Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is literally starting off on the wrong foot.
15.01.2024 - 17:01 / videogameschronicle.com / Rocksteady Studios
Rocksteady Studios was reportedly developing an original multiplayer game prior to working on Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
That’s according to a Bloomberg article which covers how the Warner Bros.-owned studio came to work on the upcoming DC supervillain game.
Citing sources said to be familiar with the UK studio’s strategy over the last decade, it claims that after the release of Batman Arkham Knight in 2015, Rocksteady began working on Batman: Arkham VR and a previously unreported multiplayer game based in an original franchise.
Batman: Arkham Origins and Gotham Knights studio Warner Bros. Montreal reportedly had a Suicide Squad game cancelled at the end of 2016, and the property was later offered to Rocksteady, which started working on Kill the Justice League the following year.
No further details were offered about the shelved, original multiplayer game.
Contrary to reports, Bloomberg also claims that Rocksteady never pitched or worked on a Superman game.
Following several delays, the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League release date is February 2, 2024, for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam.
Last month, the PC version’s Epic Games Store release suffered a further delay to March 5.
At launch the game will require an online connection to play, but following a fan backlash, Rocksteady recently confirmed plans to introduce an offline mode post-release.
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is literally starting off on the wrong foot.
WB Games seems to have hit the proverbial nail in Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’s coffin.
Rocksteady and Warner's much-disparaged live service superhero snuff fantasy Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League goes into Deluxe-preorder-only early access today, Monday 29th January, at 9pm, or if you're from the UK or US east coast, Tuesday 30th January at 12am ET and 12 GMT. Non-Deluxe peons get to play it from Friday 2nd February. With just a handful of hours till the initial release we still don't have review code, which is generally a good sign that a publisher thinks the game in question is going to get a mild-to-severe kicking.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has caught a lot of flak for being a live service game already, but developer Rocksteady Studios has nonetheless made plenty of promises about consistent post-launch support over the months following the game’s release. Of course, like any live service game, each season of content will also bring a new battle pass for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and in a recent Q&A over on the game’s official Discord channel (via MP1st), studio director Darius Sadeghian recently revealed new details on what to expect from the game on that front.
With Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League just days away from release, details on the game are continuing to flood in, with developer Rocksteady Studios recently also having unveiled its plans for the Bane-themed Season 0, Season 1 (which will add the Joker, among other things), how the game’s battle passes will work, what future post-launch support will look like, and more.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out in a few days’ time, and earlier still if it’s its early access release you’re looking at, and right on the onset of the game’s release, its full list of Trophies has seemingly leaked, courtesy of a user on Reddit.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is just days away from launch, and usually around this time is when you’d be expecting reviews and impressions from critics- though it seems that’s not going to be the case with Rocksteady Studios’ upcoming open world looter shooter.
As with many major video game launches these days, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has received a live-action trailer. It stars actors Will Arnett and Ron Funches alongside director Jodi Hill as they play the Suicide Squad and act as the “good guys.” Sort of. Check it out below.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is finally out next week after a lengthy delay from last year. Deluxe Edition players will receive early access, and in some new tweets, Rocksteady confirmed it would be available on January 29th, 9 PM PT (or January 30th at your local midnight time) on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. On Steam, it goes live on January 30th, 10 AM PT.
Officially, Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League comes out on February 2nd, the same day that another big title arrives from Atlus. But a few days before, on January 30th, a special “early access” period will start for certain gamers to get into the title beforehand. These dates would excite players if they were hyped for the title. But, currently, the hype for the next game by Rocksteady Studios is “mixed” at best. An easy counter to this “mixed hype” would be to see how the reviews turn out and if critics can sway some of them to the developers’ side. Yet, if reports are to be believed, there’s a problem on that end.
Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League launches on February 2nd for Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC. However, those who purchase the Deluxe Edition for $99.99 can start on January 30th. There are other goodies, like bonus outfits and weapons – check out the trailer below to see them in action.
Developer Rocksteady have detailed Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's initial post-launch plans, confirming The Joker will arrive as a playable character in a free content update accompanying the game's first «season».