Arcade Couch

Warner Bros. Games's Studio Closures + Pokemon Presents & More Showcases

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In a week filled with Gaming presentations from Annapurna, Id@Xbox and Pokemon, the news of studio closures at Warner Bros. Games dominated this week's news cycle. Join Ashley and Ciaran as they discuss it all and provide an important update for those wanting to watch The Last of Us: Season 2 in Australia.

Hosts:

Ashley Hobley: https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyhobley.bsky.social 
Ciaran Marchant: https://bsky.app/profile/en-ringo.bsky.social  

Episode Timecodes

00:00:00 - Hello
00:00:54 - Pokemon Presents recap
00:15:06 - Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2025 Recap 
00:22:20 - ID@Xbox Showcase Recap
00:32:02 - Warner Bros. Games closes 3 Studios
00:42:10 - Fable Pushed to 2026
00:45:48 - The Last of Us: Season 2 is Not Coming to Binge
00:48:24 - Goodbye

Resources:

Eurogamer

  • Shadow of Mordor's brilliant Nemesis system is locked away by a Warner Bros patent until 2036, despite studio shutdown | Eurogamer.net

    • Gameshub

    • Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2025 – Every game announcement
    • ID@Xbox Showcase for Feb 2025 – Every game announcement
    • Fable has been pushed back to 2026
    • The Last of Us: Season 2 won't stream on Binge in Australia 

      • Polygon

      • Warner Bros. closes Monolith Productions and MultiVersus studio, cancels Wonder Woman game


        • Press-Start

        • Everything Announced At The February 2025 Pokemon Presents Stream 

          • VG247

          • Wonder Woman being canned reportedly followed Monolith planning a nemesis systemy new IP Warner Bros didn't want, then doing nemesis systemy Wonder Woman, then God of War-ish Wonder Woman

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