Rocksteady Studios has reportedly laid off a number of workers members because of the disastrous launch of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Nameless workers advised Eurogamer that the Rocksteady high quality assurance group had been reduce from 33 members to fifteen with poor gross sales of Suicide Squad (which price proprietor Warner Bros. Discovery a $200 million hit to income) cited immediately.
Rocksteady administration has allegedly acknowledgedthat product high quality will take a success because of the lay offs, as remaining QA testers wrestle to uphold the similar commonplace as the group as soon as double in dimension.
The 18 workers members affected reportedly included junior workers and veteran group members who have been at the studio greater than 5 years. IGN has requested Warner Bros. Discovery for remark.
Suicide Squad launched in January 2024 as a dwell service sport that includes the likes of Harley Quinn and Deadshot, and points emerged nearly instantly as gamers who paid additional to play the sport sooner have been kicked out after an hour as Rocksteady handled a bug.
This was the first of a number of frustrations for followers and Suicide Squad didn’t promote effectively, being dubbed a disappointment by Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav.
Its crucial reception was simply as poor, as in our 5/10 overview, IGN stated: “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a repetitive and bland looter-shooter that, regardless of a fascinating story, by no means stays enjoyable for lengthy sufficient.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.