[STEAM] Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Support Reportedly Scaled Back at Rocksteady Following Disastrous Launch

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What now for

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? The live service shooter flopped to the tune of $200 million upon its launch earlier this year, and ever since players have wondered just how long support would last.

Following a

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report into the development of the game, the author of that report, Jason Schreier, has

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to say Rocksteady is now providing “some barebones support, definitely not as much as they’d originally planned.”

Some barebones support, definitely not as much as they’d originally planned

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier)

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That’s a worry for ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League’s small but loyal fanbase, which is made up of fans who continue to play the game despite its failings. And it calls into question how long publisher Warner Bros. will have Rocksteady devote resources to the game.

According to Bloomberg, staff at the studio are currently working on a director’s cut of the phenomenally successful

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, while leadership pitches a return to single-player following this live service misstep.

Warner Bros. has so far ******* to respond to IGN’s request for comment.

******** Squad: ***** the Justice League did look set to receive new content (

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for Season 2) in the short-term, at least. But Rocksteady has yet to announce Season 2 or what it will add to the game. Season 1 added Joker as a playable character. Datamining has suggested playable characters on their way include Mrs. Freeze, Lawless, and Deathstroke.

But will ******** Squad: ***** the Justice actually get these playable characters, or even subsequent seasons? The game’s community, such as it is, has declared the game ***** following Bloomberg’s report. “I honestly don’t think the planned Seaons 2 to 4 are happening,”

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. Those in the game’s official Discord have already turned their attention to Rocksteady’s next game and the hope it will rekindle the excitement around the studio’s much-loved Batman: Arkham series.

For now, though, it seems a question of when, not if, ******** Squad: ***** the Justice League goes the way of so many live service failures and its developer officially moves on.

Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on

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at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld.

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