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[[https://warnerbrosgames.com Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]] (also known as Warner Bros. Games) is a VideoGame publishing company owned by Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery, as part of the company's streaming and interactive division.

The company's roots date back to 1993, when Creator/WarnerBros' then-parent Time Warner formed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEPH3RR2agM Time Warner Interactive]] to primarily publish home console ports of games developed by Creator/{{Atari}} Games (the former arcade division of Atari, Inc.), which Time Warner had a minority interest in for years before selling off the unit to Creator/MidwayGames in 1996. In the process, Warner Bros. formed WBIE to serve as a licensor for games based off their properties (via Warner Bros. Consumer Products), and operated separately from Time Warner Interactive.

In the early 2000s, after many years of serving as a licensor, WBIE opted to jump into full-time video game publishing, and in 2004 the studio purchased Creator/MonolithProductions, their first of what would be many acquisitions of game studios to come. The acquisition allowed Monolith to develop ''VideoGame/TheMatrixOnline'', WB's first game publication (with Creator/{{Sega}}). They would eventually go on to acquire Creator/TravellersTales in 2007, taking their lucrative Franchise/{{LEGO}} game franchise with them. Despite these acquisitions, the studio continued to mostly publish games based off their properties, instead of creating their own dedicated game franchises.

That all changed in 2009, when WB shocked much of the video game world and announced it had won a bid to acquire most of the in-house assets of the bankrupt Creator/MidwayGames, including their flagship [[CashCowFranchise cash cow]] ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' and their prestigious back catalog of arcade games including ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'', as well as Creator/WilliamsElectronics[='=] arcade archives and the aforementioned Atari Games library, marking a reunion of sorts for that back catalog. With a strong slate of video game properties now under WB's wing, WBIE started to be taken seriously as a player in the game industry.

Today, WBIE is one of the most successful mid-size video game publishers in the industry, ranking ''third'' in terms of mid-size publisher market share in 2013 behind Creator/{{Capcom}} and Creator/{{Konami}}. WBIE continues to serve as a licensor for its movie properties to other game developers.

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!!Video games published by this company with Website/TVTropes pages:
[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/Back4Blood''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' (Xbox 360, PC, Unix/Linux, Macintosh, iPhone/iPod)
* ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries''
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' ([=PlayStation=] 3, Xbox 360, PC)
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' ([=PlayStation=] 3, Xbox 360, PC)
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''([=PlayStation=] 3, Xbox 360, PC)
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate''
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' ([=PlayStation=] 4, Xbox One)
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamUnderworld''
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamVR''
** ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague''
* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBoldTheVideoGame'' (Platform/NintendoDS, Platform/Wii)
* ''VideoGame/Cars3DrivenToWin''
* ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins'' (with Creator/{{Sega}})
** ''VideoGame/Condemned2Bloodshot''
* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'' (with Creator/DaybreakGameCompany)
* ''VideoGame/DyingLight''
* ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]'' (Xbox 360, [=PlayStation=] 3, PC)
* ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}''
* ''VideoGame/GothamCityImpostors'' (PC, [=PlayStation=] 3, Xbox 360)
* ''VideoGame/GothamKnights2022''
* ''VideoGame/GuardiansOfMiddleEarth'' ([=PlayStation=] 3, Xbox 360)
* ''VideoGame/HarryPotter'' games, since 2018 via its Creator/PortkeyGames label.
** ''VideoGame/HarryPotterHogwartsMystery''
** ''VideoGame/HarryPotterWizardsUnite''
** ''VideoGame/HogwartsLegacy''
* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman 2}}''
** ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution''
** ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney''
* ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis''
* ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' series:
** ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' ([=WiiU=], Xbox 360, [=PlayStation=] 3)
** ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' ([=PlayStation=] 4 and Xbox One)
* ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueHeroes''
** ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueHeroesTheFlash''
* ''VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame''
** ''VideoGame/LegoBatmanTrilogy''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOBattles''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOCityUndercover''
** ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains''
** ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOHarryPotter''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOTheIncredibles''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOJurassicWorld''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOTheLordOfTheRings''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelsAvengers''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes2''
** ''VideoGame/TheLEGOMovieVideogame''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOStarWars''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOUniverse''
** ''VideoGame/LEGOWorlds''
* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' (Xbox 360, [=PlayStation=] 3)
* ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesCartoonConductor''
* ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesDuckAmuck''
* ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'' (formerly; rights have been transferred to Creator/DaybreakGameCompany as of 2016)
** ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsAragornsQuest''
* ''VideoGame/{{Mad Max|2015}}''
* ''VideoGame/ManOfSteel''
* ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo''
* ''VideoGame/TheMatrixOnline''
* ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor''
** ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar''
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' (Xbox 360, [=PlayStation=] 3, [=PlayStation=] Vita)
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' ([=PlayStation=] 4, Xbox One)
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' ([=PlayStation=] 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' ([=PlayStation=] 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch)
* ''VideoGame/{{Multiversus}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}''
* ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooFirstFrights''
** ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooAndTheSpookySwamp''
* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' series
* ''VideoGame/SheepDogNWolf''
* ''VideoGame/SpyHunter2012''
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