Warner Bros Makes Move Into Game Development

Thanks to Yahoo for reprinting the press release revealing Warner Bros has created a new videogame division, headed by Monolith co-founder Jason Hall, which "will focus on the creation, development, production and distribution of games that will be marketed to consumers under the Warner Bros. Games brand." This represents a change of attitude for Warner Bros, who previously licensed titles such as Harry Potter and The Matrix for external game development, and GameSpot provides some background for the move, noting that new WBIE boss Jason Hall "...was CEO of Monolith Productions, developer of Tron 2.0 and No One Lives Forever 2... There were previous ties between the two companies, since Monolith is currently developing the Matrix MMORPG, The Matrix Online." Update: 01/15 04:22 GMT by S : Game Informer has an interview with Jason Hall about his new position, in which he hints on "...some interesting developments throughout the course of this year... things like the Harry Potter titles."

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Trying again are we...

[DLWormwood]

I believe it was Warner who had ownership of the original Atari that produced the 2600. Just like Mattel did with the Intellivision, Warner divested themselves of Atari when the Great Video Game Crash of '84 occured. Seeing how Mattel is now re-releasing old Mattel Electronics portables, I guess it was only a matter of time before Warner stuck their toes back into the waters...