part of the Studios & Networks groups... all focused on engaging fans with our brands & franchises through games & other interactive experiences", CEO Jason Kilar said.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Watch AT&T try to make a crappy streaming gaming service to bundle with its unlimited data plans and use these studios to whore out content as more bait to sucker people into their shitty world.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Suck my dick and balls EA.

 

[IntentionalPun]

They did a big re-org..

So therefore, in the re-org announcement.. they said this part of the company remains where it is.

What in the world does that have to do with them no longer wanting to sell them? People are taking a quote from their re-org announcement and just embellishing it:

WarnerMedia CEO shakes up company with layoffs and focus on HBO Max

Among the changes, streaming executive Andy Forssell will lead a new HBO Max operating business unit.

www.cnbc.com

 

[FranXico]

Suck my dick and balls EA, MS and Activision.

FTFY

 

[Varnish La PS]

Breaking news! EA Games announced a new Star Wars game inspired by Arkham games with Surprise Mechanics and 4 Player Online/Co-Op.

 

[PresetError]

I stayed away from other threads about this because information seemed confusing. Now that it's pretty much confirmed WB Games is not for sale, I bet AT&T got lowballed by suitors.

 

[Vawn]

Good, good.

 

[FunkMiller]

I stayed away from other threads about this because information seemed confusing. Now that it's pretty much confirmed WB Games is not for sale, I bet AT&T got lowballed by suitors.

I’d be inclined to say it might be that the suitors wanted too much control over the IPs that came with the deal. WB is never going to relinquish that much control over the video game strategies for things like DC and Potter to a third party.

 

[Bernkastel]

Source

WarnerMedia Organization Update

Team- It has been a little over 90 days since I joined the mission and the team. These past three months have exceeded my already high expectations. As I

pressroom.warnermediagroup.com

 

[oldergamer]

Source

WarnerMedia Organization Update

Team- It has been a little over 90 days since I joined the mission and the team. These past three months have exceeded my already high expectations. As I

pressroom.warnermediagroup.com

If anything reading that makes me think a sale is more likely. I noticed how interactive media was something of a footnote on that email. A restructure before a sale is standard operation to beco.e as lean as possible

 

[junguler]

good, sony is doing enough harm with that spider-man exclusivity bullshit as it is, we didn't need any other companies trying the same thing again.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

I have no fucking idea how anyone gathers those words and conclude they are no longer for sale.

 

[Javthusiast]

Translation: Nobody bid the amount we wanted.

 

[Mokus]

Great news!

 

[Spukc]

Yeah i wouldn't touch that fucking IP with a 10 foot stick
selling games as fucking puzzles in 2020 charging by the piece

 

[The Alien]

Translation: Nobody bid the amount we wanted.

Yep. And after only a few weeks of deciding to sell a billion+ dollar portion of our business, we'll leak a message to the press in hopes of bidders upping the ante.

....and yeah, the massive debt we have is still there.

 

[JLMC469]

I expect a lot of layoffs in the future.

 

[Iced Arcade]

Good news. No one benefits from those he's being exclusive... Except that one guy with the god of war avatar the other day.

I'd imagine not a single potential buyer was willing to buy those studios without the IPs.

 

[haxan7]

All the companies saw the GaaS shit Rocksteady plans to release and took a hard pass.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I'm just glad EA didn't get it.

 

[CitizenX]

WB store in coming, what i always wanted another log in.

 

[Kerotan]

I'm happy with this outcome.

 

[Bernkastel]

From the YouTube channel of a business law firm.