Suicide Squad – Kill The Justice League: Rocksteady’s game has been delayed again

On February 23, Warner Bros. Games and its Rocksteady studio were invited to Sony’s State of Play lineup, revealing gameplay images of their game Suicide Squad – Kill the Justice League.

Here they are again…

It was postponed several times, its release date was set for May 26. But there is already ancient history: the game has been postponed again, according to “later in the year”. information Jason Schreier, a specialized journalist, Bloomberg…

Reason ? Of course, the reaction of players who are very concerned about the presentation of this game, which is considered as a game service… Officially, Rocksteady is delaying the release of the game to refine it. Schreier’s article, which quotes a person directly involved in the game’s development, (carefully) makes no direct connection between this announced delay and the poor reception of its presentation in late February.

In any case, and even if the game is released this year, it is by no means out of the question that the studio will completely overhaul its copy and fundamentally change the heart of its game.

If Rocksteady is a brilliant studio, we can’t help but feel a pang of anxiety. The game will now require a constant internet connection. While this obviously makes sense when it comes to a multiplayer experience (and here, in the context of a co-op game), it’s a tough argument to hear when it’s also a solo experience.

On top of that, times have gotten really tough for games that are billed as games-as-a-service… Marvel’s Avengers, developed by Crystal Dynamics and still holding an ultra-powerful license, has lost its teeth in less than three years and will no longer be supported by the studio from next September. . A very heavy financial failure that would cause its publisher, Square Enix, to lose money More than 60 million dollars…