This is from earlier this month. But it didn’t really hit until seeing more Suicide Squad details.

“Our focus,” he continued, “is on transforming our biggest franchises from largely console and PC based with three-four year release schedules to include more always on gameplay through live services, multiplatform and free-to-play extensions, with the goal to have more players spending more time on more platforms.”

https://www.eurogamer.net/warner-bros-says-it-plans-to-transform-its-biggest-franchises-into-live-service-games

Gotham Knights is a example. Get ready to see Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Batman, and Mortal Kombat all get that “live services” treatment.

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Game of Thrones

Wait there are game of thrones games which aren’t shitty mobiles or reskins of unrelated games?

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Telltale did a series years ago. Plus there was an RPG on the 360/PS3 gen too.

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Yeah, i meant more like the new ones since OP context seems to suggest future ones.

AGoT have really bad luck for games, that old RPG was decent RPG (but bad as specifically AGoT game) and the best AGoT games are mods for Crusader Kings 2/3.

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Harry Potter was great as is… No need to change it.

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I see.

After ruining their streaming and movies, they are focusing on their gaming division.

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Another publisher to mark as ignored on steam

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I didn’t know you could do this to entire publishers. TIL.

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What is “always on” in a gaming context? I can’t imagine wanting a game that you can’t close.

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It means you must always be connected to the internet as a form of DRM.

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Constant connection to servers required to play, even if the entire game is being run locally.

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Oh, that’s terrible.

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