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<div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Warner+Bros.+Interactive+Entertainment&amp;version=157&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FWarner%2BBros.%2BInteractive%2BEntertainment&amp;saveType=page"><font color="#333333" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font> V of Doom, CuriousGeorge60, and others</i><br/><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is a game division of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, founded in 1993 as "Warner Bros. Consumer Products". In 1995, it was renamed to its current name, "Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment". </font><font color="#333333" size="3">Its first game under it's current name was <i>Batman Forever</i>, which was released for SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Game Gear, and PC. </font><font color="#333333" size="3">It's subsidiary, [[Warner Bros. Games]] is its major publishing unit.<br/><br/><br/></font><font size="3"><b><font size="4">Warner Bros. Consumer Products</font></b></font><br/><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/>(1993-1995)</font><br/><div align="center"> <font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Warner Bros Consumer Products (1994)" height="163" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/_FFE3stWfX6Ux5Pnk1KLJA11872/GW218H163" title="Warner Bros Consumer Products (1994)" width="218"/><img align="bottom" alt="Warner Bros. Consumer Products (1994)" height="163" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/EZBksxaWAcp4joIf18gd2Q10656/GW183H163" title="Warner Bros. Consumer Products (1994)" width="183"/><img align="bottom" alt="Warner Bros. Consumer Products (1994)" height="163" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/FCoh-0_bVORUdkoV7G0JYg7522/GW185H163" title="Warner Bros. Consumer Products (1994)" width="185"/><img align="bottom" alt="Warner Bros. Consumer Products (1995)" height="163" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/sdGa_SywQzqLSRP7HRWWnQ9395/GW185H163" title="Warner Bros. Consumer Products (1995)" width="185"/></font> <div align="left"> <font size="3"><u><br/>Nickname</u>: "WB Shield"</font></div></div><font color="#333333" size="3"><u> <br/>Logo</u>: </font><font color="#333333" size="3">On a black (or blue) background, we see the normal Warner Bros. shield, but the banner over it reads "<font face="Times">CONSUMER PRODUCTS</font>".</font><font size="3"> Above the shield is "Under License By".<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font> <ul> <li> <font size="3">On <i>Demolition Man</i> for 3DO, the inside part of the WB Shield is black.</font> </li><li> <font size="3">On <i>Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday</i>, there is a shadow behind the logo. Plus, the shield is stretched vertically.</font> </li><li> <font size="3">Sometimes, "UNDER LICENSE BY" is in all capital letters.</font> </li><li> <font size="3">On <i>Sylvester and Tweety in Cage Capers</i>, the logo is shown with the [[Time Warner Interactive]] logo (without the Time Warner Eye). The beta version had them do the same thing, only it was the Sega logo on a purple background.<br/></font></li></ul><font color="#333333" size="3"> <br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: None.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None or the opening theme of the game.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Appears on <i>Demolition Man</i> for 3DO. Also can be seen on Looney Tunes games through the era like <i>Looney Tunes B-Ball</i>, <i>Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday</i> and <i>Speedy Gonzales - Los Gatos Bandidos</i> for Super NES and <i>Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers</i> for Genesis.<br/><br/>___________________________________________________________<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><b><font size="4">Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment<br/></font></b></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/>1st Logo<br/>(1995-2010)</font><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font> <div align="center"> <font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (1995, 1996)" height="142" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/0/rfqlweYsd0CkLTXopuJqug230454/GW188H142" title="Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (1995, 1996)" width="188"/><img align="bottom" alt="Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (1996 Space Jam Variation)" height="141" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/0/dJbtUsx0wOl3yvRTZLzbBg230454/GW189H141" title="Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (1996 Space Jam Variation)" width="189"/><img align="bottom" alt="WBIE (2001)" height="140" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/c3cLJfWgyPqIVVIKtgBu1w19961/GW208H140" title="WBIE (2001)" width="208"/><img align="bottom" alt="WBIE Logo (The Polar Express)" height="140" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/rVDCy4j2xhmv5fo-T2t67A14610/GW210H140" title="WBIE Logo (The Polar Express)" width="210"/></font></div><br/><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "WB Shield II", "WB Crest", "Metallic Shield With Sparks"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: Same as the last logo, but the logo is brighter and shinier, the background is usually black or white, and the banner instead reads "<font face="Times">INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT</font>". In the logo, seven little sparks are seen on the shield.<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font> <ul> <li> <font color="#333333" size="3">Sometimes, like the WB Consumer Products logo, "Under License by" appears above along with its copyright information below.</font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">On <i>Space Jam</i>, the logo appears on a space background. Plus, it flies away causing the <font color="#333333">[[Acclaim Entertainment|Acclaim]]</font> and [[Sculptured Software, Inc.|Sculptured Software]] logos to appear. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">There is an animated version in which the logo zooms in on <i>The Flintstones Bedrock Bowling</i>. The Shield is noticeably smaller than the banner.</font></li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">On Game Boy Color games, the copyright info sometimes appears below. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">There is a black and white variation on <i>Batman Forever</i> for Game Boy. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">On the PlayStation version of <i>Batman &amp; Robin</i>, the Batman logo turns into the WB Interactive Entertainment shield in blue, and in the background, smokey clouds are seen on the shield. Then it turns into the [[DC Entertainment|DC]] logo, the Acclaim logo, and then the [[Probe Entertainment, Ltd.|Probe]] logo. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">On <i>Batman Forever: The Arcade Game</i>, the logo is in blue on a dark blue background. Then it fades to the DC logo, the Acclaim logo, and of course, the [[Iguana Entertainment]]</font><font color="#333333"> logo.</font></li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">On <i>Tom and Jerry: Mouse Hunt</i> for Game Boy Color, the logo is lighter and the background is </font><font color="#333333" size="3">blue</font><font color="#333333" size="3">, and in the background we hear a 8-bit version of the theme song of <i>The New Tom and Jerry Show</i>.</font> </li><li> <font size="3">On the Game Boy Advance version of <i>The Polar Express</i>, it is snowing in the logo.</font> </li></ul><font color="#333333" size="3"> <br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The zoom-in on the animated version.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Here are the music variants:<br/></font> <ul> <li> <font color="#333333" size="3">The opening theme of the game. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">This logo is seen silent. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">The animated version features an opera-like chord ending with a "ding".</font></li></ul><font color="#333333" size="3"> <br/><u>Availability</u>: Common. Can be seen on WBIE games since 1993, except for <i>Looney Tunes: Space Race</i> and the Dreamcast version of <i>Wacky Races</i>.<br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(2001-2010)</font><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font> <div align="center"> <font color="#333333" size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="WBIE (2006)" height="140" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/0lN_q-3i4IlGhTFYAptgsw43587/GW186H140" title="WBIE (2006)" width="186"/></font><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="WBIE (2009)" height="140" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/ufmB_9kWZM_ni3rfsLh5ng37251/GW248H140" title="WBIE (2009)" width="248"/><img align="bottom" alt="WBIE (2010)" height="140" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/-1b2frauAZPXHoNkxXFyxQ22992/GW235H140" title="WBIE (2010)" width="235"/><img align="bottom" alt="WBIE (2010)" height="140" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/BMe-CId_czk7p__iT870fQ32704/GW265H140" title="WBIE (2010)" width="265"/><br/><img align="bottom" alt="WBIE (2005)" height="156" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/Mp9RUGZjvMV52E-VGG6WgQ25615/GW217H156" title="WBIE (2005)" width="217"/><img align="bottom" alt="WBIE (2008)" height="156" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/gUidOxWO8Wva8ZTwXpCUEQ47455/GW208H156" title="WBIE (2008)" width="208"/></font></div><font color="#333333" size="3"> <div align="center"> <embed allowfullscreen="true" height="158" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/40d82b2a92b759d70a9351e830256a6a28e04dc0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="197" wmode="transparent"/></div><u> <br/>Nicknames</u>: "WB Shield III", "CGI WBIE Shield"</font><br/><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, several sparks fly in a dark Warner Bros. shield without the banner before they swirl around and cause the screen to flash, in which then die down to reveal the Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment print logo. The logo "shines."<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font><div align="left"><ul><li><font size="3">On <i>The Matrix</i> games, the logo is in a <font color="#00FF00">green <font color="#333333">tint, and zooms towards the screen after it finishes.</font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#00FF00"><font color="#333333">On <i>Lego Batman: The Video Game</i>, the logo has a ghostly <font color="#00FF00">green <font color="#333333">color and is integrated into a city building.</font></font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#00FF00"><font color="#333333"><font color="#00FF00"><font color="#333333">On <i>Batman: Vengeance</i>, the logo is still, and "<font face="Garamond">Under License by<font face="Arial">"</font></font> can be seen above it.<br/></font></font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#00FF00"><font color="#333333"><font color="#00FF00"><font color="#333333">On<i> Scooby-Doo</i> games, a copyright notice is seen below the logo as it animates.</font></font></font></font></font></li></ul></div> <font color="#333333" size="3"> <br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: Sparks flying, forming the logo.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A mysterious string/horn/orchestral tune.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds Variant</u>: On the PlayStation 2 version of <i>Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem</i>, the music comes in a bit early.</font><br/><div> <font color="#333333" size="3"><u><br/>Availability</u>: Common. Seen on several games, such as <i>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone </i>and the<i> </i>Xbox version of <i>Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights.</i><br/><br/><div align="center"> </div></font> <div align="right"> </div><font size="3"><br/><br/>3rd Logo<br/>(2003-2010)</font><br/><div align="center"> <font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="WBIE (2006)" height="166" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/FqGSKt0JGq4EQ3k-oe-WwQ633694/GW233H166" title="WBIE (2006)" width="233"/><embed allowfullscreen="true" height="165" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/dfe7953af5a7bc1c8a93f103dd8f876348a8386c" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="217" wmode="transparent"/></font></div><br/><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "WB Shield IV", "CGI WBIE Shield II", "WB Returns"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: Same as the Warner Bros. Pictures logo used on the <i>Looney Tunes: Back in Action</i> teaser trailer, except "<font face="Times">INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT</font>" replaces "<font face="Times">WARNER BROS. PICTURES</font>".</font><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/><u><br/>FX/SFX</u>: The logo flashing and zooming in; all done in perfect CGI.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A creepy tune with a choir and some horns.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds Variant</u>: Earlier games used the same music from the <i>Looney Tunes: Back in Action</i> teaser trailer. <br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Occasionally seen in games, mainly those based on well-known movie licenses. It is known to be on <i>Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Superman Returns, Batman Begins, Constantine, Wacky Races: Crash and Dash, </i><i>Codename: Kids Next Door </i></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><font color="#333333" size="3"><i>– Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E, </i>and<i> Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe.</i><br/></font></font></div><br/></div>
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<div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Warner+Bros.+Interactive+Entertainment&amp;version=157&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FWarner%2BBros.%2BInteractive%2BEntertainment&amp;saveType=page"><font color="#333333" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font> V of Doom, CuriousGeorge60, and others</i><br/><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is a game division of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, founded in 1993 as "Warner Bros. Consumer Products". In 1995, it was renamed to its current name, "Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment". </font><font color="#333333" size="3">Its first game under it's current name was <i>Batman Forever</i>, which was released for SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Game Gear, and PC. </font><font color="#333333" size="3">It's subsidiary, [[Warner Bros. Games]] is its major publishing unit.<br/><br/><br/></font><font size="3"><b><font size="4">Warner Bros. Consumer Products</font></b></font><br/><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/>(1993-1995)</font><br/><div align="center"> <font size="1">[[File:FFE3stWfX6Ux5Pnk1KLJA11872.jpeg|218px|Warner Bros Consumer Products (1994)]][[File:EZBksxaWAcp4joIf18gd2Q10656.png|183px|Warner Bros. Consumer Products (1994)]][[File:FCoh-0 bVORUdkoV7G0JYg7522.png|185px|Warner Bros. Consumer Products (1994)]][[File:SdGa SywQzqLSRP7HRWWnQ9395.png|185px|Warner Bros. Consumer Products (1995)]]</font> <div align="left"> <font size="3"><u><br/>Nickname</u>: "WB Shield"</font></div></div><font color="#333333" size="3"><u> <br/>Logo</u>: </font><font color="#333333" size="3">On a black (or blue) background, we see the normal Warner Bros. shield, but the banner over it reads "<font face="Times">CONSUMER PRODUCTS</font>".</font><font size="3"> Above the shield is "Under License By".<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font> <ul> <li> <font size="3">On <i>Demolition Man</i> for 3DO, the inside part of the WB Shield is black.</font> </li><li> <font size="3">On <i>Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday</i>, there is a shadow behind the logo. Plus, the shield is stretched vertically.</font> </li><li> <font size="3">Sometimes, "UNDER LICENSE BY" is in all capital letters.</font> </li><li> <font size="3">On <i>Sylvester and Tweety in Cage Capers</i>, the logo is shown with the [[Time Warner Interactive]] logo (without the Time Warner Eye). The beta version had them do the same thing, only it was the Sega logo on a purple background.<br/></font></li></ul><font color="#333333" size="3"> <br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: None.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None or the opening theme of the game.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Appears on <i>Demolition Man</i> for 3DO. Also can be seen on Looney Tunes games through the era like <i>Looney Tunes B-Ball</i>, <i>Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday</i> and <i>Speedy Gonzales - Los Gatos Bandidos</i> for Super NES and <i>Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers</i> for Genesis.<br/><br/>___________________________________________________________<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><b><font size="4">Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment<br/></font></b></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/>1st Logo<br/>(1995-2010)</font><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font> <div align="center"> <font size="1">[[Rfqlweysd0ckltxopujqug230454.bmp|188px|Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (1995, 1996)]][[Djbtusx0wol3yvrtzlzbbg230454.bmp|189px|Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (1996 Space Jam Variation)]][[File:C3cLJfWgyPqIVVIKtgBu1w19961.png|208px|WBIE (2001)]][[File:RVDCy4j2xhmv5fo-T2t67A14610.png|210px|WBIE Logo (The Polar Express)]]</font></div><br/><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "WB Shield II", "WB Crest", "Metallic Shield With Sparks"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: Same as the last logo, but the logo is brighter and shinier, the background is usually black or white, and the banner instead reads "<font face="Times">INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT</font>". In the logo, seven little sparks are seen on the shield.<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font> <ul> <li> <font color="#333333" size="3">Sometimes, like the WB Consumer Products logo, "Under License by" appears above along with its copyright information below.</font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">On <i>Space Jam</i>, the logo appears on a space background. Plus, it flies away causing the <font color="#333333">[[Acclaim Entertainment|Acclaim]]</font> and [[Sculptured Software, Inc.|Sculptured Software]] logos to appear. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">There is an animated version in which the logo zooms in on <i>The Flintstones Bedrock Bowling</i>. The Shield is noticeably smaller than the banner.</font></li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">On Game Boy Color games, the copyright info sometimes appears below. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">There is a black and white variation on <i>Batman Forever</i> for Game Boy. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">On the PlayStation version of <i>Batman &amp; Robin</i>, the Batman logo turns into the WB Interactive Entertainment shield in blue, and in the background, smokey clouds are seen on the shield. Then it turns into the [[DC Entertainment|DC]] logo, the Acclaim logo, and then the [[Probe Entertainment, Ltd.|Probe]] logo. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">On <i>Batman Forever: The Arcade Game</i>, the logo is in blue on a dark blue background. Then it fades to the DC logo, the Acclaim logo, and of course, the [[Iguana Entertainment]]</font><font color="#333333"> logo.</font></li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">On <i>Tom and Jerry: Mouse Hunt</i> for Game Boy Color, the logo is lighter and the background is </font><font color="#333333" size="3">blue</font><font color="#333333" size="3">, and in the background we hear a 8-bit version of the theme song of <i>The New Tom and Jerry Show</i>.</font> </li><li> <font size="3">On the Game Boy Advance version of <i>The Polar Express</i>, it is snowing in the logo.</font> </li></ul><font color="#333333" size="3"> <br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The zoom-in on the animated version.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Here are the music variants:<br/></font> <ul> <li> <font color="#333333" size="3">The opening theme of the game. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">This logo is seen silent. </font> </li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">The animated version features an opera-like chord ending with a "ding".</font></li></ul><font color="#333333" size="3"> <br/><u>Availability</u>: Common. Can be seen on WBIE games since 1993, except for <i>Looney Tunes: Space Race</i> and the Dreamcast version of <i>Wacky Races</i>.<br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(2001-2010)</font><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font> <div align="center"> <font color="#333333" size="1">[[File:0lN q-3i4IlGhTFYAptgsw43587.jpeg|186px|WBIE (2006)]]</font><font size="1">[[File:UfmB 9kWZM ni3rfsLh5ng37251.jpeg|248px|WBIE (2009)]][[File:-1b2frauAZPXHoNkxXFyxQ22992.jpeg|235px|WBIE (2010)]][[File:BMe-CId czk7p iT870fQ32704.jpeg|265px|WBIE (2010)]]<br/>[[File:Mp9RUGZjvMV52E-VGG6WgQ25615.jpeg|217px|WBIE (2005)]][[File:GUidOxWO8Wva8ZTwXpCUEQ47455.jpeg|208px|WBIE (2008)]]</font></div><font color="#333333" size="3"> <div align="center"> <embed allowfullscreen="true" height="158" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/40d82b2a92b759d70a9351e830256a6a28e04dc0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="197" wmode="transparent"/></div><u> <br/>Nicknames</u>: "WB Shield III", "CGI WBIE Shield"</font><br/><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, several sparks fly in a dark Warner Bros. shield without the banner before they swirl around and cause the screen to flash, in which then die down to reveal the Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment print logo. The logo "shines."<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font><div align="left"><ul><li><font size="3">On <i>The Matrix</i> games, the logo is in a <font color="#00FF00">green <font color="#333333">tint, and zooms towards the screen after it finishes.</font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#00FF00"><font color="#333333">On <i>Lego Batman: The Video Game</i>, the logo has a ghostly <font color="#00FF00">green <font color="#333333">color and is integrated into a city building.</font></font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#00FF00"><font color="#333333"><font color="#00FF00"><font color="#333333">On <i>Batman: Vengeance</i>, the logo is still, and "<font face="Garamond">Under License by<font face="Arial">"</font></font> can be seen above it.<br/></font></font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#00FF00"><font color="#333333"><font color="#00FF00"><font color="#333333">On<i> Scooby-Doo</i> games, a copyright notice is seen below the logo as it animates.</font></font></font></font></font></li></ul></div> <font color="#333333" size="3"> <br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: Sparks flying, forming the logo.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A mysterious string/horn/orchestral tune.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds Variant</u>: On the PlayStation 2 version of <i>Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem</i>, the music comes in a bit early.</font><br/><div> <font color="#333333" size="3"><u><br/>Availability</u>: Common. Seen on several games, such as <i>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone </i>and the<i> </i>Xbox version of <i>Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights.</i><br/><br/><div align="center"> </div></font> <div align="right"> </div><font size="3"><br/><br/>3rd Logo<br/>(2003-2010)</font><br/><div align="center"> <font size="1">[[File:FqGSKt0JGq4EQ3k-oe-WwQ633694.jpeg|233px|WBIE (2006)]]<embed allowfullscreen="true" height="165" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/dfe7953af5a7bc1c8a93f103dd8f876348a8386c" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="217" wmode="transparent"/></font></div><br/><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "WB Shield IV", "CGI WBIE Shield II", "WB Returns"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: Same as the Warner Bros. Pictures logo used on the <i>Looney Tunes: Back in Action</i> teaser trailer, except "<font face="Times">INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT</font>" replaces "<font face="Times">WARNER BROS. PICTURES</font>".</font><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/><u><br/>FX/SFX</u>: The logo flashing and zooming in; all done in perfect CGI.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A creepy tune with a choir and some horns.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds Variant</u>: Earlier games used the same music from the <i>Looney Tunes: Back in Action</i> teaser trailer. <br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Occasionally seen in games, mainly those based on well-known movie licenses. It is known to be on <i>Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Superman Returns, Batman Begins, Constantine, Wacky Races: Crash and Dash, </i><i>Codename: Kids Next Door </i></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><font color="#333333" size="3"><i>– Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E, </i>and<i> Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe.</i><br/></font></font></div><br/></div>

Latest revision as of 16:19, 3 November 2020

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Background: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is a game division of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, founded in 1993 as "Warner Bros. Consumer Products". In 1995, it was renamed to its current name, "Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment". Its first game under it's current name was Batman Forever, which was released for SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Game Gear, and PC. It's subsidiary, Warner Bros. Games is its major publishing unit.


Warner Bros. Consumer Products

(1993-1995)
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Nickname: "WB Shield"

Logo: On a black (or blue) background, we see the normal Warner Bros. shield, but the banner over it reads "CONSUMER PRODUCTS". Above the shield is "Under License By".

Variants:
  • On Demolition Man for 3DO, the inside part of the WB Shield is black.
  • On Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday, there is a shadow behind the logo. Plus, the shield is stretched vertically.
  • Sometimes, "UNDER LICENSE BY" is in all capital letters.
  • On Sylvester and Tweety in Cage Capers, the logo is shown with the Time Warner Interactive logo (without the Time Warner Eye). The beta version had them do the same thing, only it was the Sega logo on a purple background.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the game.

Availability: Appears on Demolition Man for 3DO. Also can be seen on Looney Tunes games through the era like Looney Tunes B-Ball, Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday and Speedy Gonzales - Los Gatos Bandidos for Super NES and Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers for Genesis.

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

1st Logo
(1995-2010)
Nicknames: "WB Shield II", "WB Crest", "Metallic Shield With Sparks"

Logo: Same as the last logo, but the logo is brighter and shinier, the background is usually black or white, and the banner instead reads "INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT". In the logo, seven little sparks are seen on the shield.

Variants:
  • Sometimes, like the WB Consumer Products logo, "Under License by" appears above along with its copyright information below.
  • On Space Jam, the logo appears on a space background. Plus, it flies away causing the Acclaim and Sculptured Software logos to appear.
  • There is an animated version in which the logo zooms in on The Flintstones Bedrock Bowling. The Shield is noticeably smaller than the banner.
  • On Game Boy Color games, the copyright info sometimes appears below.
  • There is a black and white variation on Batman Forever for Game Boy.
  • On the PlayStation version of Batman & Robin, the Batman logo turns into the WB Interactive Entertainment shield in blue, and in the background, smokey clouds are seen on the shield. Then it turns into the DC logo, the Acclaim logo, and then the Probe logo.
  • On Batman Forever: The Arcade Game, the logo is in blue on a dark blue background. Then it fades to the DC logo, the Acclaim logo, and of course, the Iguana Entertainment logo.
  • On Tom and Jerry: Mouse Hunt for Game Boy Color, the logo is lighter and the background is blue, and in the background we hear a 8-bit version of the theme song of The New Tom and Jerry Show.
  • On the Game Boy Advance version of The Polar Express, it is snowing in the logo.

FX/SFX: The zoom-in on the animated version.

Music/Sounds: Here are the music variants:
  • The opening theme of the game.
  • This logo is seen silent.
  • The animated version features an opera-like chord ending with a "ding".

Availability: Common. Can be seen on WBIE games since 1993, except for Looney Tunes: Space Race and the Dreamcast version of Wacky Races.


2nd Logo
(2001-2010)
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Nicknames: "WB Shield III", "CGI WBIE Shield"

Logo: On a black background, several sparks fly in a dark Warner Bros. shield without the banner before they swirl around and cause the screen to flash, in which then die down to reveal the Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment print logo. The logo "shines."

Variants:
  • On The Matrix games, the logo is in a green tint, and zooms towards the screen after it finishes.
  • On Lego Batman: The Video Game, the logo has a ghostly green color and is integrated into a city building.
  • On Batman: Vengeance, the logo is still, and "Under License by" can be seen above it.
  • On Scooby-Doo games, a copyright notice is seen below the logo as it animates.

FX/SFX: Sparks flying, forming the logo.

Music/Sounds: A mysterious string/horn/orchestral tune.

Music/Sounds Variant: On the PlayStation 2 version of Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem, the music comes in a bit early.

Availability: Common. Seen on several games, such as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and the Xbox version of Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights.


3rd Logo
(2003-2010)
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Nicknames: "WB Shield IV", "CGI WBIE Shield II", "WB Returns"

Logo: Same as the Warner Bros. Pictures logo used on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action teaser trailer, except "INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT" replaces "WARNER BROS. PICTURES".

FX/SFX: The logo flashing and zooming in; all done in perfect CGI.

Music/Sounds: A creepy tune with a choir and some horns.

Music/Sounds Variant: Earlier games used the same music from the Looney Tunes: Back in Action teaser trailer.

Availability: Occasionally seen in games, mainly those based on well-known movie licenses. It is known to be on Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Superman Returns, Batman Begins, Constantine, Wacky Races: Crash and Dash, Codename: Kids Next Door – Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E, and Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe.

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