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Yesterday, CEO of Warner Brothers Jeffrey Bewkes revealed that the company has over 75 games planned for the next seven years. That’s a serious amount of Bugs Bunny and party titles. The statement was made in an earnings call, where Bewkes goal was to illustrate the partnerships Warner maintains and the validity of their own original IPs.

We have a small interest in something called Brash Entertainment, which is a video games publisher, and I mentioned we have the arrangement with our strategic partner in Abu Dhabi who is funding up to $250 million to co-finance the development of up to 75 games over the next seven years. We also have an investment in Eidos, which is a UK games developer, and we distribute all of these.
One of the stellar games in Warner Brother’s lineup this year is Guinness World Records: The Videogame, which sounds like a real crowd pleaser. I think at some point, every publisher needs to self-actualize. Perhaps step back and say, “Hey, are these titles going to be any good?” I’ll give it to them for the Lego games, but Acme Arsenal and Speed Racer? Time to look in the mirror.

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MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 09:56
MechaMonkey
Ten of those are based on The Dark Knight.
glandseck's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 09:58
glandseck
Co-financing 75 games with 250 millions...
I hope Warner isn't as cheap. Let's look at the facts:
- 11 games per year
- roughly 3 million dollars worth of budget each (up to here)
- All most likely locked into previous Warner IP.

Hm yup, these sounds like real stinkers to me. If they're aiming to release as disc media on the 360 or ps3, you can bet that such a budget is not enough. Also, 75 games in 7 years? How will they manage to make that? Those are closer to publisher numbers than something a dev studio could pull off.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 10:38
Rockvillian
Hey Warner, can I have a list of these games so I can avoid buying them? Thanks!
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 11:37
Kryptinite
I'm going to go ahead and say they are fucking liars!!
braulio09's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 15:56
braulio09
idiots shouldn't have broken the F.E.A.R. deal
manta's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 19:27
manta
I just lost THE GAME.
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