WB Games Montréal Rumored to Be Making Open-World Superman

If you've been keeping an ear out for news on a Superman game, you're going to want to sit down for this one, because the rumor mill just got a whole lot louder. Word going around right now suggests WB Games Montreal, the studio behind Gotham Knights and Batman: Arkham Origins, is sitting on not one but two DC projects, and one of them is reportedly a single-player, open-world Superman game.

This isn't some random guess floating around online either. It's coming from an insider who claims exclusive knowledge of what's happening behind the scenes, plus an older source from a couple of years back whose details lined up in a way that felt too specific to be made up.

WB Games Montreal is apparently juggling two separate DC titles at once.

The first is that long-rumored Superman game, something this insider says they already teased a while back. The second is a live-service multiplayer game described as DC's answer to a certain popular hero-versus-hero shooter, basically an online brawler built around the DC roster instead of another publisher's characters.

Getting a Superman game off the ground hasn't exactly been smooth sailing. This isn't even the first attempt, since an earlier version was scrapped entirely before this current build started taking shape. There's also said to be a second, currently unnamed studio helping WB Games Montreal co-develop it, so Montreal isn't handling this solo.

According to the insider, this project has been in the works for somewhere around five to six years, and along the way it's gone through multiple restarts, a switch in the engine it's built on, and turbulence tied to leadership shakeups at Warner Bros.

On top of that, the arrival of James Gunn and Peter Safran as co-heads of DC Studios reportedly shifted things again, since a project like this naturally adjusts once new creative leadership steps in with its own vision for the universe.

Years of turmoil later, a release timeline is finally taking shape.

Even with all that back and forth, an announcement shouldn't be too far off, possibly landing this year or next, with an actual release more realistically lining up around 2028. As for the live-service DC brawler, it sounds like it entered development more recently, kicking off shortly after Gunn and Safran settled into their roles.

The idea is straightforward: build a team-based online game and fill the roster with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the DC bench. Both projects reportedly run on Unreal Engine 5, and the multiplayer game came together following internal restructuring and layoffs at WB Games Montreal, with outside studios brought in to help polish performance.

Now let's rewind to the earlier leak that first got people talking about a Superman game from this studio. Back then, the claim was that someone had seen an early character model of Superman flying above a city, presumably Metropolis, along with concept models of alien creatures and robotic enemies.

At the time, nobody could say whether this would live in the same universe as Gotham Knights, an entirely new setting, or the shared cinematic universe Gunn has been building on screen. Worth remembering, Gunn said back in January 2023 that video games would eventually be part of his plans for that universe too.

An older leak already described this exact Superman project in detail.

That earlier leak pegged a release window between 2026 and 2027, describing an open-world Metropolis experience with Superman as the sole playable character. Later updates pushed the timeline back a bit, suggesting 2027 or 2028 was more likely, but the core claim stayed consistent.

A game set within Gunn's universe is happening. It's also been said the actor currently playing Superman on screen would lend his voice to the character, and that this is a passion project for Gunn, something he's wanted made since taking over DC Studios. Development was described as moving steadily.

There was also talk of a companion Wonder Woman title, which got axed. Compared to that, the setback tied to the Superman project was said to be less severe, mainly because it hadn't progressed nearly as far along as the Wonder Woman title had.

People have also asked what came after Gotham Knights for WB Games Montreal, since a Flash game and a Gotham Knights sequel were reportedly scrapped along the way. The response was basically that nobody outside the studio knows for certain, but the belief is that this Superman game reboot is being handled with help from an outside studio working alongside Montreal, lining up with everything mentioned earlier.

Despite setbacks elsewhere, this collaboration was reaffirmed just last month.

Just last month, it was reaffirmed that this collaboration is still active and moving forward. Speaking of James Gunn, his role matters here since he's not just steering movies and TV anymore; he's overseeing the entire video game side of DC Studios too. After the Wonder Woman title from another studio got canned, Gunn has repeatedly said games are still coming, just that these things take time.

He's mentioned a couple of smaller DC games on the way, alongside early planning on bigger projects he sounds genuinely excited about. He's also acknowledged changes over at Warner Bros. Games recently, meaning new people are now involved.

Beyond that, Gunn and Safran have reportedly been talking with both Rocksteady and NetherRealm about tying future games into their upcoming DC films, though both stress it's still early days. From what's been shared, Gunn and Safran regularly sit with the teams running these studios to talk characters, storylines, and creative direction.

They see early designs for projects and give input, sometimes nudging a story in a different direction based on where the movies are heading. Safran estimated it'll still be a couple of years before any of this surfaces, but described the involvement so far as pretty active and genuinely interesting.

A corporate overhaul at Warner Bros. Games adds fresh uncertainty.

There is also a large shake-up at corporate levels occurring at the same time. Warner Bros. Games has recently undergone a restructuring of its games division, placing its operations under new internal management that will concentrate solely on key franchises such as DC and Mortal Kombat. The effect that this may have on the schedule of the project is yet to be determined.

Going back further, other sources have chimed in too. One podcast host claimed a direct line to developers at WB Games Montreal and confirmed they're working on a DC game built around flying mechanics, though it's unconfirmed whether that hero is Superman.

Another insider pointed out that the last major DC release underperformed, though not as badly as assumed, and speculated Rocksteady's next move leans back toward Batman and Arkham-style storytelling rather than another team-based hero game, a theory floated elsewhere in the industry too.

So there's a real chance the flying mechanics leak isn't Superman at all, and could instead be Batman piloting the Batwing with fully built-out flight mechanics this time. Either way, it seems plausible that both Rocksteady's next Batman project and this Superman game could end up existing within the same shared universe Gunn has been shaping across film and television.

This flying-mechanics leak might not even be about Superman.

Given how much focus has gone toward the Super-family on screen, with Batman largely absent from that side of the story so far, it tracks that Gunn is especially invested in getting a Superman game made. It could explore Superman's early years before his recent film debut, or slot into the gap before the next announced chapter.

As for Rocksteady's Batman project, there's still no clarity on whether it continues an existing timeline or sits in something separate. It's been suggested this won't follow a futuristic take on the character either. Whatever the case, a genuine AAA Superman game would be a massive deal for an industry leaning heavily on Batman and a certain web-slinging hero for its superhero output.

If WB Games Montreal pulls this off, it could finally give them the recognition their earlier spin-off titles never quite got. For now, all anyone can do is keep watching for an official announcement and see how much of this holds up over the next couple of years.