David Haddad: Last News

Warner Bros. (WB) Games has allegedly spoken about the upcoming Harry Potter RPG, Hogwarts Legacy, and its connection to J.K.

Hogwarts Legacy have been scrapped, according to a new report.Hogwarts Legacy was first released in 2023 and went on to become one of the biggest selling games of the year, despite middling reviews and backlash towards Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling over her “anti-trans” comments on social media.The original release of Hogwarts Legacy was followed by a PlayStation 5 Pro update and official mod support.

David Haddad is exiting his role as president of games at Warner Bros. Discovery after 12 years at the company but staying on for three months to help kick off the search for his successor.

Harry Potter franchise will have longevity like the Batman one with fans one day asking “what Harry are you?” as they do with the various incarnations of Batman, a studio executive from Warner Bros. has said.It comes as a new Harry Potter spin-off series is in the works, which is slated to land in 2026.

Avalanche Software is hiring more staff, seemingly confirming the rumoured sequel to Hogwarts Legacy is in development.Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world action role-playing game set in the wizarding world of Harry Potter. According to a series of new job listings, developer Avalanche Software is hiring a senior producer to work on a new “open world, action RPG”.“Join the team behind the blockbuster open world, action RPG Hogwarts Legacy as we create what’s next,” continued the post.Another advert for a producer says the ideal candidate will have “experience developing open world RPG games or action/magical combat games,” pointing to a potential sequel to Hogwarts Legacy.Released in 2023, Hogwarts Legacy went on to be one of the best-selling games of the year, breaking an unbeaten 14 year run in North America that previously saw either Call Of Duty or Rockstar Games titles top the US video game chart.Unsurprisingly, in early 2024 Warner Bros. interactive president David Haddad confirmed that a “series of other things” were also in the pipeline alongside the previously confirmed Quidditch game.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Games has acquired Player First Games, the developer of the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned video game company’s new free-to-play platform fighter game “MultiVersus.” Per WBD, Player First Games will continue to be run by co-founders Tony Huynh, head of Player First Games, and Chris White, head of technology, will now report to Carlos Barbosa, vice president and studio head of Warner Bros.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Games has hired video game company 2K’s chief marketing officer Melissa Bell as its new executive vice president of global marketing. In her new role, Bell will oversee all aspects of the Warner Bros.

Four New York film production veterans, spanning the perspectives of unions, vendors and city government, agreed that the looming IATSE strike threat will restrict shoots this year before a rebound in 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery through the streaming wars.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Hogwarts Legacy” crossed 22 million copies sold by the end of 2023, with approximately 2 million of those units selling during the December holiday season, according to Warner Bros. Games. “But it’s not just the unit sold that I’m so proud of, it’s just that it delighted the fans so much,” Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Games Hogwarts Legacy, the open-world, action role-playing game has sold more than 12 million units and hit $850 million in sales globally and 280 million hours played in its first two weeks of launch, the company said, confirming a major hit as parent Warner Bros. Discovery prepares to release quarterly earnings shortly.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer After struggling to re-create the magic of the “Harry Potter” film franchise with the lackluster spinoff trilogy “Fantastic Beasts,” Warner Bros. has finally struck galleons anew with its latest piece of Wizarding World IP: video game “Hogwarts Legacy.” The action role-playing game, produced by Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software, has clicked with Potterheads since its Feb. 10 release. Sales figures are yet to come, but it’s clear from the buzz factor and other measures — including sales charts in Japan, the U.K. and Europe — that fans are engaged. For one, the arrival of the game spurred the highest traffic in the “Harry Potter” community on fan platform Fandom in more than seven years.

Industry veterans James Gunn and Peter Safran have been appointed to the new roles of Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of DC Studios, overseeing the overall creative direction of the DC Universe across film, TV, and animation under a single banner. Gunn and Safran will report to David Zaslav, President and Chief Executive Officer, Warner Bros. Discovery, and will work closely with Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, Co-Chairpersons and CEOs of Warner Bros. Film Group. The appointments will be effective on November 1.