Summary
- Rocksteady releases the final major content update for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
- Season 4 Episode 8 is now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's servers will remain online, but no new content will be developed after the January 14 patch.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League developer Rocksteady Studios has released Season 4 Episode 8, which will be the final major content update for the live-service title. After releasing to largely negative reviews back in February 2024, Rocksteady announced less than one year later that it would be ending support for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League on January 14. The game's final patch is now available to download on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
While the premise of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League seemed like a sure-fire way to get superhero fans on board, the game's unexpected live-service elements is what many believe led to the game's rapid demise. After just 10 months on the market, Rocksteady announced on December 9, 2024, that Season 4 Episode 8 would mark the end of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. In the unsurprising announcement, Rocksteady said that all online features will continue to be available, so players can still experience Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League with their friends.
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After a few hours of server downtime, Rocksteady has officially released the final content update for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. With servers now back online, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC players can officially jump into Season 4 Episode 8: Balance. The patch features an Infamy Set based on DC Super-Villain Libra, a myriad of powerful new Notorious weapons, and a new Mayhem mission, which marks the final battle against Brainiac. There are also a handful of important bug fixes and gameplay changes, such as a decrease in XP requirements for Squad Levels and more.
While the game's servers will remain operational following the release of Season 4 Episode 8, players can also play Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League offline thanks to the game's Season 4 Episode 7 update back in December. The patch allows players to experience content released for the game, including main campaign missions and all seasonal story missions, without an active internet connection. Rocksteady hasn't announced a full shutdown of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's servers, but if they are ever taken offline, fans can still play thanks to this highly-requested mode.
For those who might not have had the chance to experience this DC anti-hero title during its short life span, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was recently added to PlayStation Plus. Until February 3, PlayStation Plus subscribers can grab the controversial live service title along with The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Patch Notes for Season 4 Episode 8 Update
MEDIEVAL GENIUS
You’ll be able to explore more of the medieval Elseworld in Episode 8: Balance, with twists on familiar sights and new locations too. Take your quest to The Quarry, a fortified citadel you’ll have to besiege if you wish to triumph over the tyrant Brainiac. The Arena is the perfect place for jousting tournaments or interdimensional warfare, and the statues of King Jor-El and Queen Lara Lor-Van will be sure to inspire awe for this age of chivalry and honor.
LIBRA INFAMY SET
The Infamy Set for Episode 8 is inspired by Libra, an incredibly dangerous DC Super-Villain obsessed with the idea of balance. This fascination with balance carries over to his Infamy Set, which applies stacks of Scales of Libra to enemies, increasing both the damage they deal andreceive by 50% for each stack. This makes it a high risk, high reward set that encourages a bold and dynamic playstyle.
NOTORIOUS WEAPONS
The perfect accompaniment to Libra’s Infamy Set is The Silencer’s Complete Silence. This set of weapons inspired by the deadly assassin The Silencer deals a bonus 200% damage to any enemy affected by stacks of Scales of Libra. The Alt-Fire is where this weapon truly shines, however, dealing 1,000% bonus damage and creating a Silencer Zone where the enemy was hit. Enemies standing in Silencer Zones have 100% reduced damage, making this a perfect crowd control tool while you and your squad dish out some major damage.
Doctor Sivana’s Magic Bullets is the perfect way to kill a lot of enemies really fast. Bullets from this weapon pierce through enemies, apply a stack of Scales of Libra and have a chance to electrify enemies hit. If you can position yourself cleverly to line up multiple enemies with one shot, this shocking weapon can devastate an entire army.
Chronos’ Equilibrium dials up the glass cannon playstyle to the max, dealing 25% bonus damage for every 1% of your Shield missing, encouraging a dangerous but incredibly powerful style of play where you’ll constantly be in the middle of the fray.
GAMEPLAY CHANGES
- Reduced the duration of Deathstroke’s Suicide Strike against certain enemies, to be closer in line with other characters’.
- The XP requirements for Squad Levels have been decreased, and rewards from previously earned XP are given retroactively. Players with profiles that have earned XP may notice an increase in Squad Levels, and that extra Squad Points are available to spend following the update to Episode 8.
BUG FIXES
- Fixed a bug for players in the Japan region that caused LuthorCoin to expire prematurely.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Raising Hell Playlist from updating when playing in Episodes other than Episode 7.
- Fixed a bug that prevented players from correctly receiving bonus XP from Critical Kills and from killing Infused enemies.
- Fixed a bug that prevented B-Technology Resources from being rewarded upon completing certain missions.
- Fixed a bug that prevented new personal bests in Killing Time from registering on the Leaderboards.
- Fixed a bug in the Episode 7 Mayhem Mission that caused the kill counter to display incorrect values.
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Lootinauts to disappear when killing the host they were hiding inside.
- Fixed a bug during the Episode 7 Mayhem Mission that sometimes caused Green Lantern Constructs to immediately reappear after being destroyed.
- Fixed a bug that caused Harley Quinn’s Shorten Rope Traversal Ability to not be usable while using the Trigger Happy controller layout.
- Fixed a bug that caused Captain Boomerang’s ‘Captain On Deck TFX Pack’ to charge the wrong amount of LuthorCoin.
- Fixed a bug that occurred upon purchasing the Joker Emote Bundle that caused one of the emotes to appear to not be owned.
- Fixed a bug that caused Gorilla Grodd’s Tier 2 ‘Mind Over Matter’ Infamy Set to deal 500% bonus damage to non-Crazed enemies, instead of correctly requiring them to be Crazed.
- Fixed a bug with Orphan’s Heartseeker whereby nearby enemies failed to receive 50% of Suicide Strike damage when performed on a Marked enemy.
- Fixed a bug with Brain’s Teaser whereby killing a Burning enemy with the weapon’s Alt-Fire did not always apply burn to nearby enemies.
- Fixed a bug that caused issues for players navigating around pikes in the Medieval Elseworld.
- Various crash fixes.
- Various UI fixes.
- Various SFX fixes.
- Various gameplay bug fixes.
- Various performance improvements and fixes.
- Various animation and cinematic fixes.
- Various audio fixes.
- Various environmental fixes.
- Fixed several incorrect or untranslated text strings.
- Fixed instances of enemies spawning incorrectly.
KNOWN ISSUES
- When attempting Riddler challenges from an Episode other than the one currently selected, progress can sometimes be tracked incorrectly. To correct this, exit out of your current session back to the main menu.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 59 /100 Critics Rec: 20%
- Released
- February 2, 2024
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Rocksteady Studios
- Publisher(s)
- Warner Bros. Games
WHERE TO PLAY
Play as the Suicide Squad to take down the World’s Greatest DC Super Heroes, The Justice League. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, is a genre-defying, action-adventure third-person shooter from Rocksteady Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham series.
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Franchise
- Suicide Squad
- Number of Players
- 1-4
- PC Release Date
- February 2, 2024
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- February 2, 2024
- PS5 Release Date
- February 2, 2024
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Genre(s)
- Action, Adventure, Open-World
- How Long To Beat
- 10 Hours
- OpenCritic Rating
- Weak
