LEGO Batman Among New Warner Bros. Mobile Games

SAN FRANCISCO: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced an upcoming slate of mobile game launches based on an assortment of franchises and brands, including a LEGO Batman game.

Produced by TT Games, LEGO Batman: Beyond Gotham is a premium title that sees the Caped Crusader join forces with the superheroes of the DC Comics universe to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth. Also set in the world of the Dark Knight is Turbine’s Batman: Arkham Underworld, which lets users command super villains as they seek to become Gotham’s criminal kingpin. Turbine is also set to produce a game based on Game of Thrones.

“Our mobile business has been a key priority for the company, and we are utilizing our incredibly talented internal development teams to create games with marquee franchises,” said David Haddad, the executive VP and general manager at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “We’ve seen tremendous growth with our mobile business and expect to increase our market share by applying our best-in-class development, publishing and brand marketing to this impressive slate of games.”

“In just four years, we have launched 25 games with more than 150 million installs worldwide across diverse fighting, strategy, puzzle and action adventure genres, and we will focus our business on a strong games-as-a-service model in 2015,” said Greg Ballard, the senior VP of mobile, social and emerging platforms at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “Our lineup of strong titles will deliver deep player engagement, as well as innovation like console game connectivity with games including Mortal Kombat X and Batman: Arkham Underworld.”