Warner Bros. forms new mobile game studio in San Francisco

Newsbrief: Warner Bros. Interactive has formed a new studio in San Francisco, which it says will focus on developing free-to-play mobile and browser-based games. WB Games San Francisco will be led by Greg Ballard, Warner Bros.'s current senior vice president of digital games, and aims to take advantage of the social and mobile buzz in the Bay Area. The new studio will also oversee publishing of all other mobile games developed by Warner Bros. Interactive, and will be located in the same offices as social movie website Flixster.