WB Games Montréal Reports Staff Reductions Amid Corporate Restructuring
On March 13, 2026, several developers at WB Games Montréal announced via LinkedIn that they had been made redundant. The layoffs affected multiple departments, which included narrative design and production and general game design. The Paramount Skydance acquisition of the company has reached its final phase, but Warner Bros. Discovery has not made any official announcement about this development.
The workforce reduction follows a difficult financial period for the Warner Bros. gaming division. The current studio situation results from several essential elements, which include
- Revenue Decline The first quarter of 2025 experienced a 48% drop in gaming revenue because major releases were missing from the market.
- Acquisition Pressure Netflix co CEO Ted Sarandos recently noted that the Paramount deal for Warner Bros. is heavily reliant on aggressive cost cutting measures.
- Project History The team at WB Games Montréal, which developed Gotham Knights and Batman Arkham Origins, faced 99 job cuts during 2024.
Reports from the industry indicate that a new Batman game is currently in development, despite the fact that staff members were laid off. Warner Bros. leadership has identified Batman and Harry Potter as their most resilient intellectual properties. The company has faced internal questions about a live service DC project, but it is rebuilding its pipeline to focus on high value franchises, which will operate under new management of Paramount Skydance.
