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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Season 3 Is Not off to a Good Start

Published Oct 2, 2024

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Summary

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Season 3 only manages to draw 248 players on Steam at launch.
Season 3 adds a new playable character, gear, missions, and more.
Rocksteady rumored to be working on a new Batman game after Kill the Justice League fails to perform.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has failed to entice players back with its third season, which launched on October 1, as the major content update saw the game peak at less than 250 players on Steam for its launch day. Season 3 of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League adds plenty of free content to the live service title, such as a new playable character, missions, gear, and more, but players aren't exactly flocking back to the controversial shooter.

While Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League did manage to debut to well over 13,000 concurrent players on Steam when it was released back in February, the controversial game by Batman: Arkham creators Rocksteady Studios has been on a sharp decline ever since. Its negative reviews and dwindling player base sadly resulted in Suicide Squad's development studio being hit with layoffs back in September, as the game's poor performance reportedly cost publisher Warner Bros. A massive $200 million.

Despite Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's dwindling player count, Rocksteady Studios has promised it will complete its previously announced roadmap, which consists of four seasons for the shooter. Unfortunately, following the release of what is likely to be Suicide Squad's penultimate season, only 248 Steam players booted up the game on October 1 to check out Season 3, according to SteamDB and spotted by Eurogamer. There's no way to know how many players checked out the update on PlayStation and Xbox, but given the critical failure of the game, it seems unlikely to be anything impressive.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's New Season Tanks on Steam

For the 248 players that did jump into Season 3, Rocksteady has added a new playable character to Kill the Justice League, Lawless. Also known as Zoe Lawton, the daughter of Deadshot, Lawless is now the seventh playable character to join Kill the Justice League after it launched with just four characters: Deadshot, Harley Quinn, King Shark, and Captain Boomerang. The new season also adds a new Elseworld version of Gotham, with the famous city falling into the void after being taken over by Brainiac, it is now riddled with lava pools and destroyed buildings.

While Rocksteady certainly isn't shying away from adding plenty of new content to Kill the Justice League, the decision to make the title a live service game is, ultimately, one of the main reasons for its failure. Rumors now suggest that the studio is returning to its roots and developing a new Batman game with PlayStation attempting to "moneyhat" the project, according to an insider.

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OpenCritic Reviews: Top Critic Avg: 59 /100 Critics Rec: 20%

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Released: February 2, 2024
ESRB: M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Violence
Developer(s): Rocksteady Studios
Publisher(s): Warner Bros. Games

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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.

Featuring an original narrative set within an expansive open-world city of Metropolis, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League puts the four DC Super-Villains on a collision course with an invading alien force and DC Super Heroes who are now laser-focused on destroying the city they once vowed to protect. All the while, the Suicide Squad must be mindful of the lethal explosives implanted in their heads that could go off at the first sign of defiance.

Each squad member has their own unique moveset with enhanced traversal abilities to freely explore the dynamic open-world of Metropolis, along with a variety of weapons to customize, and skills to master.

Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Multiplayer: Online Multiplayer
Franchise: Suicide Squad
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

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