While Warner Bros executives had high hopes for live-service games like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and MultiVersus, the company's biggest hits in recent years have all been single-player games, the biggest of which was none other than Hogwarts Legacy. Now, WB is looking to put a Hogwarts Legacy …
Read More »Rocksteady hit with layoffs following huge Suicide Squad losses
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 »Poor Suicide Squad sales continue to drag down WB Games
WB Games is considering a switch to licensed games, as the trials and tribulations of live-service game development continue to take a toll on the company's financials. The low performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has led to a sharp drop in year-on-year revenue. WB Games confirmed in …
Read More »WB Games is considering a Disney-style licensing model
Today, Warner Bros held its Q2 earnings call and as expected, the gaming division is continuing to suffer. The low performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has crushed growth, and now, WB is looking to license out its IP in the future instead. It would seem that recent …
Read More »Warframe boss explains why other live-services fail
While the adoption of live service as a model for gaming only began to gain heavy traction a few years ago, there have for over a decade been plenty of examples of fruitful live-service experiences. One such success story is Digital Extremes’ Warframe. More than 11 years on from the …
Read More »Suicide Squad, Chivalry 2 and more free with Prime Gaming
Each month, those who are subscribed to Amazon Prime are privy to a number of free games as part of the company’s Prime Gaming initiative. For the month of July – in alignment with the company’s Prime Day deals – Amazon is giving away a solid selection of titles…and Suicide …
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 »Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has cost WB $200 million
Rocksteady launched its live-service focused game, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, back in February to negative reviews. Since then, the number of active players has plummeted and the game's first ‘season' of post-launch content has done nothing to move the needle. Warner Bros executives had already stated it would …
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 »WB confirms Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League ‘failed to meet expectations’
While there was a little bit of unexpected hype for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League thanks to some successful playtests, the final game did end up disappointing many. While the campaign has good storytelling moments and fantastic visuals, it is ultimately bogged down by the ‘live service' elements, which …
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 »WB wants its gaming business to be ‘always on’ as it steps into the live service market
Warner Bros has already made its intentions for future game projects pretty clear, with plans to lean heavily into the live service model for future projects. The company is reiterating those plans now, with ideas of pushing more “always on” games using franchises like DC and Game of Thrones. In …
Read More »Rocksteady pulls Suicide Squad offline to fix game breaking bug
Rocksteady's latest game, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is finally coming out, over eight years on from the release of their last game, Batman: Arkham Knight. While there is some scepticism around this release due to its co-op focused, live service nature, Rocksteady still has plenty of fans looking …
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 responds to major Suicide Squad leak
In recent weeks, Rocksteady Studios has been holding a playtest for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Those with access were already talking and sharing details but nobody was leaking specific story spoilers. That changed this week with the game's entire plot leaking online. If you are looking forward to …
Read More »Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad game will be playable offline but not at launch
While Rocksteady's previous superhero games have all been playable offline, the studio is taking a different approach with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which is set feature ‘live service' elements, which typically means an always-on connection is required. Fortunately after viewing some feedback, the team has now opted 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 »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 »Job listings hint at live-service gameplay for Monolith’s Wonder Woman game
Warner Bros. leadership made it clear recently that it wants to transform its games division into a live-service powerhouse, stepping away from the single-player action titles like the Batman: Arkham series or even the more recent Middle-Earth games. This will all kick off with Rocksteady's Suicide Squad game next year …
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