Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League developer Rocksteady has teased the introduction of Mrs. Freeze with a cold change to the sport world made by the newest patch.
Gamers noticed the small tease for Season 2 following the launch of this week’s Season 1 – Episode 2 replace. The clip, printed by the Arkham Videos X/Twitter account, exhibits an icy part of Metropolis alongside an advert for Ho-Ho Frozen Rooster Bites.
The most recent Suicide Squad patch added a small tease in Metropolis for Season 2, which supposedly will introduce Mrs. Freeze as a brand new playable character. pic.twitter.com/N6w8xvG0AG
— Batman Arkham Movies (@ArkhamVideos) May 22, 2024
Rocksteady has but to announce Season 2 or what it should add to the sport, however it’s anticipated to launch with a brand new playable character. Season 1 added Joker to the dwell service co-op shooter.
The addition of Mrs. Freeze received’t come as a lot of a shock to Kill the Justice League’s core fanbase, given datamining has recommended playable characters on their approach embrace Mrs. Freeze, Lawless, and Deathstroke. Given Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s Joker is an alternate-reality Elseworlds variant hoovered into the Arkhamverse by Brainiac, this in-bound Mrs. Freeze could also be an Elseworlds variant of Mr. Freeze.
In February, Kill the Justice League gamers had been shocked to listen to major antagonist Brainiac seem to spoil the upcoming addition of Mrs. Freeze in-game. Reddit consumer ZeronintyPlays posted a gameplay clip exhibiting their Harley Quinn taking down an enemy, solely to be referred to as the improper identify by Brainiac. “I did not count on you to be the weak hyperlink on this chain, Freeze,” the baddie mentioned.
As reported earlier this month, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has disenchanted Warner Bros. Discovery, proprietor of developer Rocksteady, to the tune of a $200 million hit to income.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was panned by critics upon launch, with extraordinarily low participant numbers on Steam. A few of the frustration stems from Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League not being one other Batman sport from Rocksteady, regardless of the reality it’s set inside the Arkhamverse. The developer’s Batman Arkham sequence is much-loved by followers, with 2011’s Batman: Arkham Metropolis particularly held up as one among the biggest, if not the biggest superhero online game of all time. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, on the different hand, is a dwell service third-person fight sport through which Batman is a villain.
Rocksteady has confronted robust questions round Warner Bros.’ long-term dedication to Suicide Squad’s dwell service. Warner Bros. is but to announce Rocksteady’s subsequent undertaking, however earlier this month it revealed Batman: Arkham Shadow, a VR sport developed by Camouflaj, maker of the Iron Man VR sport, and set for launch completely on the Meta Quest 3 later in 2024.
Picture credit score: Arkham Movies X/Twitter account.
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