Developer Rocksteady Studios recently confirmed that Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League will eventually get an offline mode. However, it also specified that the Suicide Squad game’s offline option will not be part of the game at launch.
19.11.2023 - 17:15 / eurogamer.net / David Zaslav
Warner Bros. has denied claims its upcoming Wonder Woman project will be a live-service game.
A recent job listing for Warner Bros. and developer Monolith Productions' upcoming Wonder Woman game sought a 'Lead Software Engineer, Gameplay', with «live software product or game» experience listed as a «nice to have».
Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, this led some to speculate that Warner Bros. might have been looking to incorporate live service elements in the upcoming title.
Now, however, Warner Bros. is keen to dispel the rumour, confirming to IGN that the upcoming adventure game was «not being designed as a live service» game.
«Wonder Woman is a single-player action-adventure game set in a dynamic open world,» the statement said. «This third person experience will allow players to become Diana of Themyscira and introduce an original story set in the DC Universe, while also featuring the Nemesis System.
»Wonder Woman is not being designed as a live service."
Monolith's Wonder Woman was first announced almost two years ago now during 2021's The Game Awards, where it was also described a single-player open-world action game.
Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav recently announced the company was focusing on transforming its biggest franchises into live service games, which may be why people were so quick to jump to conclusions here. For now, though, Warner seems emphatic – here's hoping we'll find out more soon.
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Despite a job listing hinting at live service aspects, has said that the upcoming game will not be a live service title.
Entertainment giant Warner Bros has said that the upcoming Wonder Woman title is not going to be a live-service project.
Warner Bros has officially denied that the upcoming Wonder Woman video game will be a live service game.
Warner Bros. Games has denied that its upcoming Wonder Woman game will be live service.
Last week, a job listing for a lead software engineer on Monolith's Wonder Woman game popped up, with requirements like «Knowledge of 3D math commonly used in game development» and «Prior experience working in a 3D game engine (Unreal, Unity, etc.)» Among the non-essential «Nice to Haves» was «Experience helping maintain a live software product or game».
Last week, we reported that the Wonder Woman game might feature live service elements following a job ad spotted on the official Warner Bros. website. The listing was noticed just as Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav told investors the gaming division would focus on transforming its biggest franchises into live service titles so that players would spend more time (and money) on them, driving monetization and engagement at higher levels for longer time.
With Warner Bros. talking about converting its biggest franchises into always-online titles with live service elements, there was a fear that the same would happen to Monolith Productions’ Wonder Woman. A listing for Lead Software Engineer, Gameplay, at the developer asking for “experience helping maintain a live software product or game” didn’t help either.
A recent job listing for Warner Bros. and Monolith Productions’ game hints at the possibility of live service game elements.
Moving forward, part of Warner Bros. Discovery's business strategy will seemingly be a commitment to transforming more of its biggest movie franchises into video games. With the widespread popularity of properties including,, and, Warner Bros. is especially poised to profit in the gaming industry, but there are plenty of other properties the company owns that could make for engaging games.
It's been a while since we last heard anything from Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League—it was April, in fact, when Warner Bros. announced that the planned 2023 release had been pushed to February 2, 2024. But if you check your calendar you'll note that date is now less than three months away, and so it is that Warner and developer Rocksteady are cranking up the hype machine with the first «Suicide Squad Insider» video, which takes a closer look at the game's story, «traversal mechanics,» and the new game world of Metropolis.