‘Wonder Woman’ game cancelled in favour of more ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Game Of Thrones’

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Wonder Woman game has been scrapped in favour of more Harry Potter and Game Of Thrones titles.Wonder Woman was first revealed in 2021 from Monolith, the studio behind Lord Of The Rings title Middle-earth: Shadow Of Mordor and the F.E.A.R.

series. The single-player, open-world action-adventure game was due to feature an original story set in the DC universe.However the Wonder Woman game has now been scrapped as Warner Bros.

shut down Monolith yesterday (February 25). “Our hope was to give players and fans the highest quality experience possible for the iconic character, and unfortunately this is no longer possible within our strategic priorities,” said a spokesperson (via The Guardian).

Last year it was reported that development had already cost more than $100million.MultiVersus developers Player First Games were also shut down, as was WB Games San Diego. “We need to make some substantial changes to our portfolio/team structure if we are to commit the necessary resources to get back to a ‘fewer but bigger franchises’ strategy,” explained Warner Bros.