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Before you start every mission in Helldivers II, you’ll have to take a moment to select four stratagems to equip for your next series of tasks. Each one goes in a square slot at the bottom of the screen, but what about the fifth slot? Well, it turns out that the hexagon has its own unique purpose. Furthermore, once you realize how to fill it with a booster, you’re going to have another advantage that helps you to stand out from the pack in this competitive squad shooter.

Part of what makes a game like Helldivers II so addictive for its growing list of dedicated players is the fact that there are so many viable strategies to use with your own individual playstyle. For example, while the SG-8 Punisher wasn’t necessarily any player’s top weapon pick when the game first launched, the small submachine gun has seen a groundswell of support in more recent rounds.

Console exclusives have long been one of the most pivotal avenues to success in the gaming industry. While nearly every console throughout history has had a laundry list of great exclusives, things have grown especially competitive in recent years as console makers like Sony and Microsoft have been snapping up the exclusive rights to one series after another.

When it comes to squad-based online shooters, communicating can be a vital part of survival and team building. Being that these are pivotal aspects of a game like Helldivers II, it’s important to have a way to express your feelings toward your teammates, regardless of whether you feel like using a headset or a controller mic to speak directly.

The online cooperative game space has grown increasingly crowded in recent years and it’s no secret as to why. Multiplayer shooters are some of the most popular and profitable genres in the entire medium. This is because there are a whole lot more things that players can spend their money on, even after they’ve ponied up the asking price for either edition of a game like Helldivers II.

As you make your way through Helldivers II, you’ll begin to notice that there’s a lot of variety in terms of the game’s mission objectives. If you happen to be tackling automaton-related missions, in particular, you may have found yourself in a position where you need to destroy some fuel silos in order to complete your mission.

When you purchase a game that’s designed with multiplayer in mind, it might seem a bit strange to try and tackle it by yourself. However, in this interstellar sequel, the learning curve can be a bit high, especially at first. Other players may expect you to know what you’re doing immediately, even if this is your first mission and you’ve never played the first game.

When it comes to squad-based shooters or free-to-play games, you can generally count on there being premium paid content for players to fawn over. While Helldivers II isn’t free-to-play, being that there are two versions of the game and they both cost real money, it does offer a hefty amount of options for cosmetic character changes and upgrades.

If you’re looking for the latest cooperative game to hop online with and blast the crap out of aliens and robots, then Helldivers II is just the game for you. Currently available on PC and PS5, the game sees you joining a squad of democracy-happy maniacs dead set on murdering anything in the universe that goes against their way of life.

Fans of squad shooters will no doubt be happy to learn that Helldivers II is here to scratch your spacefaring, bug-killing itch. The sequel to the highly successful and popular first game has only been out for a short while but is already stirring up a serious player base, making it a bit intimidating for newbies to jump in.

Rocksteady Studios has confirmed that it's working on solutions forSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's newest bugs, which have created significant frustration among fans. The new announcement comes after Warner Bros. made a disappointing reveal regarding Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

released to mostly moderate to negative reviews, and according to Warner Bros. Discovery, the divisive game has not performed well.

The hits keep coming and they don’t stop coming for Rocksteady as its parent company, Warner Bros. Games, is disappointed in the performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Like a poorly made macaroni picture, it looks like this one isn’t going up on the fridge.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has “fallen short” of Warner Bros. Discovery’s expectations.

Modern Warfare 3 was the best-selling game in the US in January, while PS5 was once again the leading console platform.

To say that Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League has gotten off to a rather rough start is an understatement in most gamers’ minds. While it might not have been a total “DOA” situation as some speculated it would be, there’s little doubt that it’s not what fans wanted overall, and even Warner Bros admitted that the game “didn’t meet sales expectations.” To be fair, some players enjoy the title and have been posting about it online, but those players are few and far between, and the ones who have beaten the game have noted that it’s not really a “worthy end” to a title that has been developed over several years.

Warner Bros. Discovery is disappointed with the sales of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, having said as much as part of its latest financial report. Its lackluster launch performance doesn't inspire confidence in the game enjoying long-term support, which was never explicitly promised to begin with, as Rocksteady's announced content roadmap for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League doesn't extend beyond 2024.

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After many years of development and delays, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League finally launched earlier this month and it turns out folks’ concerns about the game were largely well-founded. Reviews weren’t great and it didn’t seem like people were rushing to play the co-op live service game. Well, it seems Warner Bros. Discovery is already prepared to throw Suicide Squad under the bus, as they’re admitting the game has “fallen short of our expectations.” These comments came courtesy of WB Discover CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels during the company’s most recent earnings call…

While Warner Bros. Games saw a successful start to 2023 with Hogwarts Legacy, 2024 is a different story. Rocksteady Studios’ long-awaited Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is confirmed to have “fallen short” of expectations.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has failed to meet publisher Warner Bros' expectations.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League "has fallen short of our expectations", Warner Bros. Discovery has said.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has "fallen short" of Warner Bros. Discovery's expectations. Due to this, the company says that it has a "tough year" ahead, making up for Suicide Squad's underwhelming sales.

The next phase of Dawn of DC has been announced and, if you've been paying attention to recent developments in the comics then it should come as no surprise who the main antagonist is: Amanda Waller.

A recent patch for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has caused more issues than it fixed, fans say.

Upon first impressions, I argued that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a monotonous, uninspired ordeal. The introduction to Metropolis drags along, only to feel worse thanks to messy presentation and unintuitive mechanics, though I admit the latter may be a product of my own faults. Those early thoughts still stand, as Kill the Justice League doesn’t offer an enticing first few hours. Eventually, some of those pieces improve. Others, not so much.  

Along with assuring players that future patches would fix server and login issues for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, game director Axel Rydby also revealed other upcoming changes. First is a buff to Promethium earned from Raising Hell.

Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League received a patch last week to nerf burning damage and how it scales into the end-game. However, server and login issues persist even after all these weeks. Game director Axel Rydby revealed in the recent Weekly Developer Update that its next patch will address the same, though “we might not be able to fix all those issues right away.”

Fans have spotted a dark Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Easter egg hinting that James Gordon Jr. might be walking free in the Arkhamverse. After several years and numerous delays, Rocksteady finally released its Suicide Squad game late last month, putting players in the role of Task Force X as they battle against the brainwashed members of the Justice League in an open-world version of Metropolis. Reception to the game has been mixed, with plenty of controversy surrounding Suicide Squad’s plot and live-service gameplay model.

Some recent reports from Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League players suggest that Rocksteady Studios' latest title already has a cheater problem. Although the game itself doesn't feature a PvP mode, many fans have still denounced hackers as being detrimental to their enjoyment of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has already had bug fixes and a balancing patch, which is good news for players able to hop into the live service hero-biffer. It's less good news for those players struggling to play at all due to login issues and server issues.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's player count is falling on Steam, going as low as 916 earlier this week. This comes exactly two weeks since its all-time peak of 13,459 players online at once, whereas the game now averages a player count of around 2,000, regularly dipping below 1,000.

The newly released Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is continuing to lose players on Steam, with player counts dipping every day since the game's launch. The newest shooter from Rocksteady Studios in the Batman: Arkham universe shifts players to an anti-hero role, taking control of villains like Harley Quinn and King Shark to battle a mind-controlled Justice League. Reception to the game has largely been mixed since its launch, with many criticizing its lackluster gameplay. Now, even more fans are stepping away from the new DC shooter.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League developer Rocksteady has confirmed that addressing its login and server issues remain the team's «top priority», but warned that it may «not be able to fix all those issues right away».

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out now, and while the game mostly focuses on action and big boss battles, the game does force you to use you brain now and then too. The Riddler has returned in Kill the Justice League, and there are a number of riddles scattered throughout Metropolis for you to solve. You don’t get any big rewards for this, but you’ll need to solve these riddles in order to get 100 percent completion and earn “The Right Question” and “The Real Deal” trophies/achievements. If you’re looking to clean them up quickly, scroll on down for answers to all 21 of the game’s riddles…

There was a moment in Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League where I set down my controller, wiped the tears from my eyes, looked at my TV and said aloud, “How. Dare. You.”  I got up, took the dog outside, grabbed something to drink, and whatever else I could think to waste a little time.  I just needed a moment.  I couldn’t believe that a game about otherwise expendable prisoners being coerced into para-military service to save the world could make me both laugh and tear up during the same 15-hour campaign.  

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, the cooperative open-world looter-shooter from Rocksteady Games and the latest installment in the Batman: Arkham series, was released earlier this month to an all-but-unanimously tepid reception.

Rocksteady Studios has released a new patch for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and as promised, it fixes a bug with Diablo Blaze’s burn damage scaling. Instead of scaling with enemy debuffs and player damage buffs, it only scales with the former.

Rocksteady has released a major update for the third-person action shooter Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League that resolves an exploit tied to experience points that some players had used and introduces various gameplay tweaks. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has garnered significant attention for allowing players to take control of four infamous villains from the DC universe, namely Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and King Shark in a unique single-player and cooperative multiplayer experience.

It was always going to be a tall order for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League to emerge from the shadow of the mighty Arkham series. From an architectural perspective the game has moved from Unreal Engine 3 to 4, while from an art and style perspective think more multi-coloured Marvel comics than a dark DC tome. From the bright sunshine across Gotham City and vibrant greens, reds and purples, each character and enemy stand in stark contrast to the subtle and muted tones of Rocksteady’s prior games. The same wide-open city is available to you early on, and each of the 4 playable characters have their own unique and fast means of travel. However, this presents one of our biggest issues when it comes to performance.

Some of the best weapons and gear in are Elite tools you can only get from a specific NPC. While you can upgrade pre-existing items into Elite status, you still need to have some help from a source found within the game's story. Unlocking high-tier gear and weapons will allow you to build powerful loadouts for each member of your squad.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out now, and as the game’s title implies, your main challenge is taking out the League, but what comes after that? Well, once you've killed the boy scouts, it’s time to tackle Brainiac!

New audio leaks ahead of the Joker's debut in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, giving fans a new look at the character as well as a defining moment in his particular story. Since launching at the start of February, it's been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which hasn't gotten off to a great start, even though there are parts of the game that fans seem to really enjoy. However, Rocksteady has plans to continue tweaking the experience, with planned changes coming soon as well as the first season coming in a couple of weeks.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been quite divisive thus far, with lots of discussion online about the pros and cons of this anti-hero looter shooter. However, it appears to be doing just fine when it comes to sales; in the UK, the game has arrived at number one on the physical retail chart, selling over 80 per cent of those copies on PS5.

The identity of another playable villain coming to the villain-centric Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has seemingly been leaked, not by an account chasing clout on Twitter, but by DC's resident brain maniac himself. A bugged line spouted by the Justice League's most enduring antagonist, Brainiac, indicates that a particularly cool character could be coming to the game.

It's more than fair to say that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been dividing opinions, and so we're very interested in hearing what you lot have to say about it. A far cry from the Batman-based, single-player shenanigans that put developer Rocksteady on the map, this co-op shooter has been a talking point for quite some time — especially since it was revealed to be a live service title months ahead of release.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is getting a new leaderboard thanks to a «major unintended bug» which caused the Burn status to scale incorrectly.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League dev Rocksteady has announced plans to create an entirely new leaderboard due to a Burn bug.

As with Rocksteady's previous Arkhamverse games, there are plenty of hidden details throughout 's Metropolis. These details reference some of the many heroes and villains to inhabit the DC universe, expand upon the backstory for some characters, and even suggest plotlines for future chapters in the game's story.

Rocksteady Studios is prepping its first nerf for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, targeting the Diablo Blaze Affliction. The burn status proved very popular for players due to a bug allowing for extensive scaling, especially when playing challenging content at higher Mastery Tiers. While it’s in line with the power fantasy the team has envisioned, it’s far and away the best end-game build, as seen in the leaderboards.

The Riddler loves his riddles, and he's left a few of them scattered around Metropolis in . These riddles are essentially «what am I» questions, where each one directs Task Force X to a landmark in Metropolis. Once you've found the landmark in the riddle, you'll have to scan it to add it to your district/city total.

has a variety of game systems and tricks beginners can take advantage of during their mission to take down Brainiac's forces. While the challenges of this game are not too difficult to face, there are some obstacles you could still run into. Your experience in Metropolis could be much smoother if you discover different mechanics designed to help your squad.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League .

Rocksteady's Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is struggling to attract much of a playerbase on Steam, as the game is currently being outdone by the studio's own Batman: Arkham Knight, a game that's nearly nine years old at this point. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been fighting an uphill battle ever since it was announced to be a live service game, with many fans outright rejecting the concept.

Rocksteady Studios has detailed the contents of the next Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League update, revealing that the upcoming patch will deal with the fact that some players have completely broken the game by abusing a Burn-related bug, in addition to introducing a number of other changes. Despite confirming the plan to nerf Burn builds, the company did so while praising the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League fandom for breaking the game so soon after its release.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has a bunch of easter eggs in Batman's Batcave that pay respect to Warner Bros. Montreal's Arkham Origins, providing more evidence that it's canon to the wider Arkham universe.

When was first announced, there was some confusion surrounding how the game was still canon to the Arkhamverse while featuring a different version of Deadshot to the one that appeared in and. While this new version could have been a successor to the mantle, accompanying promotional material confirmed that the master marksman's alter-ego was Floyd Lawton as well. Fortunately, now has been released, the game has provided an answer to this question.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is starting its leaderboard over from scratch after identifying a bugged effect whose power was scaling infinitely.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out now, and as the game’s title implies, one of the toughest challenges you’ll face during the game’s campaign is… killing the Justice League. The second Squad member you’ll have to take out is Green Lantern, which may actually be the most epic boss fight in the game given all the extra artillery he can summon. Don’t worry though, with our tips you’ll be able to take down space cop without too much trouble…

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out now, and as the game’s title implies, one of the toughest challenges you’ll face during the game’s campaign is… killing the Justice League. The third Squad member you’ll have to take out is Batman, and his boss fight is quite different from the other ones in the game. The Dark Knight douses you with fear gas, and you’ll have to navigate a hallucinatory Batcave before you can take him down. This may throw you off a bit, but don’t worry, with our tips you’ll be able to take down Batsy without too much trouble…

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out now, and as the game’s title implies, one of the toughest challenges you’ll face during the game’s campaign is… killing the Justice League. The final Squad member you’ll have to take on is the big man himself, Superman. This fight isn’t actually that much different than some that have come before, particularly the Flash battle, but it’s a real war of attrition that can be tough to overcome if you don’t know what you’re doing. Don’t worry yourself though, with our tips you’ll be able to take down the Man of Steel without too much trouble…

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out now, and as the game’s title implies, one of the toughest challenges you’ll face during the game’s campaign is… killing the Justice League. The first of the Squad members you’ll have to take out is the Flash, who serves as a sort of crash course for how most of the boss battles in Kill the Justice League work. As such, he may give new players a bit of trouble, but with our tips you should be take down the Scarlet Speedster without too much trouble…

features several shocking moments throughout its story. The game sees Task Force X, a rag-tag team of supervillains, sent by Amanda Waller to defeat an alien invasion led by Brainiac. Unfortunately, while Brainiac has assumed control of 99% of the city of Metropolis' population, he has also brainwashed most of its heroes, the Justice League, resulting in Waller issuing a kill order on some of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe.

A Batmam Arkham fan has riled up the fanbase with something the fans didn’t even know they wanted.

This article contains SPOILERS for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

For me the disappointment of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League isn’t just about its quality. It's about what it’s not as much as what it is. There’s very little of what made developer Rocksteady’s games so great in the past – near-unparalleled superhero power trips that sit alongside Insomniac’s critically acclaimed Spider-Man series. It’s also the latest in a frustratingly long line of beloved single-player-championing studios delving into unwelcoming loot-infested live-service waters. It’s been a perilous leap for many to make, with success limited to very few not called Bungie, and I hope we’re now at the end of this detrimental trend that’s plagued so many.

Rocksteady Studios’ Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League may not be the last we’ll see of the Arkhamverse’s Batman. A newly discovered Easter egg hints that the Dark Knight will return in some fashion, despite the premise of the game’s title.

A Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League player has unearthed a hidden message that looks like a strong hunt at the return of a crucial character.

Things aren’t looking good for Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. With the shadow of failed live-service superhero games looming over it, Suicide Squad needed an early victory to prove itself to fans and demonstrate that it’s not like the games that came before it.

A series of Easter eggs point to us seeing more of Batman in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, presumably as part of a forthcoming post-launch update.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League sleuths have noticed a pattern in the game that could be teasing Batman's return. 

Is Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League a salvageable live-service game? That question was top of mind as I reviewed the latest DC Arkhamverse game from Rocksteady Studios.

2024 is off to a flying start when it comes to games, with major titles like Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and Tekken 8 releasing in January. February, too, promises a host of new launches across different genres from big-name developers like Rocksteady Studios, Square Enix, and Ubisoft. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League kicks off this month, bringing players back into the beloved Arkham universe, albeit with a live service twist. While previous Batman Arkham games were narrative-focussed single player titles, Suicide Squad is co-op looter shooter with colour-coded guns, content drops, and microtransactions.

Although 's story is a continuation of Rocksteady's Arkhamverse, several plot points open the door to an extended DC Multiverse. The main campaign follows A.R.G.U.S. and Task Force X as they are deployed into Metropolis in the midst of an alien invasion led by Brainiac. In this time, Brainiac has captured and brainwashed 99% of Metropolis' citizens, including the majority of the Justice League, creating plenty of additional enemies for Task Force X to overcome on their mission to stop Brainiac's plans to terraform Earth and to create a New Colu.

If you’re playing through the game and have thought to yourself, 'This is good, but I wish it had Twitch Drops,' you’re in luck.

The recently released Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League attracted less than half the concurrent player base of Marvel's Avengers in its first 24 hours.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is finally out and, mercifully, it’s not the disaster everyone had feared. It’s not what fans wanted from a sequel to Arkham Knight and is far from a perfect game, but there is some enjoyment to be had battling through Metropolis in the wake of Brainiac’s invasion.

It’d be so much simpler if Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was a complete disaster. If this game were a buggy, ugly, mess populated by unlikeable characters and riddled from top to bottom with predatory microtransactions writing a review would be easy. But, frustratingly, there’s just enough of the Rocksteady Studios I knew and loved in this game to make its mediocrity that much more painful.

It shouldn't be a relief when you see the credits roll at the end of a video game. You want to feel satisfied with the experience you've had, not just glad that it's over so you can move onto other things.