Both Zaslav and Perrette explained that they wanted to grow the gaming business, especially in the free-to-play space, which Perrette says can help balance out some of the ups-and-downs of the cyclical console industry. That's part of why WB acquired Player First Games, developer of Multiversus, earlier this year.
Zaslav followed up by noting that not only did WB want to keep leveraging its eleven studios, but that there's

Full answers and interview: WB Discovery Wants to License Franchises, Which Include Batman to Harry Potter and More, to Other Studios - IGN
Zaslav followed up by noting that not only did WB want to keep leveraging its eleven studios, but that there's
"also a lot of interest among others in coming to take advantage of some of that IP for gaming, which we're looking at."

Full answers and interview: WB Discovery Wants to License Franchises, Which Include Batman to Harry Potter and More, to Other Studios - IGN