WB Games Montréal
|Type||Subsidiary|
|Industry||Video games|
|Founded||2010|
|Headquarters||Montreal, Quebec,|
|Parent||Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment|
|Website||http://wbgamesmontreal.com/|
WB Games Montréal Inc. is a Canadian video game developer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and is best known for developing Batman: Arkham Origins.
History[edit]
WB Games Montréal was founded in 2010 by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.[1][2]
One of the studio's titles, Batman: Arkham Origins, was displayed for the public at the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), and received two nominations from the Game Critics Awards for Best Action/Adventure Game and Best Console Game.[3] Upon Batman: Arkham Origins's release it received positive reviews. However, the company received a significant amount of criticism for failing to conduct proper testing on the game prior to release as well as refusing to address a number of game-breaking bugs that plagued the title, instead preferring to focus on the development and release of paid DLC.[4]
During an interview on the Humans of Gaming Podcast in October 2018, WB Games Montréal Senior Game Designer Osama Dorias confirmed that two DC Comics-based video games are currently in development at the studio.[5] At DC FanDome in August 2020, the studio announced Gotham Knights.[6]
Games developed[edit]
Additional work[edit]
|Year||Title||Platform(s)||Note|
|PS4||Win||X1|
|2015||Red Hood Story Pack||Yes||Yes||Yes||DLC for Batman: Arkham Knight, developed by Rocksteady Studios|
|Harley Quinn Story Pack||Yes||Yes||Yes|
|Batgirl: A Matter of Family||Yes||Yes||Yes|
|Scarecrow's Nightmare Pack||Yes||No||No|
References[edit]
- ^ IGN (November 18, 2012). "WB Games -- Montreal". IGN. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ^ Tami (November 1, 2011). "Official Inauguration of Warner Bros Games Montreal". VillageGamer. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Nominees". Game Critics Awards. 2013. Archived from the original on June 26, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
- ^ Maiburg, Emanuel. "Batman: Arkham Origins has no plans to fix several game breaking bugs".
- ^ Sinha, Ravi (October 21, 2018). "Batman: Arkham Origins Studio Making "Couple" of Open World DC Universe Projects". GamingBolt. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ Watts, Steve (August 22, 2020). "Gotham Knights Announced, Is A Co-Op Game Where Batman Is Dead". GameSpot. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Video game companies established in 2010
- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Video game companies of Canada
- Video game development companies
- Companies based in Montreal
- 2010 establishments in Quebec
- Canadian companies established in 2010
- Canadian subsidiaries of foreign companies