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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.

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

Coyote vs. Acme, a Looney Tunes courtroom comedy starring John Cena and produced by James Gunn, is reportedly set to be completely deleted by Warner Bros., despite interest from other studios. 

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.

In a talk during our GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit late last year, games industry comms veteran Cat Channon gave pointers about communication through change, and how to take into account the human impact of change when sharing information with staff, whether about layoffs, big M&A deals, or real-world calamities that might be affecting staff.

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.

Black Adam star Aldis Hodge has already appeared in a DC project, but if he had his way, he would be the ‘s new Green Lantern.

Pocket monster romp Palworld was once again the biggest-selling title on Steam last week.

12.14 million video games were sold across European markets, a drop of 7.3% over the same period the year before, GSD data reveals.

Developer Rocksteady Studios has taken its new live-service multiplayer shooter set in the Batman: Arkham universe, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leauge, offline after Early Access players hit a «story completion» bug. While the standard edition of the game doesn't hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC until this Friday, February 2, players who purchase the more expensive Deluxe Edition, which costs $99.99 compared to the Standard Edition's $69.99 price tag, can jump in three days early. 

Harry Potter title Hogwarts Legacy has sold more than 24 million copies to date.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's PS5 file size is 45 GB. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is set within the same universe as the Batman: Arkham games, placing players in the shoes of Task Force X as they face off against some of the DC Universe's most powerful superheroes. Unlike Rocksteady's Batman games, Suicide Squad is a co-op multiplayer adventure that also features some live service elements.

Suicide Squad’s “early access” period will start to go live around the world late Monday night on consoles (and 10am PT Tuesday on Steam), which means that’s when it’s officially out, practically speaking. Unfortunately, we won’t have a review of Rocksteady’s new game-as-a-service looter shooter for you right away, as codes have not been sent ahead of time – in fact, Warner Bros. Games informed IGN that it has declined to send us codes at all.

Warning! Batman: Arkham series spoilers ahead.The Joker is back in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and the developers at Rocksteady have just shared some insight into why this new version of the Clown Prince of Crime looks so different from the one from past Arkhamverse games. Although the Joker fatally succumbed to Titan poisoning at the end of 2011’s Batman: Arkham City, there were rumors that Rocksteady was planning to bring the cackling fiend back in some way in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s post-launch DLC.

Hogwarts Legacy has now sold 24 million copies since its release in February last year, publisher Warner Bros. has said.

Rocksteady has revealed 's first post-launch playable character, and his inclusion may not look great for Harley Quinn. It had long been confirmed that the studio would be adding free post-launch content to the game with new storylines, environments, and characters, but it wasn't clear how these would play into the game's main campaign, considering its titular premise and the finality that comes with killing the Justice League.

The best-selling game of 2023, Hogwarts Legacy, has sold over 24 million units to date. The news came from Variety, which also outlined the ambitious plan Warner Bros. Discovery has for growth in the gaming space. The company values Harry Potter (the IP behind Hogwarts Legacy), Mortal Kombat (which has sold three million units since its debut last September), DC, and Game of Thrones franchises $1 billion each for their gaming potential, and it plans to capitalize on them all.

has provided a new update to, revealing that he’s already written most of the new season.

It’s no secret that Hogwarts Legacy was a huge revenue earner for Warner Bros. last year after becoming the best-selling title in the United States and the UK. However, after it sold over 22 million copies in 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav recently told Variety that it crossed 24 million sales.

After announcing that NetheRealm’s Mortal Kombat 1 nearly reached three million units sold last November, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed to Variety that it’s now reached that figure. The sequel launched in September 2023 for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PC and Nintendo Switch.

With the first anniversary of its initial release fast approaching, Hogwarts Legacy has teased future updates to the Wizarding World title, including some great news for players who purchased the game on a platform other than PlayStation. Hogwarts Legacy players have been clamoring for new content for some time now, and this update offers hope that good stuff is on the way.

New content is coming to in 2024, and a previously platform-specific quest will be made widely available over a year after the game's initial launch. achieved the rare feat of surpassing as 2023's best-selling game in the United States, finally delivering on many's long-held desire of an expansive open-world game set in the universe. Much of developer Avalanche Software's first year in post-launch support was spent bringing to more platforms, but now it would seem more content and features are on the way.

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has been inching its way closer to the finish line. The game drops next week, and Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. Games have continued to market this title for its upcoming release. One of the latest trailers to have been released is a live-action piece. You’ll get to see individuals like Will Arnett and Ron Funches as they take down the Justice League. 

Hogwarts Legacy players on non-PlayStation platforms will soon gain access to Sony-exclusive content, Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software have announced.

Warner Bros. Games and DC Comics have treated fans to an exhilarating glimpse into the upcoming third-person action-shooter, “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League,” through the recently released third and final episode of the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Insider video series. This installment sheds light on the game’s post-launch content, promising an immersive experience for players eager to extend their adventure beyond the main storyline.

NetherRealm Studios reveals a new update for Mortal Kombat 1, bringing new fixes and a resolution to the recent desync issues online players have been experiencing. Following its launch last year, Mortal Kombat 1 has seen its fair share of post-launch content, both in terms of characters, outfits, seasonal updates, as well as patches. While fans have an idea of what to expect from Mortal Kombat 1 for most of 2024, NetherRealm Studios has a track record of pulling out surprises for its fans. With an expected long life for Mortal Kombat 1, there's clearly more in pipeline once Takeda finishes off the first Kombat Pack.

When Universal Pictures acquired the rights to Lego in 2020, the logical assumption was that another sequel to or reboot of The Lego Movie might be in the works. The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie were big hits for Warner Bros. Pictures, and with unlimited brick-building possibilities, the IP was a potential goldmine if a studio could crack the code again. But the first project to come out of the deal won’t resemble anything like the animated movies of the past. It may not resemble any movie at all.

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of January 15, 2024 to January 21, 2024.

Rocksteady Studios’ long anticipated Arkhamverse sequel Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will be available to play for those who have preordered it on Jan 30, and to the public at large on its official release date of Feb. 2.

An upcoming comic series will continue the story of The Witcher 3's Geralt.

GamesRadar is delighted to confirm our first flagship games showcase of 2024, the Future Games Show Spring Showcase, which will be broadcast on Thursday, March 21.

‘s take on Aquaman for the DC Extended Universe is based on the iconic guitarist Slash, according to the actor.

With a little more than a week left before the launch of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the next four playable characters have potentially leaked. According to the rumor, the next four playable characters will all be released in the first year post-launch, and they are Joker, Mrs. Freeze, Lawless, and Deathstroke. In all fairness, it has already been confirmed that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is adding the Joker, but the leaker's initial post dates back to last year – long before the Clown Prince's in-game reveal.

Hogwarts Legacy continued its impressive run as PlayStation announced it was the platform's most downloaded PS5 game in the United States and Canada during 2023. Hogwarts Legacy outperformed other heavyweights like Call of Duty, Spider-Man, Madden, and more.

WB Games Montréal’s Damian Wayne Batman game was canceled following a series of leaks that revealed much about the unannounced project, a voice actor who worked on it has said.

As Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League nears its launch, developer Rocksteady has confirmed that the game's post-launch DLC will bring iconic DC villain Joker as a playable character. The studio made the announcement Monday in the third episode of its Suicide Squad Insider developer diary series, detailing its plans for delivering free post-launch seasonal content to players who buy the game, multiversal concepts and a few multiplayer features that will be present at launch. According to Rocksteady, each post-launch season will feature two episodes and will follow the theme of a DC villain, bringing new ways to play. The new announcement follows the developers teasing hundreds of character builds and distinct loadouts earlier this month.

star Jeffrey Wright is set to return for the film’s highly anticipated sequel, but he hasn’t seen any script for the movie just yet.

Aquaman 2'sbox office gross hit a milestone that no one expected it to reach as it nears the completion of its Snyderverse-ending theatrical run.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is bringing back the Joker, having just revealed the first gameplay footage starring yet another version of the iconic character. This reveal arrives only a week after Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League teased the return of DC's biggest villain.

Rocksteady Studios’ Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will send DC villains Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and King Shark on a mission to put a bunch of good guys out of their mind-controlled misery next month. But the Suicide Squad team won’t be limited to just those four playable characters; The Joker is up next, and he’ll be brought back to life thanks to Rocksteady’s use of the multiverse — or as DC Comics has called it for the past 35 years, Elseworlds.

TheSuperman Elseworlds movie by JJ Abrams received an update from DCU head James Gunn, and this one is more promising than those for past DC movies.

Simon McQuoid’s has officially wrapped filming as we await a release date for the video game adaptation sequel.

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DC: Dark Legion, the highly anticipated strategy game set in the DC universe, has kicked off its beta testing phase. Right now, the beta is exclusive to Android only, and there’s no word yet on whether progress will carry over to the official launch. Keep reading to know If your region qualifies for the beta test!

While not a ton is known about the story of the upcoming , director and DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn did reveal that worries about public domain won’t have any impact on it.

A Joker 2 song by Lady Gaga has reportedly been revealed, and fans can’t wait to hear the track because it might give birth to an iconic sequence between the leading characters.

Hogwarts Legacy has officially been crowned the best-selling new video game release of 2023, marking the first time that a non-Call of Duty or Rockstar Games title has taken the spot since 2008. Hogwarts Legacy released to positive reviews and record-breaking sales last February, and many were predicting that it would be the top-selling game of the year well before it even hit store shelves.

Superman: Legacy is set to begin production soon, and The Engineer actor María Gabriela de Faría has been working hard to prepare herself physically to shoot.

When J.K. Rowling really doubled down on her transphobic and highly controversial stock of opinions in 2022, it didn’t bode well for the Wizarding World franchise which hadn’t tasted true success since the eighth Harry Potterfilm. But evidently, it completely failed to derail a particular offshoot of the franchise.

2023 marked the first time in 15 years that a Call of Duty or Rockstar game didn’t top the annual sales chart in the United States.

Hogwarts Legacy was the bestselling game in the U.S. in 2023, according to new data from Circana, the company formerly known as the NPD Group. Warner Bros. and Avalanche Software’s game set in the world of Harry Potter outsold this year’s Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, breaking that brand’s four-year streak as the No. 1 annual moneymaker in the U.S.

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of January 8, 2024 to January 14, 2024.

The people who founded Rocksteady Studios have started a new development studio.

Minecraft's long-in-the-works movie adaptation continues to pick up steam, with the news White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge has now joined its cast.

There was a time, more than a decade ago at this point, when Netflix was the greatest platform in the world for catching up on classic movies you always meant to see, or discovering something fantastic. But as the streaming wars got more competitive and crowded, legacy-release movies started showing up in fewer and fewer places. Thankfully, with the streaming war waning slightly, with companies like Disney and Warner Bros. emphasizing theatrical releases over streaming, Netflix is getting back into the classic movies game.

Annabelle Creation’s David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) and Gary Dauberman reteam for an, adapting the PS4 horror game for the big screen.

Rocksteady Studios founders Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker have established a new development studio in London called Hundred Star Games, which is described as a AAA games studio startup that will consist of “only 100 industry veterans and emerging talents.”

A PC mod has added character skins of some of Pixar's most adored characters into the brutal and bloody world of Mortal Kombat 1. Having launched back in September 2023, Mortal Kombat 1 is a soft reboot of the iconic fighting series that sees Fire God Liu Kang create an all-new universe. Nominated for Best Fighting Game at the 2023 Game Awards, Mortal Kombat 1 ultimately lost out to its rival, Capcom's Street Fighter 6, which launched earlier in 2023 to critical acclaim.

In many ways, James Gunn‘s upcoming rebooted DCU has the benefit of coming at a time when the MCU is in its tired teenage years, as he can take a look at what’s working and what isn’t over at Marvel and do better. Case in point? We’re getting in-canon video games, something the MCU has never delivered in 15 years.

One would think that Warner Bros. Discovery and DC would sour on the Suicide Squad franchise as a whole. Yet, here we are, with the imminent release of Rocksteady Studios’ Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League video game around the corner, and not a single person gives a damn about it. The controversy surrounding the microtransactions and live service elements resulted in the delay of the game, and now the early press previews have felt like Harley Quinn herself took a mallet to the title. In short, this game looks to be dead on arrival.

The Aquaman 2 digital release date is coming sooner than expected. However, the announcement comes after the Jason Momoa film's underwhelming box office run, which failed to reach the heights of the first movie.

Mortal Kombat2 is seemingly coming with the villain Quan Chi. At least, that's what fans have deduced based on a new set photo from producer Todd Garner.

182 million PC and console games were sold across Europe in 2023, a rise of 1.7% over the year before.

The director of Warner Bros' upcoming Minecraft film adaptation wants to avoid any kind of fan reaction akin to that 'Ugly Sonic' reveal.

26.6 million PC and Console games were sold across Europe in December, according to the latest GSD data.

TheSupergirl DCU movie is reportedly testing House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock for the role of Kara Zor-El. Now, DCU fan art shows what Alcock and two other reported contenders for the role would look like as Superman's cousin in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

Fans who got to play Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League ahead of its launch next month have noticed an interesting tidbit about the game’s version of Batman: he will follow the player around the open world of Metropolis as only The Dark Knight can. Rocksteady held a closed alpha test for Suicide Squadback in November, allowing a small group of players to try the game out for themselves while Rocksteady tested its online servers. Rocksteady and WB Games also held a special preview event for Suicide Squad recently, allowing press members and social media influencers to play through the first few hours.

Rocksteady Studios was reportedly developing an original multiplayer game prior to working on Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

The open world in Hogwarts Legacy is vast, and players have praised it for being convenient and easy to explore, though one fan can't help but feel its mountain ranges were a big missed opportunity. Not only is Hogwarts Legacy the best-selling game of 2023, but its public reception has been overwhelmingly positive. Fans of the Harry Potter franchise were starved for an open-world role-playing title set in the Wizarding World, and Avalanche Software somehow managed to deliver on a decade of player expectations.

Arkham series developer Rocksteady has claimed that the upcoming Suicide Squad is “easily our biggest game” in terms of narrative.

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Suicide Squad: Kill the JusticeLeague may have just teased the return of the Arkhamverse version of The Joker. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is set in the same universe as Rocksteady's Arkham games, with the new open world multiplayer game seemingly taking place some time after the events of Batman: Arkham Knight. Anyone that has yet to play through the Batman: Arkham games will definitely want to do so, as this post will have MAJOR SPOILERS.

Although there is no news about who will replace Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman in James Gunn's DC Universe, stunning DCU fan art envisions a Star Wars actor as the powerful Amazonian.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is just a few weeks out from release, but Arkham fans have had little in the way to get excited about. Previews of the game have been dire, and it's constantly being roasted on social media for its UI and changes to certain major characters. It's caused somewhat of a resurgence of an old rumor that Rocksteady once had a Superman game in the works that was scrapped in favor of Suicide Squad, but a new report has finally debunked them.

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Mortal Kombat 2 producer Todd Garner offered fans a first look at one of the new cast members as a fan-favorite character from the video game series.

Laurence Fishburne has joined the cast of The Witcher for the show's fourth season.

The combined power of Barbie and Oppenheimer renewed the movie industry with a kind of zeitgeisty excitement for big-screen entertainment that was so palpable it was… a little scary. “Barbenheimer” felt like a once-in-a-generation moment — so how would the movie studios keep delivering? In the wake of WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes that all but halted the momentum, as studio executives waffled over details and their own existential content crisis, the answer, it seems, comes from 2022 instead of 2023: Tom Cruise.

After a round of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League previews from media went live this week, developer Rocksteady has lifted its non-disclosure agreement (NDA) on the recently held closed alpha, allowing players to talk freely about their time with the game.