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Story number three, Warner Brothers cancels planned Hogwarts Legacy game expansion. This is Jason Schreier at Bloomberg. Warner Brothers has canceled a planned expansion for its popular Hogwarts Legacy title as part of an ongoing restructuring at the entertainment company's video game unit, according to People Familiar.
Story number three, Warner Brothers cancels planned Hogwarts Legacy game expansion. This is Jason Schreier at Bloomberg. Warner Brothers has canceled a planned expansion for its popular Hogwarts Legacy title as part of an ongoing restructuring at the entertainment company's video game unit, according to People Familiar.
The expansion, which would have added new storylines to the original game, had been planned for release this year alongside a definitive edition with all of the content. The plans weren't publicly announced, but were reported last year by Bloomberg. A spokesperson for Warner Bros. declined to comment. Warner Bros.
The expansion, which would have added new storylines to the original game, had been planned for release this year alongside a definitive edition with all of the content. The plans weren't publicly announced, but were reported last year by Bloomberg. A spokesperson for Warner Bros. declined to comment. Warner Bros.
canceled the project this week in part due to concerns that the amount of content was not substantial enough to justify the price being considered, said people familiar speaking anonymously because they weren't authorized to talk to the press. Avalanche was working on the planned expansion with London-based Rocksteady Studios, which developed last year's failed Suicide Squad video game.
canceled the project this week in part due to concerns that the amount of content was not substantial enough to justify the price being considered, said people familiar speaking anonymously because they weren't authorized to talk to the press. Avalanche was working on the planned expansion with London-based Rocksteady Studios, which developed last year's failed Suicide Squad video game.
Part of the plan was to restore a storyline tied to one of the original game's companions that was cut during development, the people said. Drucker, Warner Brothers just fucking can't make a video game to save their goddamn lives.
Part of the plan was to restore a storyline tied to one of the original game's companions that was cut during development, the people said. Drucker, Warner Brothers just fucking can't make a video game to save their goddamn lives.
Yeah, it crushed. It was every company's dream game, where it was, the game is so successful, non-gamers, you know, people who are mainstream are going and buying PlayStations and Xboxes and buying this game. Like, that's crazy.
Yeah, it crushed. It was every company's dream game, where it was, the game is so successful, non-gamers, you know, people who are mainstream are going and buying PlayStations and Xboxes and buying this game. Like, that's crazy.
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Yeah. I, it's interesting, you know, Jason's a reporting here, which of course I always believe in. I was talking about concerns. The amount of content wasn't substantial enough to justify the price. It's like, That sounds like such a good guy corporation move that I don't buy that from Warner Brothers. I don't know what I mean. We're deleting the Batgirl movie.
Yeah. I, it's interesting, you know, Jason's a reporting here, which of course I always believe in. I was talking about concerns. The amount of content wasn't substantial enough to justify the price. It's like, That sounds like such a good guy corporation move that I don't buy that from Warner Brothers. I don't know what I mean. We're deleting the Batgirl movie.
We're deleting the Coyote movie because we need a tax break. And then they're like, well, we don't want to gouge customers. How little content would have been in this expansion? Lower the price point. It's due this year. How much work has been done on it? If it's due this year, you should be pretty far along in this. It could at least be, well, we're not going to sell it for...