Rocksteady might be pivoting back to Batman games after Suicide Squad flop

Two of this year's biggest flops have both been live-service titles. Prior to Sony's embarrassing release and unrelease of Concord, we had Rocksteady's Suicide Squad game. While Suicide Squad's campaign earned a little bit of praise, everything outside of that was critically panned, including the game's first two seasons of additional content. Now, Rocksteady may be returning back to its roots with a new Batman game. 

According to Xbox Era's Nick Baker, Rocksteady is working on a new Batman game, and Sony might be vying for some form of exclusivity agreement for it. However, it is also worth noting that if the game is in development, it will be in the very early stages, which would make it a tad early to be talking exclusivity deals, unless it involves funding/publishing in some way. Given that Warner Bros lost around $200 million on Suicide Squad, outside funding and partnerships might be the only way to get Rocksteady's next game greenlit.

Unfortunately, there is no other information at this time. Rocksteady has continued work on Suicide Squad post-launch, despite the lack of interest in the game, but it is unclear if there will be any new content beyond Season 2, which added a variant of Batman villain, Mr. Freeze.

A return to the Arkhamverse would no doubt be welcomed by fans, but it would have to forgo the boring co-op elements of Gotham Knights, as well as the wider live-service elements found in Suicide Squad in order to be well-received and right now, it is unclear if Warner Bros has any interest in a single-player only project.

KitGuru Says: Rocksteady was forced to transform in order to make Suicide Squad with all the live service elements that their corporate overlords wanted. At this point, many of those who worked on the Arkham Trilogy, including Rocksteady's co-founders, have left. If this rumour is accurate, then we hope that the team remaining at Rocksteady can do justice to the original games. 

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