Warner Bros. Games: Perbedaan antara revisi

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==Sejarah==

Berdirinya Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) di bawah Warner Bros. diumumkan pada tanggal 14 Januari 2004, bersama dengan merek WB Games (Warner Bros. Games), di mana WBIE akan menerbitkan permainan. Jason Hall, yang sebelumnya dari [[Monolith Productions]], ditunjuk sebagai wakil presiden seniornya.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/newly-created-warner-bros-interactive-entertainment-inc-dedicated-interactive-gaming/ |title=Newly Created Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. Dedicated To Interactive Gaming Business To Be Headed By Technology Executive Jason Hall |date=January 14, 2004 |website=[[Warner Bros.]] |access-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615184839/https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/newly-created-warner-bros-interactive-entertainment-inc-dedicated-interactive-gaming/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Kemudian pada tahun itu, Warner Bros. mengakuisisi Monolith Productions.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sooman |first=Derek |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/14759-warner-bros-buys-monolith.html |title=Warner Bros. Buys Monolith |publisher=TechSpot |date=August 12, 2004 |access-date=October 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817063959/http://www.techspot.com/news/14759-warner-bros-buys-monolith.html |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Pada bulan Oktober 2005, Warner Bros. membuat grup baru–[[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]]–dan WBIE dimutasi sebagai bagian dari grup tersebut.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theledger.com/news/20051026/briefing |title=Briefing |date=October 26, 2005 |website=[[The Ledger]] |access-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615184840/https://www.theledger.com/news/20051026/briefing |url-status=live }}</ref>

 

Pada tanggal 24 Januari 2017, diumumkan bahwa studio yang baru saja ditutup, Avalanche Software dan perangkat lunak mesin Octane-nya diakuisisi oleh Warner Bros. dari [[Disney Interactive Studios]] dan studio tersebut dibuka kembali, dengan John Blackburn kembali sebagai CEO-nya. Judul pertama studio di bawah Warner adalah permainan video pendamping untuk film [[Disney]]-[[Pixar]] ''[[Cars 3]]'', berjudul ''[[Cars 3: Driven to Win]]'', dalam kemitraan dengan Warner Bros, Disney, dan Pixar.<ref name="McAloon">{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/289935/Disney_Infinity_dev_revived_and_reopened_by_Warner_Bros.php |title=Disney Infinity dev revived and re-opened by Warner Bros. |first=Alissa |last=McAloon |date=January 24, 2017 |access-date=January 24, 2017 |work=[[Gamasutra]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125194932/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/289935/Disney_Infinity_dev_revived_and_reopened_by_Warner_Bros.php |archive-date=January 25, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Pada tanggal 8 Februari, Playdemic diakuisisi melalui TT Games untuk membuat game Lego untuk perangkat seluler.<ref name="Playdemic">{{Cite news |first=Katharine |last=Byrne |url=https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/publishing/tt-games-acquires-golf-clash-studio-playdemic/178623/ |title=TT Games acquires Golf Clash studio Playdemic |work=[[MCV (magazine)|MCV]] |date=February 9, 2017 |access-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218160603/http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/tt-games-acquires-golf-clash-studio-playdemic/0178623 |archive-date=February 18, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Pada tanggal 11 Juli 2018, studio ini mengakuisisi Plexchat, platform komunikasi untuk game seluler, dengan pendiri dan stafnya bergabung dengan WB Games San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/studio/news/warner-bros-interactive-entertainment-invests-social-capabilities-mobile-games-plexchat |title=Warner Brors.Interactive Entertainment Invests in Social Capabilities for Mobile Games With Plexchat Acquisition |website=warnerbros.com |date=July 11, 2018 |access-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712092141/https://www.warnerbros.com/studio/news/warner-bros-interactive-entertainment-invests-social-capabilities-mobile-games-plexchat |archive-date=July 12, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Sterfanie |last=Fogel |url=https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/wbie-acquires-plexchat-1202870329/ |title=WBIE Acquires Mobile Games Communications Platform Plexchat |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=July 11, 2018 |access-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712123555/https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/wbie-acquires-plexchat-1202870329/ |archive-date=July 12, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

 

Pada pertengahan tahun 2020, ada rumor industri bahwa [[AT&T]], untuk mengumpulkan dana, ingin menjual sebagian divisinya, dengan WBIE sebagai salah satu yang dikabarkan akan dijual yang akan menghasilkan US$ 4 miliar, menurut CNBC dan The Information; pembeli potensial telah dikabarkan termasuk [[Take-Two Interactive]], [[Microsoft]], [[Activision Blizzard]] dan [[Electronic Arts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-expresses-interest-in-acquiring-warner-game-unit|title=Microsoft expresses interest in acquiring Warner Games unit|website=[[The Information (company)|The Information]]|accessdate=August 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/12/att-seeks-sale-for-warner-gaming-unit-could-fetch-4-billion.html |title=AT&T seeks sale for Warner gaming unit, could fetch about $4 billion, sources say |first=Alex |last=Sherman |date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=August 9, 2020 |work=[[CNBC]] |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808113832/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/12/att-seeks-sale-for-warner-gaming-unit-could-fetch-4-billion.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Namun, dalam siaran pers Agustus 2020 mengenai restrukturisasi organisasi, WarnerMedia menyatakan bahwa WBIE "tetap menjadi bagian dari grup Studios and Networks".<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/us/media-release/warnermedia-organization-update |title=WarnerMedia Organization Update |publisher=[[WarnerMedia]] |date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810173834/https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/us/media-release/warnermedia-organization-update |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/warner-bros-suggests-its-games-business-is-staying-put/ |title=Warner Bros. parent suggests its games business is staying put |first=Andy |last=Robinson |date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 9, 2020 |work=[[Video Games Chronicle]] |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812164143/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/warner-bros-suggests-its-games-business-is-staying-put/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bloomberg News]] melaporkan AT&T telah mengonfirmasi tidak lagi menjual divisi permainannya, keputusan untuk mempertahankan divisi tersebut di tengah pergantian kepemimpinan di AT&T pada bulan Juli tahun itu.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-01/at-t-is-said-to-scrap-sale-of-warner-bros-video-game-unit |title=AT&T to Scrap Sale of Warner Bros. Video-Game Unit |first1=Nabila |last1=Ahmed |first2=Scott |last2=Moritz |date=September 1, 2020 |access-date=September 2, 2020 |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903073010/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-01/at-t-is-said-to-scrap-sale-of-warner-bros-video-game-unit |url-status=live }}</ref>

 

 

=== Label penerbitan ===

 

=== Studio ===

** TT Fusion di [[Wilmslow]], Inggris, didirikan pada 2005 sebagai Embryonic Studios, direorganisasi sebagai divisi dari TT Games pada 2007.

** TT Games Publishing, [[Bristol]], Inggris, didirikan pada tahun 2003 sebagai Giant Interactive Entertainment, direorganisasi sebagai divisi dari TT Games pada tahun 2005.

* [[WB Games Montréal]] di [[Montreal]], didirikan pada 2010.<ref name="Gamesutra" />

* [[WB Games Boston]] di [[Needham, Massachusetts]], didirikan pada tahun 1994, diakuisisi pada tahun 2010.

* [[WB Games New York]] di [[Troy, New York]], didirikan sebagai Agora Games pada 2005, diakuisisi dan diganti namanya pada 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chan|first=Stephanie|date= 22 Juni 2017|title=Warner Bros. membuka kantor di New York untuk mendukung game seperti Injustice 2|publisher=[[VentureBeat]]|url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/22/warner-bros-opens -new-york-office-to-support-games-like-injustice-2/|url-status=live|access-date=4 Agustus 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web /20170804155513/https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/22/warner-bros-opens-new-york-office-to-support-games-like-injustice-2/|archive-date=4 Agustus 2017 }}</ref>

* WB Games San Diego di [[San Diego]]; didirikan pada tahun 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-27-warner-bros-opens-new-mobile-studio-in-san-diego | title=Warner Bros membuka studio seluler baru di San Diego |first=James |last=Batchelor |date=Agustus 27, 2019 |website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |access-date=Agustus 27, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190827160446/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-27-warner-bros-opens-new-mobile-studio-in-san-diego | archive-date=27 Agustus 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

 

=== Bekas studio ===

* [[Surreal Software]] di Kirkland, Washington, didirikan pada 1995, diakuisisi dari [[Midway Games]] pada 27 Juli 2009. Digabung menjadi Monolith Productions pada 2010.

* Playdemic di [[Manchester]], Inggris, didirikan pada 2010, diakuisisi pada 8 Februari 2017, dijual ke [[Electronic Arts]] pada Juni 2021.<ref name="Playdemic" /><ref name="deadline playdemic "/>

 

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