Suicide Squad:
Kill the Justice League
Developer(s)Rocksteady Studios
Publisher(s)Warner Bros. Games
Director(s)
  • Sefton Hill
  • Axel Rydby
Artist(s)David Hego
SeriesBatman: Arkham
EngineUnreal Engine 4[1]
Platform(s)
Release2 February 2024
Genre(s)Action-adventure, Third-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is an upcoming action shooter game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Games. The game narratively takes place in the same universe as the Batman: Arkham series, and is a follow-up to Batman: Arkham Knight (2015). Based on the DC Comics team Suicide Squad, the game follows four supervillains—Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and King Shark—who are assembled by Amanda Waller and sent to Metropolis to stop the alien invader Brainiac and kill the members of the Justice League brainwashed by him. The open-world design allows players, either individually or cooperatively, to freely roam Metropolis.

Kill the Justice League was announced in August 2020 and was initially scheduled to be released in 2022, but was delayed multiple times. It is currently set to release for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 2 February 2024. The game will feature Kevin Conroy's final performance as Batman following his death on 10 November 2022.

Gameplay

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is an action-adventure game[2] set in an open world based in Metropolis.[3] The game features four playable characters: Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and King Shark.[4] While it can be played solo, the game also features a four-player cooperative multiplayer mode. When played solo, players can switch between characters at will, while the other characters are controlled by the AI.[5][6]

Each character has access to two weapon classes, some overlapping between multiple characters. Each of them also has a unique melee combat style and traversal method, such as Harley who uses a baseball bat and travels using Batman's grapple gun. A skill tree progression is included, allowing players to re-spec into different skills at any point throughout the game for different build experimentation.[7] Post-launch content featuring additional playable characters is also expected.[8]

Premise

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is set in the universe previously established by the Batman: Arkham series.[9] A.R.G.U.S. director Amanda Waller (Debra Wilson)[10] creates a task force known as Task Force X / Suicide Squad, which is composed of Arkham Asylum inmates Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn (Tara Strong),[11] Digger Harkness / Captain Boomerang (Daniel Lapaine), Floyd Lawton / Deadshot[lower-alpha 1] (Bumper Robinson) and Nanaue / King Shark (Samoa Joe),[12] for a covert mission in Metropolis.[13] Only when they arrive in the city do they realize the severity of the situation: Brainiac[14] has invaded Earth and has started brainwashing its inhabitants, including Justice League members Clark Kent / Superman,[15] Barry Allen / The Flash (Scott Porter), John Stewart / Green Lantern,[16] and Bruce Wayne / Batman (Kevin Conroy), with Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (Zehra Fazal) as the only apparent member who is not under Brainiac's control.[17][18] Waller assigns Task Force X with killing the Justice League to stop Brainiac before he takes over Metropolis and the world.[19]

Throughout the course of the story, the Suicide Squad also interacts with other characters, including: Rick Flag, an A.R.G.U.S. operative working for Waller; Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin (Nolan North), a Gotham City crime lord and weapons dealer who supplies the Squad with anti-metahuman weaponry; Gizmo, a mechanical expert who develops vehicles for the Squad; Hack, a technomancer who monitors the Squad's neck bombs and provides them upgrades; Hiro Okamura / Toyman, a mechanical genius who idolizes the Justice League; Ivy, a reincarnated version of Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy, who perished during the events of Arkham Knight, with no memories of her past life; Lex Luthor, a megalomaniacal billionaire;[20][21] and Edward Nigma / The Riddler, a supervillain who challenges the Squad with completing various puzzles across the city.[22]

Development

Following his death on November 10, 2022, the game marks Kevin Conroy's final role as Batman.

A video game based on the Suicide Squad was first announced by then DC Comics chief creative officer Geoff Johns in July 2010.[23] In February 2012, he elaborated that the game was in development, adding that "Because of the concept, you have a game where any of the lead characters can conceivably die and it's not a stunt. Some really cool story could come out of that."[24] The formation of the Suicide Squad was teased at the end of Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)—developed by WB Games Montréal—which featured a post-credits scene in which Deathstroke is asked by Amanda Waller to join the team, and in Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (2013), in which Deadshot and Bronze Tiger join the team with Bane under consideration.[25][26] In the years since Batman: Arkham Knight (2015) was released, there have been rumours suggesting that WB Games Montréal was working on a Suicide Squad game, but no official announcement was made from the development team or publisher.[27] In December 2016, Jason Schreier from Kotaku revealed that the title was cancelled.[28]

Rocksteady Studios announced Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League in August 2020.[29] Rocksteady, the creator of the Batman: Arkham franchise, was initially rumored to be working on a Superman-themed game, which they later debunked.[30] The first trailer for the game premiered at DC FanDome on 22 August 2020. As the game is set in the "Arkhamverse", plot threads established in the Batman: Arkham series, including the Joker's death in Batman: Arkham City (2011) and the public revelation of Batman's identity as Bruce Wayne in Arkham Knight, would continue in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.[31] The Los Angeles–based company Unbroken Studios are assisting Rocksteady in the developing of the game.[32]

Release

On 23 March 2022, Rocksteady announced that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League had been delayed from its initial 2022 launch window to early 2023.[33] At The Game Awards 2022, the release date was revealed to be May 26, along with the announcement that Batman would appear in the game, posthumously voiced by Kevin Conroy in his final performance as the character following his death on November 10, 2022.[34][35][36][37]

On 23 February 2023, during a PlayStation State of Play and a separate FAQ, Rocksteady confirmed the game would require an internet connection at all times (even when playing solo), have a battle pass (only including cosmetics) and is set to receive post-launch content (such as new playable characters, missions and weapons).[8][38]

On 13 April 2023, Rocksteady announced that the game had been delayed again to 2 February 2024.[39]

On 8 December 2023, Rocksteady announced that an offline mode will be added to the game after launch.[40]

On 20 December 2023, the game's PC version on Epic Games Store was delayed to 5 March 2024.[41]

Prequel comic

A prequel comic titled Suicide Squad: Kill Arkham Asylum was originally scheduled to release on 30 May 2023, four days after the game was originally set to release, but was delayed to October 2023, and delayed again to 6 February 2024. Its story takes place between the events of Batman: Arkham Knight and Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, and is about how Amanda Waller took control of Arkham Asylum and recruited Task Force X for their mission to save the Justice League.[42]

Notes

  1. ↑ This version of Deadshot is African-American, who also claims that the Deadshot who appeared in previous Batman: Arkham games was an imposter.

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