Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE)

WB Games Inc., doing business as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE), is a division of Warner Bros. and a leading publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all platforms, including console, handheld, mobile and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.

Controversy:

Predatory Monetization: In August 2021, Warner Bros. was one of 12 major game companies to receive a letter from the US Congress, concerned with the collection and "Manipulative Monetization" of children's data, and exposure to online predators. Although not legally required, the letter pressured the companies to adhere to the UK's "Age Appropriate Design Code" (AADC). The ESRB's ratings were specifically called out as 'insufficient', citing expert studies and the rising credit card debt accumulated by children who thought they were using "play Money", succumbed to peer pressure/manipulative design, or became addicted to LootBoxes.

Subsidiaries:

• Monolith Productions - Founded 1994
• NetherRealm Studios - Founded 2009
• Portkey Games - Founded 2017
• Rocksteady Studios - Founded 2004
• TT Games - Founded 2005
  • Traveller's Tales - Founded 1989
  • TT Fusion - Founded 2007
• Turbine, Inc. - Founded 1994
• WB Games Montréal - Founded 2010
• WB Games San Francisco - Founded 2013

Defunct Subsidiaries:

• Snowblind Studios - Founded 1997/Defunct 2012
• Surreal Software - Founded 1995/Defunct 2010
• Time-Warner Interactive - Founded 1993/Defunct 1997