To no one’s surprise, The Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is delayed (again)
Holy delay, Batman!
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The Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leaguehas been officially delayed from its original May 26 release date to February 2, 2024.
It’s sure to ring as a disappointment for Rocksteady fans as thisupcoming gamehas been pushed back further. However, it’s not the first time thatThe Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leaguehas been delayed. TheXbox Series XandPS5live service title was initially supposed to drop back in late 2022 following a 2020 announcement, but that didn’t happen.
In astatement published on Twitter, the development team said: “We have made the tough but necessary decision to take the time needed to work on getting the game to be the best quality experience for players”. There are now roughly nine months for Rocksteady to improve upon the game and get it ready for release.
It’s unsurprising thatThe Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leaguehas been delayed. News circulating back in March suggested that this would happen, according toBloomberg’s Jason Scheier, to: “add more polish” in the face of poor fan reception.
Assault on Arkham
The delay forThe Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leagueis for the best. From what I’ve seen of the footage since it was unveiled, I’ve been thoroughly underwhelmed at what Rocksteady has offered coming off the success of the wildly popular Batman Arkham games. To go from what I consider the gold standard set byBatman: Arkham AsylumandBatman: Arkham Cityto a generic live-service co-op shooter was deeply disappointing.
It stings especially harshly because there is so much potential for an excellent game based on The Suicide Squad. There’s been plenty of stellar adaptions in other media. You only need to look as far as James Gunn’s excellentThe Suicide Squadmovie from 2021 or the animatedBatman: Assault on Arkhamto see these characters translated well. As long as the mistakes of theSuicide Squad 2016film are avoided, then little can go wrong.
From the gameplay footage I’ve seen ofThe Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, it looked to be following in the trail ofMarvel’s Avengers,which launched back in 2020 and is shutting down later this year following an incredibly mixed reception. Loot boxes, battle passes, and grind-heavy gameplay just aren’t things that people want, and the type of gameplay loop I want to avoid the most myself.
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The source material has so much potential here, with a development team capable of truly great things. However, are nine months really long enough to address the current reception? I don’t think so, but we’ll see as we enter 2024 whether The Suicide Squad can be redeemed. Here’s hoping that one last pushback is long enough to spin gold again.
Aleksha McLoughlin is an experienced hardware writer. She was previously the Hardware Editor for TechRadar Gaming until September 2023. During this time, she looked after buying guides and wrote hardware reviews, news, and features. She has also contributed hardware content to the likes of PC Gamer, Trusted Reviews, Dexerto, Expert Reviews, and Android Central. When she isn’t working, you’ll often find her in mosh pits at metal gigs and festivals or listening to whatever new black and death metal has debuted that week.
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