06-07-2024, 10:53 AM
News - Suicide Squad Is Reportedly Getting "Barebones Support" As Rocksteady Moves O
<p>After launching earlier this year, the support team for <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league/">Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League</a> has reportedly been reduced to a skeleton crew as developer Rocksteady is said to be pivoting to new projects. According to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-06/-suicide-squad-warner-bros-s-200-million-flop-haunts-the-gaming-industry">Bloomberg's Jason Schreier</a>, the bulk of the studio is reportedly working on a "director's cut" of Hogwarts Legacy.</p><div data-embed-type="tweet" data-src="https://x.com/jasonschreier/status/1798687356679225530" data-has-image="false"><blockquote align="center" class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-mce-disable-toolbar="true"><p dir="ltr">Some barebones support, definitely not as much as they’d originally planned</p> — Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1798687356679225530?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <text></text> </div><p>Beyond that, the Bloomberg report claims that Rocksteady's studio leaders are looking to pitch a new single-player game "which would return Rocksteady to its roots" following the <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-review-loot-world-order/1900-6418174/">poor critical and commercial performance</a> of the game. As revealed during an earnings call in May, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-leagues-disappointing-release-led-to-a-200-million-shortfall-for-warner-bros/1100-6523301/">$200 million bomb for Warner Bros. Discovery</a>.</p><p>The first Suicide Squad post-launch season, Season of Jokes, wasn't well-received when it launched a few months ago, and the audience for the game on PC via Steam has seldom <a href="https://steamdb.info/app/315210/charts/">reached over 500 concurrent players</a> over the last three months.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/suicide-squad-is-reportedly-getting-barebones-support-as-rocksteady-moves-on-to-new-projects/1100-6523986/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
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<p>After launching earlier this year, the support team for <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league/">Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League</a> has reportedly been reduced to a skeleton crew as developer Rocksteady is said to be pivoting to new projects. According to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-06/-suicide-squad-warner-bros-s-200-million-flop-haunts-the-gaming-industry">Bloomberg's Jason Schreier</a>, the bulk of the studio is reportedly working on a "director's cut" of Hogwarts Legacy.</p><div data-embed-type="tweet" data-src="https://x.com/jasonschreier/status/1798687356679225530" data-has-image="false"><blockquote align="center" class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-mce-disable-toolbar="true"><p dir="ltr">Some barebones support, definitely not as much as they’d originally planned</p> — Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1798687356679225530?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <text></text> </div><p>Beyond that, the Bloomberg report claims that Rocksteady's studio leaders are looking to pitch a new single-player game "which would return Rocksteady to its roots" following the <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-review-loot-world-order/1900-6418174/">poor critical and commercial performance</a> of the game. As revealed during an earnings call in May, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-leagues-disappointing-release-led-to-a-200-million-shortfall-for-warner-bros/1100-6523301/">$200 million bomb for Warner Bros. Discovery</a>.</p><p>The first Suicide Squad post-launch season, Season of Jokes, wasn't well-received when it launched a few months ago, and the audience for the game on PC via Steam has seldom <a href="https://steamdb.info/app/315210/charts/">reached over 500 concurrent players</a> over the last three months.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/suicide-squad-is-reportedly-getting-barebones-support-as-rocksteady-moves-on-to-new-projects/1100-6523986/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
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