Update: This story has been updated with comment from Warner Bros.
A Monolith Productions job listing suggests the upcoming Wonder Woman game will have live service elements, but Warner Bros. is saying that its focus will be squarely on single-player.
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.
Warner Bros. responded with a statement to IGN denying that it will be a service game. "Wonder Woman is a single-player action-adventure game set in a dynamic open-world. This third person experience will allow players to become Diana of Themyscira and introduce an original story set in the DC Universe, while also featuring the Nemesis System. Wonder Woman is not being designed as a live service," a Warner Bros. spokesperson said.
Previously, Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav said 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.
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.