O sea que AT&T compró Time Warner y resultó en una monstruosa deuda de 200 billones de dólares. Así que los inversores del conglomerado llamaron a vender los assets "prescindibles", y ya cayó DirecTV. Ahora sigue WB Interactive.AT&T Looking to Sell WB Interactive, Includes Studios Like Rocksteady and NetherRealm
AT&T is reportedly looking to sell the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment gaming division, which includes studios like NetherRealm, Avalanche, and Rocksteady. The deal could be valued at $4 billion and there’s reported interest from companies like Take-Two, EA, and Activision Blizzard.
In a report from CNBC, telecom company AT&T, which purchased Warner Media in 2018, is looking to divest some assets to help pay off $200 billion in debt. This includes WB Interactive, which has already picked up interest from some of the game industry’s largest companies. Though sources say a deal is neither in place nor imminent.
Any company that does purchase WB Interactive will not gain the rights to IP like Batman or Harry Potter, which is owned by Warner Bros. Instead, any deal will likely include a “commercial licensing agreement where AT&T can continue to get revenue from its IP.”
A potential purchase will, however, include studios that belong to WB Interactive like NetherRealm and Rocksteady, the developers behind Mortal Kombat, and the Batman Arkham series respectively.
AT&T purchased Time Warner for $109 billion in 2018 and amassed $200 billion in debt. Investors have called on AT&T to sell “non-core assets” such as DirecTV and, now, WB Interactive.
There are multiple projects rumored to be in development under Warner Bros. Interactive including a new game from Rocksteady, and a new Harry Potter RPG. There’s also a new Batman game in the works at WB Montreal.
Fuente: https://www.ign.com/articles/rocksteady ... tal-kombat
La nota aclara que los derechos de franquicias como Harry Potter y Batman (DC entera seguro que también) siguen en manos de Warner. Las compañías que compren a estos estudios no obtendrán las licencias, sólo contratos para usarlas y WB seguirá percibiendo ganancias.
Uniendo las piezas, alguien dice que a lo mejor esto tiene que ver con que no hemos visto en estos eventos de videojuegos nada presentado por WB como ser el nuevo juego de Batman o el RPG de Harry Potter.
Y para hacerlo más sospechoso, ayer tras el anuncio de HITMAN 3 el estudio IO Interactive confirmó que están desarrollando y publicando el juego ellos mismos. Sin WB.
Miedo me dan las compañías mencionadas:
-Take Two
-EA
-Activison Blizzard
Por lo que veo Harry Potter y DC están "protegidas" por Warner. Pero de MK no dijeron nada. Si la IP cae en manos de alguna de esas compañías... madre mía.