Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will get its closing yr one DLC character, Deathstroke, subsequent week, alongside the launch of Season 4, but questions stay over Warner Bros. and developer Rocksteady’s plan for the recreation’s second yr.
Deathstroke and Season 4 come out on December 10 and kick off the finish of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s at present introduced roadmap as the recreation nears a yr from launch.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was panned by critics and endured extraordinarily low participant numbers on Steam. A few of the frustration stemmed from Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League not being one other Batman recreation from Rocksteady, regardless of being set inside the Arkhamverse. The developer’s single-player Arkham collection is much-loved by followers, with 2011’s Batman: Arkham Metropolis particularly held up as considered one of the biggest, if not the biggest, superhero video video games of all time. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, on the different hand, is a reside service third-person shooter by which Batman is a villain. Quickly after the recreation’s February 2024 launch, writer Warner Bros. admitted the failure of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League contributed to a $200 million hit to income.
In June, Warner Bros. advised IGN that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League would see out its first yr of help, but declined to touch upon what occurs afterwards. Deathstroke and Season 4 are the end result of that first yr, which has additionally seen the launch of DLC characters Joker, Mrs. Freeze, and Lawless. Is that this it for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League? IGN has requested Warner Bros. for remark.
Earlier this yr, Bloomberg reported that employees at Rocksteady have been at present engaged on a director’s minimize of the phenomenally profitable Hogwarts Legacy, whereas management pitched a return to single-player following its reside service misstep. Did that pitch contain Batman? In November, Warner Bros. stated it deliberate to double down on Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat, Sport of Thrones, and DC “particularly Batman” after its string of flops.
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