After launching earlier this yr, the help crew for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has reportedly been lowered to a skeleton crew as developer Rocksteady is alleged to be pivoting to new tasks. Based on Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, the majority of the studio is reportedly engaged on a “director’s lower” of Hogwarts Legacy.
Some barebones help, positively not as a lot as they’d initially deliberate
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) June 6, 2024
Past that, the Bloomberg report claims that Rocksteady’s studio leaders need to pitch a brand new single-player recreation “which might return Rocksteady to its roots” following the poor crucial and industrial efficiency of the sport. As revealed throughout an earnings name in Might, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was a $200 million bomb for Warner Bros. Discovery.
The primary Suicide Squad post-launch season, Season of Jokes, wasn’t well-received when it launched a number of months in the past, and the viewers for the sport on PC through Steam has seldom reached over 500 concurrent players during the last three months.
Whereas Suicide Squad has confirmed to be a expensive misstep for Rocksteady–especially when in comparison with the record-breaking success of Hogwarts Legacy–Bloomberg says layoffs on the studio look unlikely for now.
Warner Bros. Discovery continues to be seeking to develop its presence in video video games, and with the corporate being understaffed on this area in comparison with competing publishers, it is reportedly aiming to introduce extra collaboration between its studios. Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans embrace extra live-service, cellular, and free-to-play video games.
A Marvel Girl recreation can also be in growth at Monolith Productions, though progress on it’s rumored to be in a “troubled” state.