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    1416 hours ago
    1. After Shadow of Mordor 2, Monolith began developing a new IP in 2017
    2. WB said no
    3. Monolith continued to develop it for 4 more years in order to convince WB
    4. Monolith finally unveiled it to WB in 2021
    5. WB said no
    6. Monolith’s entire leadership team and a lot of their talent immediately quit to go start a new studio under EA
    7. Remaining talent asked for time to rebuild their leadership team before embarking on a new game
    8. WB said no
    9. What remained of Monolith tried to rebuild their leadership team while starting on a Wonder Woman game
    10. WB lost a bunch of money on expensive, poorly-conceived flops from existing IPs
    11. WB dissolved Monolith
    12. WB reiterated that they will continue focusing entirely on existing IPs
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      1216 hours ago

      Monolith’s entire leadership team and a lot of their talent immediately quit to go start a new studio under EA

      Man, how restrictive to creativity is Warner Bros executives that moving to be under Electronic Arts is better? 😧