Wonder Woman Game Job Listing Suggests Live Service Elements [IGN]

As reported by Wccftech, Monolith, of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor fame, is currently looking for a lead software engineer of gameplay on Wonder Woman and wants the candidate to have experience in “helping maintain a live software product or game”.

Live service games are supported long after launch with seasonal expansions and often have microtransactions for other elements like cosmetics and weapons. Popular examples like Fortnite and Call of Duty: Warzone 2 are multiplayer focused, but others like Destiny 2 also incorporate story campaigns.

This comes despite Wonder Woman being announced as a single player, open-world action game featuring an original story, with neither developer Monolith or publisher Warner Bros. Games mentioning live service elements previously.

This job listing is far from confirmation the game will include live service elements, of course, but recent comments from Warner Bros. certainly make it likely.

Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav said on November 8 the company is focused on “transforming our biggest franchises from largely console and PC based with three-four year release schedules to include more always-on gameplay through live services, multiplatform, and free-to-play extensions, with the goal to have more players spending more time on more platforms”.

Fellow DC title Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is at the helm of that approach, with Warner Bros. Games confirming in February the previously thought to be story-based game with up to four-player co-op would be a live-service game requiring a permanent online connection.

IGN has asked Warner Bros. Games for comment.

Wonder Woman was announced in December 2021 with a brief teaser trailer and description. It will be a single-player, open-world action game featuring an original story as players star as Wonder Woman in a “fight to unite her Amazon family and the humans from the modern world,” it said.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.