CNBC said last month that AT&T would seek a separation from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the video game subsidiary of WarnerMedia. Three potential buyers were then mentioned: Take-Two Interactive, Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts. According to the media The Information, we must now add the name of Microsoft to this list.
Citing two sources familiar with the situation, The Information reports that Microsoft has expressed interest in buying Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The operation would allow the American manufacturer to get hold of several studios, namely Rocksteady (Batman Arkham), NetherRealm (Mortal Kombat), Monolith Productions (Middle-earth), Avalanche Software (which was currently working on a RPG Harry Potter), TT Games (LEGO), and five other WB Games studios in the United States and Canada.
Regarding licenses, as the analyst specifies Daniel Ahmad |, the potential buyer would not necessarily recover the video game exploitation rights from the DC Comics franchises or from the Harry Potter universe and should find an agreement with WarnerMedia on this subject, in the manner of Disney and Electronic Arts which signed in 2013 a ten-year partnership around Star Wars. Other franchises, such as Mortal Kombat, would however be directly included in the sale of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
For now, there is no indication that an agreement is imminent or even guaranteed. AT&T had previously offered WarnerMedia (formerly Time Warner) for $ 85.4 billion in October 2016. The American giant is now examining options to repay its debt of $ 154 billion, which arises in part from this acquisition. The sale of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. could amount to $ 4 billion, according to CNBC.
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By Clementoss, Editing jeuxvideo.com
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