Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announces Extensive Mobile Games Line-Up

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announces Extensive Mobile Games Line-Up March 3, 2015

Bringing Top Entertainment Franchises, Cross-Platform Connectivity,

and Proven Brand Marketing Expertise to the Mobile Space With Free-to-Play and Premium Games

Burbank, Calif. - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced the company's slate of upcoming mobile game releases, showcasing diverse free-to-play and premium gaming experiences and leveraging some of the world's most powerful franchises, including Batman, DC Comics, Mortal Kombat, the LEGO brand and 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, Executive Vice President and General Manager, 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.

The following are five new games under development with Warner Bros.' wholly-owned development studios:

Mortal Kombat X, NetherRealm Studios

The game blends fighting and card collection for a whole new way to experience Mortal Kombat on mobile platforms. Featuring cinematic gameplay and visceral Fatalities, play as legendary and all-new fighters created for Mortal Kombat X. Players who also own a forthcoming console or PC version of the game will have the ability to unlock content in the mobile game and vice versa.

Batman: Arkham Underworld, Turbine

Rule Gotham City! Build your hideout, then recruit and train an army of henchmen to do your bidding. Command iconic super-villains from the Batman: Arkham universe, including the Riddler, Harley Quinn and Killer Croc, to become Gotham City's next criminal kingpin. Sign up for beta at www.arkhamunderworld.com.

LEGO Batman: Beyond Gotham, TT Games

The Caped Crusader joins forces with the super heroes of the DC Comics universe in this premium game and blasts off to outer space to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth. Now the greatest super heroes and the most cunning villains must unite and stop Brainiac before its too late.

DC Comics Legends, WB Games San Francisco

Gamers will grow their collection of legendary DC Comics super heroes and villains, customizing super teams with the right heroes for each encounter in this mobile RPG.

Game of Thrones, Turbine

(Game title to be revealed at a later time)

Conquer Westeros in an epic combat strategy game based on the hit television series from HBO . Prove the wit of your spies and the might of your forces on the battlefield as you extend your dominance across the seven Kingdoms. Join an alliance, rise to power, and then try to take the Iron Throne if you dare!

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, Senior Vice President, Mobile, Social and Emerging Platforms, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Our line-up 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.

This line-up of forthcoming games is accompanied by two titles launched earlier in 2015: WWE Immortals, which has achieved more than 7 million installs since going live January 15, and The LEGO Movie Videogame for mobile devices, which delivered one of WBIE's highest grossing launch weeks ever for a LEGO mobile game.

For more information, please visit http://www.warnerbros.com/mobilegames.

About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc., is a premier worldwide 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.

About DC Entertainment

DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, etc.), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables, etc.) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.

About HBO Global Licensing

HBO Global Licensing officially licenses the HBO brand for the development and merchandising of innovative product lines inspired by the networks award-winning programming. With products created around hit series like Game of Thrones and True Blood as well as classic series like The Sopranos , Sex and the City , and Entourage, items include fashion apparel, figures, jewelry, digital and CD soundtracks, prop and costume replicas, games, books, and beverages, as well as exclusive, premium collections in partnership with upscale, designer brands. Merchandise can be purchased in retail stores nationwide, at http://store.hbo.com, and at the groundbreaking HBO retail hub, the HBO Shop , located at 42nd and 6th Avenue in New York City. HBO Global Licensing products are also sold internationally across Europe (www.hboshopeu.com), Asia and Australia.

About NetherRealm Studios

NetherRealm Studios is a leader in the development of inter

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