Rocksteady gained’t launch a patch for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League subsequent week so as to concentrate on getting the sport prepared for the launch of Season 1 later in March.
In a post on the Suicide Squad website, Rocksteady acknowleged participant demand for the sport’s subsequent patch, which is ready to repair myriad bugs and make key gameplay enhancements, together with Mutator adjustments. However, the developer stated, it’s now specializing in “getting the complete sport prepared to obtain our free Season 1 replace this month”. Season 1 is ready to add Joker as a brand new playable character, in addition to new gear and environments as Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s reside service continues.
Final week, Rocksteady father or mother firm Warner Bros. Discovery stated Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League “has fallen in need of our expectations” following its launch. Talking throughout a monetary name, Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Monetary Officer, Gunnar Wiedenfels, admitted Rocksteady’s sport hadn’t finished the enterprise the firm had hoped for since occurring sale on February 2 priced $70.
Warner Bros. Discovery failed to point out a gross sales determine for Rocksteady’s sport, however did say Suicide Squad’s failure had arrange the firm’s sport enterprise for a “powerful” year-on-year comparability. Final yr, Warner Bros. Discovery launched Hogwarts Legacy, which went on to turn out to be the best-selling sport of 2023.
“This yr, Suicide Squad, one in every of our key online game releases in 2024, has fallen in need of our expectations since its launch earlier in the quarter, setting our video games enterprise up for a tricky year-over-year comp in Q1,” Wiedenfels stated.
Warner Bros. Discovery’s remark didn’t come as a lot shock, given Suicide Squad’s high-profile struggles. On Steam, the reside service motion sport peaked with 13,459 concurrent gamers, a determine that has plummeted since launch. At the time of this text’s publication, simply 369 individuals have been taking part in the sport on Valve’s platform, with a 24-hour peak of 575. Concurrent participant numbers on PlayStation 5 or Xbox Sequence X and S are unavailable.
IGN’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League overview returned a 5/10. We referred to as it “a repetitive and bland looter-shooter that, regardless of a fascinating story, by no means stays enjoyable for lengthy sufficient.”
Gamers are already questioning what occurs to Rocksteady’s live-service plan now the sport has flopped. Clearly, Season 1 will launch, however what occurs after that? IGN has reported on how a Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League participant had unearthed a hidden message that appeared like a robust trace at the return of Batman. Datamining has proven robust hints that Flash and Inexperienced Lantern are set to return in some kind. Different playable characters suspected to be on their approach embody Mrs Freeze (Nora Fries), Lawless, and Deathstroke.
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