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Warner Bros’s New Montreal Studio To Focus on Superheroes

by Ben Reeves on March 23, 2010 at 11:48 AM

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Turns out that last year's Batman: Arkham Asylum was a boon for Warner Bros. Interactive. Not only was the game critically acclaimed, but it seems to have pushed its publisher towards change. According to Develop-online.net, Warner Bros. has taken note of this success, and will soon be opening a new studio devoted to making games based on DC Comics' characters.

Many of you probably already know that DC Comics is a subsidiary of Warner Bros., so it’s in the company’s best interest to utilize these (mostly) untapped comic properties. We already know that London-based developer Rocksteady Games is working on the next Batman title, so we bet that this new Montreal studio will start working on a Superman, Wonder Woman, or even a Green Lantern game. Our hope is we’ll see a Marvel: Ultimate Alliance-like game staring DC’s heroes. Justice League Heroes was okay, but we think it can be done better.

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Filed under: News, DC Comics, Batman Arkham Asylum, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, superman, green lantern, wonder woman

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by soupmania Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:02 PM

It would be great if they could do a Marvel Ultimate Alliance game for DC. Now would be the best time since the last Marvel UA really was nowhere near as good as anythinng Raven did with the series.
by soupmania Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:04 PM

and......There needs to be a LOBO game....he was Kratos before Kratos was Kratos!!!!!!
by Sev Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:11 PM

Yes... A DC version of Marvel UA would be awesome...
by WS-N Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:12 PM

Sweet, I love comics so I hope this is good. I did like Justice Leage Heroes, but it was not as good as Ultimate Alliance so I hope this is great.
by TurdFurgy Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:16 PM

@soupmania

Lobo is a bad-ass! I would totally play that game.
by wedge001 Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:27 PM

Could we possibly get a Green Lantern game that isn't based on the upcoming movie? And a good Superman game?
"DC Ultimate Alliance" would be good too.
by Drakenkaizer Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:40 PM

But isn't SUPERMAN 64 the best Superman game ever? I mean, in what other game you get to fight a Tornado for a Final Boss??

Rocksteady should make the Superman game.
by The Big Captain Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:50 PM

Well, as long as Rocksteady keeps pumping out the hits, all will be ok...
by gamergirl89 Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:54 PM

An ultimate alliance game DC style would be pretty sweet
by ryuken-d Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 01:02 PM

this is good news, bring us some gold!!!!! also LOBO is great haha what about Guy gardner! ginger to the max
by Defective Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 01:06 PM

Lets hope they do it as Good as Arkham Asylum, these games will have no point if they suck.
by Troy Vincent Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 01:42 PM

they did a ultimate alliance type thing for dc it was called justice league it came out before the 360 did and it wasnt that good.It actually came out the same time as the first ultimate alliance did.
by Dean Marchese Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 01:49 PM

I think it would be really cool to access Captain Marvel's universe. Could you imagine that? you could switch out from billy to the Captain like War does into his chaos form. That could be such a great game.
by Frogman1975 Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 01:56 PM

Always more of a Marvel guy than a DC guy. But I'll keep one eye on developments over here. Just because I have always had a soft spot for at least Batman, Aquaman, and Lobo.
by bucknuts Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 01:58 PM

So long as they are on par with arkham asylum I have no problems.
by PoisonIV Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 02:46 PM

I would love to see them take DC to a whole different level than Marvel UA
by massrockdude Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 02:49 PM

Maybe they can make a new, cool version of that Flash game that never got finished.
by born4this Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 02:51 PM

Nice, but Rocksteady is already working on the only DC character I care about... Batman.
by Peter Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 02:53 PM

Seeing as they really took interest in how Arkham Asylum was done, I think that they'll probably work on a game with another extremely well-known superhero, just focusing on them and the villains. My guess is either Spiderman or Superman.
by Shane Harty Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 03:09 PM

This would be sweet if it was for Marvel, not DC. Quick some gaming company hop on the Marvel superhero bandwagon!