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LEGO Universe Arrives on October 12

The LEGO Group and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have announced that LEGO Universe, the MMO based around the incredibly popular building game, will be going live on October 12, allowing a select group of fans to join in the experience before opening the game to all those interested a few days later, on Octob...

17 June 2010
02:04 GMT

New Mortal Kombat Videogame Coming in 2011

Warner Bros. has announced it is creating a new Mortal Kombat videogame, which will aim for a return to the roots of the franchise and deliver a more brutal experience than the last few installment in the series.The game will be called Mortal Kombat, featuring no subtitle, and will be launching at some point during 2...

11 June 2010
05:36 GMT

LEGO Universe Will Be Distributed by Warner Bros.

The LEGO Group and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have announced that they have entered into an agreement regarding the publishing duties for LEGO Universe, the MMO, which will deliver the brick-based experience to gamers all over the world. Warner will hold the exclusive rights to sell the new title outside ...

9 June 2010
01:55 GMT

Warner Bros. Acquires MMO Maker Turbine

Warner Bros. Entertainment has announced that it has acquired developer Turbine, best known for working on the Lord of the Rings Online MMO. The move means Warner Bros. now owns all the videogame creators that are in a position to put out titles linked with the fantasy universe created by Tolkien. The two companies h...

21 April 2010
04:36 GMT

F.E.A.R. 3 Coming with More Alma, Cooperative Play

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that it will launch a new installment in its F.E.A.R. Franchise in the fall of this year. The game will be developed by Day 1 Studios and will be outed on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the PC. F.E.A.R. 3 will keep the same signature h...

9 April 2010
15:11 GMT

Warner Bros. Is Looking for Anti-Piracy Spies

What does Warner Bros. have in common with the Chinese communist party? Well, both 'organizations' are looking for volunteers to spy on their peers, though there are some slight differences when it comes to the reason behind this. Torrentfreak reports that the major Hollywood studio is looking for students ...

29 March 2010
10:56 GMT

Batman: Arkham Asylum and Uncharted 2 Dominate BAFTA Ceremony

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has managed to pick the most awards at the BAFTA awards ceremony but the big winner of the night is Batman: Arkham Asylum, the action adventure title from Rocksteady and Warner Bros., which won both the Best Game award, awarded to the release that contributed most to the field of videogames...

25 March 2010
12:01 GMT

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Coming in 2011

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, as the publisher, and Snowblind Studios, as the developer, have announced The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, a mix between role playing and action that will be built around the multiplayer experience. The launch date for the game is set for 2011 and will arrive on the Xbo...

22 March 2010
15:21 GMT

Scribblenauts 2 Coming to the Nintendo DS This Fall

It appears that Warner Bros. Interactive and 5th Level are interested in building on the word of mouth publicity, which Scribblenauts received when it came out in 2009 by creating a new game in the series set to arrive in late 2010 with a host of improvements.The GoNintendo magazine is also offering some details on t...

8 March 2010
16:41 GMT

Batman Comes to the Nintendo Wii and DS

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that it has tasked WayForward Technologies Inc. to develop a new Batman-themed game for the Nintendo Wii home console and the DS line of handhelds. The title will be officially named Batman: The Brave and the Bold the Videogame and will be an action adventure allow...

25 February 2010
07:39 GMT

Warner Bros. Gets Majority Stake in Batman Developer Rocksteady

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced that it has taken over developer Rocksteady Studios, the creators of the Arkham Asylum Batman-themed videogame. It was very well received when it was released in 2009, managing to capture the essence of the comic book character while delivering a mix of combat and a...

24 February 2010
04:20 GMT

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Revealed

For an event meant to take a look at the games that were released this year and pit them against each other for the sake of constructive criticism, this year's edition of the Video Game Awards made more unveilings regarding new titles than a press conference. A lot of big ones have received sequels and, while so...

14 December 2009
06:11 GMT

Warner Bros. Interested in More Videogame Development

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. announced yesterday that it had set up a new entity called DC Entertainment, with the stated aim of better using DC Comics intellectual property in videogames, in movies and other media. The parent company stated that “prioritize DC properties as key titles and growth drivers acr...

11 September 2009
03:05 GMT

Green Lantern Videogame Arrives Alongside Movie

It seems that the movie tie-in genre of videogames is alive and well, as various reports are saying that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has decided that it will create and publish a videogame based on the Green Lantern property, to be released to fans alongside the movie.The two products are set to be outed s...

14 July 2009
05:01 GMT

Movie Creator Sues Midway Over Sale

Lawrence Kasanoff, who is the owner of Threshold Entertainment, initiated a lawsuit against publisher Midway, which was gone through a bankruptcy process and is not set to be sold to Warner Bros. for the sum of 33 million dollars. Kasanoff is claiming that he is the one who built the Mortal Kombat brand to its curren...

29 June 2009
16:21 GMT

E3: LEGO Harry Potter Lives Through Years 1 – 4

Warner Bros., a company that is becoming more and more interested in the videogaming industry, and LEGO Group, have officially announced that they would be collaborating on creating a game called LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 – 4.The title, as the name implies, will deliver content taken from the first four books ...

2 June 2009
14:21 GMT

Warner Bros. Has Long Term Plans for Lord of the Rings

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced the first game that it would create using the Lord of the Rings franchise, recently picked up from Electronic Arts. Now, the company is saying that there is a long term plan for the intellectual property, which is focused on creating videogames suited for a wide ar...

1 June 2009
04:43 GMT

Warner Bros. Eager to Acquire Midway

Warner Bros. has made a bid of no less than 33 million dollars for the acquisition of Midway Games, which has recently declared bankruptcy. Initially, the company, which was sold to an investor for just 100,000 dollars, stated that it expected to be acquired by a suitor willing to pay at least 30 million dollars for ...

25 May 2009
03:47 GMT

Take on Aragorn's Quest in New Lord of the Rings Videogame

Warner Bros. has just announced that it intends to publish a videogame based on the Lord of the Rings franchise, the first since the license was transferred from Electronic Arts.The game will be called Aragorn's Quest and is set to be demoed at the E3 trade show, which is fast coming up. Warner Bros. is saying t...

21 May 2009
14:41 GMT

‘It’ Remake Will Be R-Rated, Gory, Terrifying

Pennywise, one of the most terrifying clowns to have ever graced the screen, as inspired by the character with the same name in Stephen King’s novel “It,” will be coming back to slay innocent children again, thanks to Warner Bros. Moreover, writer Dave Kajganich assures fans via DreadCentral, Pennyw...

7 April 2009
11:13 GMT

No More Lord of the Rings from Electronic Arts

It seems that the rights to use the content from the Lord of the Rings movies in videogames is no longer with Electronic Arts. Warner Bros., which has created the movies, has now taken back the intellectual property and is probably looking for a way to create some videogames based on them. The news came by way of a r...

16 March 2009
05:26 GMT

Warner Bros. Working on Stephen King’s ‘It’ Remake

When Hollywood lacks inspiration for a good new movie, it turns to the classics, it has often been said. This proves to be the case once more as Warner Bros. is now working on a remake of one of the most known horror TV series, based on a horror book by Stephen King, “It,” featuring Pennywise the killer c...

13 March 2009
14:24 GMT

Warner Bros. Working on ‘The NeverEnding Story’ Remake

Critics often say that, when Hollywood is running out of fresh ideas, it turns to classics either for inspiration or for the material needed to make a film. However, remaking an oldie does have its advantages, it is argued, with one of the most important being that it introduces an old film to younger audiences. Spea...

27 February 2009
06:04 GMT

F.E.A.R. 2 Demo Arrives on January 22

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, as the publisher, and Monolith Games, as the developers, are announcing that a demo version of their upcoming first person shooter F.E.A.R. 2 will be released on January 22 on all the platforms on which the game will be launched, meaning the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the ...

19 January 2009
14:12 GMT

F.E.A.R. Lost a Lot of Fans Because of Expansions

F.E.A.R. 2 is set to arrive in early 2009, on February 13, and the developers at Monolith Studios say that the game needs to bring back all those fans who have been driven away from the franchise by the expansions and ports that other companies handled in the past.The original F.E.A.R. was developed by Monolith but d...

30 December 2008
12:31 GMT

Terminator Salvation Game Is in Development

Warner Bros. announces that it plans to release Terminator Salvation – The Videogame, a title which will accompany the upcoming Terminator movie set to arrive in 2009.The game, based on the Terminator Salvation movie and starring Christian Bale, is in production at the moment. The player will be able to take on...

21 November 2008
04:56 GMT

SCi Partners with Warner Bros.

Yesterday, we brought to you the news that SCi Entertainment was facing a possible hostile takeover, with an NBC offer of 100 million dollars and with Warner Bros. being interested in acquiring the company, too. The SCi board has released a statement saying that the company is not for sale at any price, but it seems ...

25 April 2008
13:11 GMT

Pirate Bay Policeman "Not Hired During the Investigation"

The short story so far: Warner Bros. and The Pirate Bay are the plaintiff and the defendant of a copyright lawsuit in which the BitTorrent website is accused of providing access to pirated material. Nothing new until now because we've seen lots of similar cases when BitTorrent websites were sued for infringing c...

24 April 2008
02:30 GMT

"Star Wars" Makes a Comeback on the Big Screen

Hands up, those "Star Wars" fanatics among you. OK, maybe "fanatic" is a strong word - let's put a friendly spin on it and go with "enthusiastic". OK, so - "Star Wars" enthusiasts, please stand up. There's good news coming in from that galaxy far far away, and to tell the truth, I'm quite excited about...

12 February 2008
10:24 GMT

Warner Bros to Exclusively Adopt the Blu-Ray Format

The HD DVD vs. Blu-ray war has taken another turn as Warner Bros Entertainment announced that they will exclusively release their high-definition DVD titles in Blu-ray format. The company officials claim that they have picked the Blu-Ray format as a strategic decision heavily influenced by the consumers themselves."T...

5 January 2008
07:03 GMT

Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt Tools (GameCube)

Based on the multiple Emmy Award-winning animated series from Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment, and featuring the actual voice actors from the series, Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt is a third-person action adventure game, which brings the colourful and hysterical world of the Animaniacs wonderfully ...

16 November 2007
03:06 GMT

Want to Pay Just $3 For an Original, Legal DVD? Go to China!

Although China is the place where a large number of the world's consumer electronics (not to mention other products as well) are manufactured, the problem of movie piracy is an extremely important issue there, as cheap, illegal copies of original movies are available just about everywhere, at some pretty low pri...

8 November 2007
13:31 GMT

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Acquires TT Games

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has revealed today their agreement to acquire TT Games (Traveller's Tales, independent game developers) and TT Games Publishing, the UK-based game publisher responsible for the LEGO Star Wars series, BIONICLE Heroes and other popular games."TT Games is very successful and re...

8 November 2007
08:27 GMT

Teen Titans Unlockables (PS2)

Teen Titans incorporates a variety of exciting missions and addictive game play to deliver an experience that captures the non-stop action of the highly popular series from Warner Bros. Animation. Teen Titans fuses hip anime-style visuals with awesome stunts, cool, cutting edge gadgetry and real "teen world" humor. ...

2 October 2007
06:48 GMT

Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt - Unlockables

Frustrated by being "overlooked", film director C. C. Deville steals the "Edgars" (statuettes that are a parody of the Oscars); he threatens to melt them all unless studio chairman Thaddeus Plotz gives him a lucrative contract. While carrying out his plot, Deville accidentally crashes his getaway blimp into the Warne...

29 March 2007
04:26 GMT


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