WB Games Montréal Inc. is a Canadian

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based in

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. It is a subsidiary of

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and is best known for developing '' Batman: Arkham Origins'' and '' Gotham Knights''.

History

WB Games Montréal was founded in 2010 by

. One of the studio's titles, '' Batman: Arkham Origins'', was displayed for the public at the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), and received two nominations from the

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for Best Action/Adventure Game and Best Console Game. Upon ''Batman: Arkham Originss release it received positive reviews. However, the company received a significant amount of criticism for failing to conduct proper testing on the game prior to release as well as refusing to address a number of game-breaking bugs that plagued the title, instead preferring to focus on the development and release of paid DLC. During an interview on the Humans of Gaming Podcast in October 2018, WB Games Montréal Senior Game Designer Osama Dorias confirmed that two

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-based video games are currently in development at the studio. At

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in August 2020, the studio announced '' Gotham Knights''.

Games developed

Additional work

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