WB Games Montréal


WB Games Montréal Inc. is a Canadian video game developer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and is known for developing .

History

WB Games Montréal was founded in 2010 by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
One of the studio's titles, ', was displayed for the public at the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo, and received two nominations from the Game Critics Awards for Best Action/Adventure Game and Best Console Game. The game was also recognized at the event for: "Best Video Game" by Forbes; "Best Action Game" by Game Informer; "Best Comic Book-Related Game" by Newsarama; and "Best Xbox 360 Game" by IGN. Upon ''Batman: Arkham Originss release it received positive reviews. However, the company received a significant amount of criticism for failing to conduct proper testing on the game prior to release as well as refusing to address a number of game-breaking bugs that plagued the title, instead preferring to focus on the development and release of paid DLC.

Current projects

During an interview on the Humans of Gaming Podcast in October 2018, WB Games Montréal Senior Game Designer Osama Dorias confirmed that two DC Comics-based video games are currently in development at the studio.
On September 23, 2019, both WB Games Montréal and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment official Twitter accounts released a short teaser showing four mysterious symbols apparently related to the League of Assassins with the tagline "Capture the Knight", thus confirming that the first of the two new videogames will be based on Batman. On January 9, 2020, a second teaser showing a symbol apparently related to the Gotham City Police Department was released.
In June 2020 the "GothamKnightsGame.com" domain was registered by MarkMonitor Inc. It could possibly be related to the game.

Games developed

Additional work