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I bet if I held a photo of Wonder Woman, everybody would be, oh, it's Wonder Woman, it's Wonder Woman. How many of those people, and I'm like, all right, now, and who's our iconic villain? Like, who's the person she always faces off against? And they'd be like, maybe they grab Cheetah from the fucking horrible 1984 movie.
I bet if I held a photo of Wonder Woman, everybody would be, oh, it's Wonder Woman, it's Wonder Woman. How many of those people, and I'm like, all right, now, and who's our iconic villain? Like, who's the person she always faces off against? And they'd be like, maybe they grab Cheetah from the fucking horrible 1984 movie.
Maybe they, like, I don't think they're going to even throw out the God of War.
Maybe they, like, I don't think they're going to even throw out the God of War.
Yeah, exactly. Like, right? I think it's like, I think you get into this weird thing of just like, okay. In Pikunaga, Cheetah probably, I mean, for a comic person, it's Cersei. But, like, I don't know. I don't think anybody's calling that out. I don't know. And I think that's one of the issues with it of, like, You put up a license like that, and I was excited for the Wonder Woman game.
Yeah, exactly. Like, right? I think it's like, I think you get into this weird thing of just like, okay. In Pikunaga, Cheetah probably, I mean, for a comic person, it's Cersei. But, like, I don't know. I don't think anybody's calling that out. I don't know. And I think that's one of the issues with it of, like, You put up a license like that, and I was excited for the Wonder Woman game.
Of course, to some degree, like, why isn't this a Superman game? But excited for the Wonder Woman game. But then it is, like, I think in some ways... that IP gets in the way of itself. In the same way, Superman, people have preconceived notions. They know this character to some degree and have at some point been like, I don't need to know who Wonder Woman's villains are.
Of course, to some degree, like, why isn't this a Superman game? But excited for the Wonder Woman game. But then it is, like, I think in some ways... that IP gets in the way of itself. In the same way, Superman, people have preconceived notions. They know this character to some degree and have at some point been like, I don't need to know who Wonder Woman's villains are.
They've never been interesting. I've never seen something great done with them. Same with Superman. He's too powerful. This, that, the other, right? There's a mountain to climb to do that. And so would that IP have brought in more people than just an original game using the Nemesis system that they haven't done anything?
They've never been interesting. I've never seen something great done with them. Same with Superman. He's too powerful. This, that, the other, right? There's a mountain to climb to do that. And so would that IP have brought in more people than just an original game using the Nemesis system that they haven't done anything?
That was another rumor, right, from the last two years, I'll say. Maybe even just the last year. But it was that WB Interactive Entertainment was trying to sell all these studios, right? But keep the IP. And so it was like... Well, license back the IP. Exactly. So it's like, if I'm whoever, Xbox...
That was another rumor, right, from the last two years, I'll say. Maybe even just the last year. But it was that WB Interactive Entertainment was trying to sell all these studios, right? But keep the IP. And so it was like... Well, license back the IP. Exactly. So it's like, if I'm whoever, Xbox...
and i buy monolith cool if you want them to keep making the one roaming game you got to license the ip from dc right so it's like this really bad that's like why would you buy nether realm if you're not gonna buy mortal exactly exactly yeah or even like rocks obviously rocksteady can make something original but if i'm buying rocksteady kind of want that too like i don't know if i would again you love to bring it up all the time now we're into the ship of theseus how many people at rocksteady we've seen all the founders leave right like how many how many people at rocksteady are the people who made batman yeah
and i buy monolith cool if you want them to keep making the one roaming game you got to license the ip from dc right so it's like this really bad that's like why would you buy nether realm if you're not gonna buy mortal exactly exactly yeah or even like rocks obviously rocksteady can make something original but if i'm buying rocksteady kind of want that too like i don't know if i would again you love to bring it up all the time now we're into the ship of theseus how many people at rocksteady we've seen all the founders leave right like how many how many people at rocksteady are the people who made batman yeah
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We move on to story number two. Rocksteady is back working on a single-player Batman game. It's claimed this is Jordan Midler at VGC. Rocksteady Studios is working on a Batman game, it's claimed. According to Bloomberg and Jason Schreier, as part of a report explaining what each of Warner Brothers Game Studios is currently working on.
We move on to story number two. Rocksteady is back working on a single-player Batman game. It's claimed this is Jordan Midler at VGC. Rocksteady Studios is working on a Batman game, it's claimed. According to Bloomberg and Jason Schreier, as part of a report explaining what each of Warner Brothers Game Studios is currently working on.