Well, it was strongly rumoured, and now it’s confirmed: Rocksteady Studios’ hotly anticipated Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been delayed. The game, originally due out at some point in 2022, will now not launch until Spring 2023. Creative director Sefton Hill confirmed the news on Twitter, with an amusing animation of the eponymous team looking disappointed and the original release date getting painted over.
“I know a delay is frustrating but that time is going into making the best game we can,” he said. “I look forward to bringing the chaos to Metropolis together. Thanks for your patience.”
UK developer Rocksteady Studios’ last game, Batman: Arkham VR, launched in 2016, meaning it’ll be seven years between titles for the team. In fact, if you exclude the virtual reality spin-off, it’ll be eight years, as Batman: Arkham Knight launched all the way back in 2015. The good news is that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League looked brilliant in its most recent trailer.
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No problem. They got Multiversus, Gotham and Hogwarts this year. WB can take a hit.
I'm glad, because Second half is looking pretty scary for backlogs.
Pretty disappointing considering how long this has been in development, but obviously the pandemic pretty much wiped out a year for most teams I guess.
Are they trying to kill the Justice League by waiting for them to die of old age like that boss fight in MGS3?
Rocksteady should try something other than Batman. It would be interesting!
@get2sammyb The game looks phenomenal to me. Might be 2023 game of the year. The writing, graphics and gameplay look very good to me. I'm fine with the delay.
@Apfelschteiner Ermmm?
@RevGaming Yeah it looks brilliant, agreed!
@get2sammyb Most teams lost some time to the adjustments they made because of Covid restrictions, but it's severe mismanagement if they lost a whole year.
8 years to make this game. This better be 🔥
@Apfelschteiner umm what do you think this game is?… something other than Batman.
I doubt this game took 8 years to make. I'm adamant that they had a project cancelled first.
Damn that's a big delay. I'm quite optimistic but one can't help but wonder what could cause such a long delay..
Oh well, here's hoping the game delivers!
@AdamNovice I agree. Wern't there rumours they were working on a standalone Superman game (then probably realised Superman is rubbish 🤭)
Sensible for this to have breathing space after Gotham Knights comes out to avoid any confusion.
@Apfelschteiner Most games have been delayed due to the pandemic. Changes to working practice have knock-on effects beyond setting up remote working facilities. Over a 2 year period, a significant amount of time is lost whilst everyone gets up to speed, troubleshooting is ironed out, means for the collaborative team working addressed etc. Its not unreasonable for a significant amount of time to be lost and that's not necessary due to mismanagement. Some studios faired better than others however I think we can all agree it's been a difficult couple of years and delays seem to be expected from even the most equipped teams.
I'll only accept this delay if they use the extra time to give us Arkham Knight in 2160p at 60fps. Cheers.
Glad to hear it, actually. I'm all in favor of devs taking their time to put out the best product they can, corporate schedules be damned. Far too many games release in bad shape these days (Battlefield 2042 & Cyberpunk 2077 come quickly to mind), so I'm glad devs push back on publishers when and where they can in an effort to put out a game actually fit for general consumption.
No problem especially with WB's lineup this Fall. Hogwarts Legacy and Gotham Knights are both among my most anticipated Fall games assuming they both release as planned. Take your time Rocksteady.
They already would have been over 6 years out so taking the time to make the best possible game is good for everyone.
Unpopular opinion but I could still see Hogwarts getting delayed by mid to end of summer. Those rumors came from somewhere and while the state of play was obviously polished as hell, the pandemic must have crushed a lot of these teams and we haven’t really felt that yet.
@RevGaming
And you know all those 3 are bound to get delayed too
@Icey664 Nope. 2 of them got delayed already.
Multiversus could be out in the next few months. I've seen its progress. A beta could release next month.
@RevGaming
Yea maybe, I'm not holding my breath for Hogwarts though... I want it to come out this year but worried it will slip
This game still has a lot of convincing to do, because at the moment it looks like another 4 player coop wave shooter. Might as well just play Warframe.
@Icey664 Hopefully. I'm expecting an early November release. Before Starfield on Nov 11.
Rocksteady hasn't given me a game I like yet. This one looks pretty fun even if I don't care about some of the characters, so it's kind of sad to read about this. But of course it will all be for the best in the long run.
@Rob_230 I heard that, I Rocksteady were a fairly competent studio so I can't imagine they spent 8 years on one project.
How did I know this was coming. I know Rocksteady is a good dev, but eight years between games is kind of pathetic. Even if your building something from the ground up it should take five years tops. You've got a studio like Santa Monica creating a masterpiece like the GoW reboot in three years less time, and a sequel before this is even released. Anyways still looking forward to this as long as this doesn't turn out to be some live service mp game.
2 or 3 delays can be good, it means they're polishing the game. The more delays though, the more one starts to worry wether development is going well...it wouldn't be the first time a game has delayed multiple times only to release in a broken state either way...
Well that sucks.
Better delayed than another Cyberbug. I do agree with above posters that they probably had a cancelled project in the meantime. I'm looking forward the game for sure, though I hope we don't have characters doing a flying kick across the street every time you press the attack button like in Arkham Knight, which is a great combat system in a great game, but I'd rather not do that one thing again.
And you know what, i'm more then willing to wait, anything that doesn't end up like marvel AV, I'm all for waiting.
This game hasn't seemed interesting from the beginning, not sure even a two-year delay would help it.
@Ken_Kaniff
Not kind of, it is pathetic. People just don't like the truth being put so bluntly.
I can't be the only one that was slightly cross-eyed over how similar this and the other 4 player DC based game where shaping up. A delay with one certainly can't hurt the sales of the other. It's a great choice to differentiate brand recognition and iron out the bugs.
this is ***** , can devs just please stop announcing games ?
@Alan_cartridge_ Yes, but it would be mismanagement if they lost a whole year in two years.
@danzoEX People really talk up Rocksteady, but they just don't stand out as a studio compared to all others. They need to do something a bit different and special to prove that they are amongst the best studios out there.
Love the visuals and premise, but tbh the gameplay trailers weren’t doing much for me. Felt like I was watching sunset overdrive from however many years ago.
I’d love to give rocksteady the benefit of the doubt but the gaming landscapes changed so much in 7 years. I hope they give us more than just a brawler in an open world filled with busy work. I don’t doubt the writing will be on point though.
It looks like Warner brothers have them firmly in the DC universe. I’d love to see them try and pull off a slower paced detective focused Batman game
I found Arkham Knight to be incredibly disappointing. Hopefully this is much better. Partially could be accomplished just by not having any vehicles
Shame this turned out to be true, but still looking forward to playing the game in Spring 2023!
Plus this gives me some breathing space this year, second half is gonna be just as packed as the first half has been so far...
@Apfelschteiner dude give it a rest. This isn't a batman game. It's a DC game if anything.
To be honest though, I'm looking forward to Gotham Knights more than I am this!
Erm... pretty much thankful for any delays I can get these days. Rocksteady started strong but later games were without the charm.
More time will be appreciated and I hope they find a balance between AAA expectations and Innovation.
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