? Potential Sale
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AT&T is no longer selling its gaming division Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE). Apparently, the division is too valuable to be sold, even when AT&T have to look for opportunities to pay its almost $200B debt
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Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive and Microsoft were among the potential buyers of the division, when the offer was still open. The potential valuation range was around $4B
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AT&T acquired WBIE parent Time Warner in 2018, and currently owns rights to Warner Bros. titles
? Products
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Over the last 26 years, Warner Bros. has acquired a number of studios, which scientifically contributed to the WB games
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Currently, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment owns 6 game studios and 5 WB game offices
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Most popular games include Lego franchise, Batman: Arkham, Mortal Kombat, Harry Potter game series and Scribblenauts franchise
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Lego franchise — a series includes game series based on Warner Bros. movies such as Batman, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Ring. The series has sold over 100m copies, making more than $2b for Warner Brothers
SOURCES: BLOOMBERG, GAMESINDUSTRY
