As a part of DC’s new initiative of making a shared universe for its comedian e book diversifications, co-heads of DC Studios James Gunn and Peter Safran have reportedly spoken with Warner Bros. studios which have beforehand labored on superhero video games, together with Rocksteady Studios and NetherRealm Studios.
In response to ComicBook, Gunn and Safran revealed throughout a current DC Studios occasion that they spoke with the studios behind video games just like the Batman: Arkham sequence and the Injustice sequence about the way forward for DC-based video games.
“We work extremely carefully with JB Perrette who runs that division,” stated Safran on the occasion. “It’s actually the primary time its ever been this manner at Warner Bros. James and I sit with the blokes that run the studios below JB whether or not it’s NetherRealm or Rocksteady. We sit with them and we speak about characters and tales that we’re eager about and that they’re eager about.”
Gunn spoke about conversations with the studios revolving round numerous elements of video games which might be at present in improvement, equivalent to story. In response to Gunn, the duo consulted with the studios about how their tales might probably form out, contemplating DC Studios’ future plans for these characters.
“We see designs for the tasks of their very earliest levels,” stated Gunn. “We speak about these, we speak about what the story is perhaps and we’ll say ‘Properly, you possibly you wish to go this manner as a result of we’re planning on possibly doing one thing with this character.’”
It’s price noting that these conversations nonetheless revolve across the earlier means of recreation improvement, nevertheless, with Gunn stating that the fruits of those plans will begin being seen a “couple years” from now.
Whereas Rocksteady Studios has been reeling from the failure of its final main launch, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the studio has seemingly already begun work on its subsequent title. Studies have indicated that Rocksteady will likely be returning to the Batman franchise for its subsequent recreation, and a job itemizing from earlier this month signifies that will probably be a third-person open world recreation with an emphasis on melee fight.
Nonetheless, whereas it is perhaps in improvement, the rumours have additionally indicated that the in-development title continues to be “years away from touchdown”. Work on the brand new recreation seemingly began as soon as the studio had wrapped up Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, with Rocksteady having reportedly began pitching a single-player title since again in June 2024.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League dealt a significant blow to Rocksteady, nevertheless, with the corporate being hit by a brand new spherical of layoffs proper earlier than the yr 2024 ended. Revealed again in January, the spherical of layoffs got here quickly after the same one from again in September 2024, the place Rocksteady had misplaced greater than half of its QA workers on the time.
NetherRealm Studios, however, has largely centered on the Mortal Kombat franchise for some time, with its final DC-related title being preventing recreation Injustice 2. Whereas the reception of the title was optimistic on the time, the studio has since been centered on persevering with to help its newer Mortal Kombat titles, together with new DLC for Mortal Kombat 1.
