The crew may be putting their plans on hold until next year
It looks like one of the big DC games set for this year has been pushed into next. Anew report from Bloombergsays Warner Media has quietly delayedSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leagueinto 2023.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports this, according to people familiar with development. The outlet didn’t receive a response to its requests for comment.
TheSuicide Squadgame was slated to arrive this year alongside several other big Warner Media games, includingHogwarts Legacyand fellow DC Comics gameGotham Knights. Both were highlighted aspart of this year’s schedulein a recent earnings call. ButSuicide Squadwas conspicuously absent.
It’s been quite a while since Rocksteady’sArkham Knight, butSuicide Squadfalling into 2023 isn’t wholly surprising. Other games under the Warner umbrellahave taken some extra time for polish.
We did get a new look at gameplay ofSuicide Squadrecently, and itlooked pretty promising. The story looks to follow Captain Boomerang, King Shark, Deadshot, and Harley Quinn as they’re sent out to take on the impossible: kill the Justice League. It looks like the main idea is to have you jumping between different characters to fight against some of the most powerful heroes around. Which, well, the odds don’t look so great for the motley crew of anti-heroes.
We’ll keep an eye out for confirmation of the date shift. But with 2022 already looking pretty packed for big games, one blockbuster slipping into next year seems just fine.
