WB Games Montréal Inc. is a Canadian
video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with em ...
based in
Montreal
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, Canada. It was founded as a subsidiary of
Warner Bros. Games in 2010 and is best known for developing ''
Batman: Arkham Origins'' and ''
Gotham Knights''.
History
WB Games Montréal was founded in 2010 by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (now Warner Bros. Games).
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
Game Critics Awards for Best Action/Adventure Game and Best Console Game.
Upon ''Batman: Arkham Originss release it received mixed reactions, garnering praise for its boss battles
and the characterization of Batman,
as well as criticism for not moving the series forward compared to previous entries
in addition to technical issues.
During an interview on the Humans of Gaming Podcast in October 2018, WB Games Montréal Senior Game Designer Osama Dorias confirmed that two
DC Comics
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-based video games are currently in development at the studio. At
DC FanDome in August 2020, the studio announced ''
Gotham Knights''.
In July 2024, Warner Bros. announced that it had hired
Bethesda Game Studios director Yves Lachance as vice president and studio head of WB Games Montréal.
Games
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Video game companies established in 2010
Warner Bros. Games
Video game companies of Canada
Video game development companies
Companies based in Montreal
2010 establishments in Quebec
Canadian companies established in 2010
Canadian subsidiaries of foreign companies