UPDATE: Monolith's Upcoming WONDER WOMAN Game Could Be Using The 'Games As A Service' Model

UPDATE: Monolith's Upcoming WONDER WOMAN Game Could Be Using The 'Games As A Service' Model

According to a recent job posting, Monolith's highly-anticipated Wonder Woman video game will be using the Games as a Service model.

By MarkJulian - Nov 18, 2023 12:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Video Games
Source: GameFragger.com

UPDATE: Warner Bros. Discovery wants to quickly quell any bad press for its upcoming Wonder Woman game and they've released a new statement that denies that the job listing was specifically for the Wonder Woman game.

The company told IGN, "Wonder Woman is a single-player action-adventure game set in a dynamic open world. This third-person experience will allow players to become Diana of Themyscira and introduce an original story set in the DC Universe while also featuring the Nemesis System. Wonder Woman is not being designed as a live service game."

The original story follows below.


The upcoming Wonder Woman game from Monolith (Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War) has been kept under wraps ever since its presentation at the 2021 Game Awards.

And despite concept art leaking back in August we never actually received a new look at Monolith's Wonder Woman game at this year's Gamescom. 

However, another leak (of sorts) about the game is hitting the rounds, bringing news that is guaranteed to provoke conflicting feelings.

A recent job posting on the Warner Bros. Discovery website suggests that the Wonder Woman game will be released as a game-as-a-service (GaaS).

The job posting is specifically for Monolith and its Wonder Woman games and lists the position as Lead Software Engineer of Gameplay.

When the job posting lists the experience that Monolith is looking for in potential candidates, it reads "Experience helping maintain a live software product or game." There are probably a lot of former and current Crystal Dynamics employees looking for work after the Avengers GaaS video game flamed out.

This is consistent with statements made recently by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav during an earnings call, in which he claimed that the firm will be shifting away from single-player focused releases and focusing entirely on the battle pass/games as a service model.

Zaslav specifically referred to Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Batman, and Mortal Kombat as potential $1 billion gaming franchises if they adapted the Gaas model.

Said Zaslav, "Our focus is on transforming our biggest franchises from largely console and PC based with three-four year release schedules to include more always on gameplay through live services, multiplatform and free-to-play extensions, with the goal to have more players spending more time on more platforms."

"Ultimately we want to drive engagement and monetisation of longer cycles and at higher levels," he continued. "We are currently under scale and see significant opportunity to generate greater post purchase revenue."

According to the 2021 teaser video, Wonder Woman is called back to Themyscira to fight alongside old foes and protect the island from a mysterious threat.

There's currently no release date for the game, but stay tuned, as gamers believe that once Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League launches, WB will turn its attention to marketing Monolith's Wonder Woman title.

The Suicide Squad game was previously delayed from its original  2022 release date to February 2024 after fans decried the debut trailer's uninspired gameplay footage and the reveal of a cosmetic-focused Battlepass system.

Recently, the game's marking campaign ramped back up with new footage that showed more varied gameplay between characters, however, the Battlepass elements still seem to be present.

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WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 11/18/2023, 12:29 PM
Why can't they just model it on GOW
Origame
Origame - 11/18/2023, 12:30 PM
...why?

Avengers and suicide squad could at least justify the games as a service model due to its huge cast. But you're just playing as wonder woman.

She doesn't even have the number of varied costumes as characters like spiderman or iron man has.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 11/18/2023, 12:31 PM
Here, now you can update your story:

Warner Bros. Denies That Wonder Woman Will be a Service Game After Job Listing
https://www.ign.com/articles/wonder-woman-game-job-listing-suggests-live-service-elements
santoanderson
santoanderson - 11/18/2023, 12:32 PM
You gotta love how Square Enix spent a ridiculous amount of money acquiring the license to make an Avengers game, and set out to make an Uncharted-esque single player game, but midway thru production the publisher said “No! It’s gotta be like Destiny! Live Service! Figure it out!” And what they delivered was a half-baked, bland, repetitive game that netted mediocre reviews, and only a couple years later you can’t buy the game digitally. The game was a huge failure that was basically abandoned by its studio and publisher.

You would think after that, game publishers and studios would pump the brakes when it comes to live service games. Nope, they’re still doing it.
Fares
Fares - 11/18/2023, 12:39 PM
@santoanderson - Is that confirmed? If it's true, then that sucks even worse.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/18/2023, 12:33 PM
If it's anything like Avengers that got boring AF after the single-player campaign then screw this game.
cyclopsprime
cyclopsprime - 11/18/2023, 12:47 PM
it's highly not hihgly
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 11/18/2023, 1:07 PM
GaaS needs to [frick]ing die already.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/18/2023, 1:15 PM
Live service games... (shudders)
ThouBear8
ThouBear8 - 11/18/2023, 1:17 PM
Warner Brothers is currently getting giant heaps of shit for doing that with Mortal Kombat & Suicide Squad, so you'd think they'd know better. Then again, almost every decision Zaslov makes seems to be terrible.

Hopefully the denial to this rumor is true. Wonder Woman deserves a great game, & GaaS would definitely jeopardize the likelihood of that.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/18/2023, 1:17 PM
Wouldn't have surprised me after Zaslav's revent comments, but good thing they're stating it's gonna be a singleplayer game. Lends itself much better to that than a live service game.
BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 11/18/2023, 1:23 PM
I'm sure this Wonder Woman game will be great, but I really wish they would get someone to work on a proper Superman Game.
IvanBadski
IvanBadski - 11/18/2023, 1:50 PM
@BobGarlen - i hope i live long enough to play a proper superman game :(
BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 11/18/2023, 3:46 PM
@IvanBadski - Me too. Superman has been severely underrepresented in gaming. He's either a villain or supporting character, not what he deserves.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 11/18/2023, 2:23 PM

If the reviews are good, I'll give it a sniff.

BigPhilbowski
BigPhilbowski - 11/19/2023, 3:28 AM
From what I've heard, it's essentially a reskinned Shadow of Mordor/War
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