Why was ‘Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’ delayed?

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Back in February, Rocksteady Studios Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leaguewas shown off to the world as the centerpiece of a PlayStation State of Play. This hugely anticipated title is the follow-up to the beloved Batman Arkham trilogy, has been worked on for years, and promised to deliver intense cooperative gameplay featuring Harley Quinn, Killer Shark, Boomerang, and Deadshot.

The reveal was supposed to stoke the hype fires up in advance of its launch in May, but… well, it’s safe to say that the reaction from the gaming world caught the studio off-guard. The response was almost universally negative, with players criticizing the simple-looking “shoot the purple weak point” gameplay, that the game needs to be always online (even in single-player mode), the presence of a battle pass, and a distinct lack of enthusiasm about equipment that gives “22% melee damage on Batman-infused enemies”.

All this went down like a wet fart, and soon afterwards there were reports that the game wasn’t going to hit its May 26, 2023 release date. But it seems the hammer has come down harder than we could have anticipated, as Suicide Squad has just been confirmed to be delayed until Feb 2, 2024. Considering that the game was originally supposed to release in 2022, this is a huge delay, and something is definitely up.

The official statement says that this delay is “necessary to take the time needed to work on getting the game to be the best quality experience for players.”

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You can read a lot into that, though it seems very likely that Rocksteady Studios and its partners were spooked by the reveal reaction, and have made the hard choice to go back and try to rework the game. We suspect that, at minimum, aspects like the