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- The publisher was founded as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on January 14, 2004, under Warner Bros. Entertainment and transferred to its Home Entertainment division when that company was formed in October 2005.
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The foundation of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) under Warner Bros. was announced on January 14, 2004, along with the WB Games (Warner Bros. Games) brand, under which WBIE would publish games.
Warner Bros. Games (formerly known as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) is an American video game development and publishing company that is a division of the Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment unit of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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In 1995, Warner Bros. Interactive licensed out their first game property under their current name, Batman Forever to Acclaim Entertainment. They continued to license games based on Cartoon Network, DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, Looney Tunes and various Warner Bros. film properties over the years to such video game publishers as Ubisoft, Electronic Arts...
Current
1. Avalanche Softwarein Salt Lake City, Utah, founded in 1995, acquired and re-opened from The Walt Disney Company in January 24, 2017 after being closed in May 2016 2. Monolith Productions in Kirkland, Washington, founded in 1994, acquired in 2004 3. NetherRealm Studios in Chicago, founded as Midway Games Chicago in 1988, acquired from Midway Gameson July 27, 2009 and renamed in 2010 4. Rocksteady Studios in London, founded in 2004 and majority stake acquired in February 2010 5. TT Games in...
Defunct
1. Snowblind Studios in Kirkland, Washington, founded in 1997, acquired in 2009. Merged into Monolith Productions in 2012. 2. Surreal Software in Kirkland, Washington, founded in 1995, acquired from Midway Gameson July 27, 2009. Merged into Monolith Productions in 2010. 3. Time Warner Interactive, founded in 1993, acquired from Midway Games Westin 1997.
(1993-2001; 2003-present) Time Warner(2001-2003) AOLTime WarnerMay 13, 2024 · As video games became more sophisticated, WB Games embraced the rising popularity of superheroes and began developing games based on iconic characters from DC Comics. This marked a significant shift for the company as they started creating their own original content.
Warner Bros. began when the brothers Warner (Albert, Sam, Harry and Jack L.) incorporated their fledgling movie company on April 4, 1923.
In 2003, Warner Bros. co-published Looney Tunes: Back In Action with EA. It was their first little experiment with video game publishing. In 2004, Warner Bros. acquired Monolith Productions, developers of the FEAR franchise.
In April 2010, the company was acquired by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment for $160 million and became a part of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (now Warner Bros. Games), the video game division of Warner Bros. Entertainment.
