Live Service refers to the process of constantly updating a game after its release to keep players invested, by adding new features, articles, storylines and more – and has become an increasingly lucrative model for developers and publishers across the board. industry. However, this is not without controversy, with high-profile releases such as BioWare’s Anthem being launched with extremely little content, and Marvel’s Avengers failing to recoup the costs after failing to captivate their audience during the launch.
No details are given, but we can probably assume that the upcoming Back 4 Blood will include live service elements, given its modular online nature. Similarly, any future WR-owned NetherRealm Mortal Kombat and Injustice games are likely to contain live service elements, as in recent iterations.
What is less clear is what other announced WBIE games may include similar ideas, and to what extent. The publisher is currently working on Hogwarts Legacy, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, and Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, none of which have announced live elements outwardly.
The upcoming Gotham Knights of WB Montreal will apparently not be a part of that push – the developers told IGN earlier that it was “very not designed as a game-as-service “, and tells a stand-alone story, rather than an evolving story.We contacted WBIE for comment, but we did not receive a response during publication.
It was not long ago that we debated the future of WBIE as a whole, until parent company AT&T announced that it no longer wanted to sell the company, after it was apparently ‘too valuable’ to download.
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