Rocksteady has been put in a very bad position this year, after its massive live-service game, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, flopped across all platforms. Given the game's sales performance, lay-offs were almost guaranteed before the end of the year, and now, that process has begun. Multiple Rocksteady staff …
Read More »Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad goes free on Amazon Prime this month
Six months on from the launch of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, the game is now regularly appearing on sale for under £20 as Warner Bros tries to do whatever it can to boost the game's player numbers. If you've yet to buy the game but are curious enough …
Read More »Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Season 2 officially detailed
Despite the less-than-stellar reception towards Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the team promised that they would at the very least commit to offering a full year of post-launch support for the game. Following the middling release of Season 1 back in March, Kill the Justice League’s second season …
Read More »Rocksteady will continue to support Suicide Squad…for now
It’s safe to say that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is one of the biggest financial failures of the year, with the live-service title reportedly having lost publisher Warner Bros. over $200 million so far. Despite this, WB has confirmed that at the very least, Suicide Squad will get …
Read More »Suicide Squad finally gets ‘Part 2’ update for its first season
The dwindling Suicide Squad fan base had plenty of questions for Rocksteady earlier in the month, after the studio quietly missed its release window for the game's ‘Episode 2' update for its first season. Now, Rocksteady has finally spoken up. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League entered its first season …
Read More »Suicide Squad’s Season 1 ‘Episode 2’ update still has no release date
Rocksteady kicked off its first season of post-launch content for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League back in late March, adding a new ‘Elseworld' to the game, along with a new playable character, The Joker. This was referred to as ‘Episode 1' of the first season, with a second act …
Read More »Making Suicide Squad a live-service game was Rocksteady’s idea, not WB
One of the biggest financial flops of the year so far has been Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Developed by Rocksteady, the game was criticised for its live-service elements – costing publisher Warner Bros. over $200 million in losses so far. Interestingly, unlike most live-service flops, the idea to …
Read More »Season 1 of Suicide Squad has been fully detailed
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League did not have the best launch, with fans of developer Rocksteady lamenting the move to a live-service model, alongside many creative downgrades compared to their previous work. Being a live service game however, the title has potential to improve overtime. With Season 1 available …
Read More »Season 1 of Suicide Squad arrives later this month
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has not had the best launch, with fans of developer Rocksteady lamenting the move to a live-service model, alongside many creative downgrades compared to their previous work. Being a live service title however, the game is set to get a string of new content, …
Read More »Rocksteady rolls out first major patch for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been out for a couple of weeks, with millions of players finally jumping in to Rocksteady's vision for a live-service DC game. The jury is still out on the ‘live service' element of the game, as Rocksteady has yet to fully unveil its …
Read More »More people are playing 2015’s Arkham Knight than Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is the first game from legendary studio Rocksteady since the release of Batman: Arkham Knight almost 9 years ago. Unfortunately, it seems as though the live-service multiplayer-focused title has failed to capture the hearts of fans, as just a few weeks removed from the …
Read More »Suicide Squad is Rocksteady’s lowest-rated game ever
It has taken a little longer for Suicide Squad reviews to go live, as review codes were only sent out a few days ahead of launch. At this point, many outlets have published their scored reviews and unfortunately, Suicide Squad has ended up as Rocksteady's lowest rated game ever. Based …
Read More »Rocksteady reimburses Suicide Squad buyers for early access downtime
Rocksteady ran into some unfortunate issues with the launch of Suicide Squad into Early Access this week. Due to a progression bug that skipped the campaign and other maintenance, the game ended up being offline for large chunks of time during the first two days of early access. To make …
Read More »Tekken 8 & Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth are getting DLSS, Diablo IV to add ray tracing
The ever-growing list of DLSS-compatible titles just keeps increasing. We have three new titles getting support for Nvidia's upscaling technique, alongside a new DLAA title and the introduction of ray tracing to one of the most popular games of 2023. The new survival Action RPG Enshrouded was just launched yesterday …
Read More »Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s post-launch content detailed
In the lead-up to the launch of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Rocksteady have been releasing a series of semi-regular video-docs called ‘Suicide Squad Insider’ – the latest of which goes into detail on what players can expect from the game’s post-launch future. Episode 3 of Suicide Squad Insider …
Read More »“Story-wise, Suicide Squad is easily our biggest game” claims Rocksteady
After creating the critically acclaimed Batman Arkham Trilogy, Rocksteady’s next title was announced to be Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. While conceptually a cool idea, the switch to a more live-service styled approach has led fans to worry that the game’s story will suffer as a result. According to …
Read More »Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad alpha is generating some surprising first impressions
We knew about Rocksteady's live service ambitions for Suicide Squad well before the game's initial gameplay reveal but the general sentiment towards the game only got worse after the gameplay deep dive. However, after a year-long delay, we are finally starting to hear some positive things about the game. Miller, …
Read More »Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League PC system requirements announced
Rocksteady has released the official PC system requirements for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and it appears that the game won't need a high-end PC to run smoothly. Built on Unreal Engine 4, the game will use DirectX 12. As of now, it's unclear if any PC upscaling techniques …
Read More »Rocksteady shows 20 minutes of Suicide Squad gameplay
After creating the critically acclaimed Batman Arkham Trilogy, Rocksteady’s next title was announced to be Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. While conceptually a cool idea, the title’s gameplay reveal left a lot to be desired – ultimately leading to a massive delay. Now, the team are back to show …
Read More »Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad delayed to 2024
Shortly after the poorly received gameplay reveal for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, we heard rumours that the game was due to be delayed. Now, just six weeks ahead of the game's planned release date, Rocksteady has officially confirmed that the game has been pushed back. While it was …
Read More »Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is getting delayed to Q4
It has only been a couple of weeks since Rocksteady's gameplay reveal for Suicide Squad. That reveal drew plenty of criticism and now, it looks like Rocksteady is going to delay the game to later in the year. While Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was supposed to release on …
Read More »KitGuru Games: Rocksteady is making a huge mistake with Suicide Squad
While Destiny managed to find success and usher in the age of 'live service' games, many other publishers have tried and failed to replicate that formula. While it seemed that Marvel's Avengers might have had a good shot, content exclusivity controversies, a lacking end-game and an empty post-launch roadmap meant that the game never found its feet. Now, I fear that Rocksteady is heading in the same direction with Suicide Squad.
Read More »Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League requires always-online connection in single player
As part of Sony’s recent State of Play, fans were given an in-depth look at the upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League – a co-op action-adventure open-world game. While the title can be fully played solo – with the co-op nature merely being additive to the experience – it has …
Read More »Rocksteady officially delays Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League to 2023
Back in February, WarnerMedia’s CEO made some comments about the company’s 2022 slate of video games, mentioning titles like Hogwarts Legacy and Gotham Knights. We immediately noticed the lack of mention for Rocksteady’s upcoming Suicide Squad, leading us to believe that the game has been delayed. Now, Rocksteady has made …
Read More »Suicide Squad and Gotham Knights will be unveiled at DC FanDome next week
The official schedule for DC FanDome has been announced and just as anticipated, next weekend's event will see two separate game panels. The first will go over Rocksteady's newly announced Suicide Squad game, while the other will focus on WB Montreal's long-teased Batman game. Interestingly, the schedule announcement gives us …
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