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

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

Key Takeaways

  • 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.

As a seasoned gamer who has witnessed the rise and fall of many gaming titans, I must say that the dismal performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Season 3 on Steam is truly heart-wrenching. Having played through countless hours of Rocksteady’s previous masterpieces like Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, it’s hard not to feel a pang of nostalgia when I see their latest creation struggling to find its footing.

The third season of “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League” has struggled to draw players back in, as its launch on October 1 saw the game reach a peak of fewer than 250 concurrent players on Steam. Despite offering new content like a playable character, missions, gear, and more in Season 3 of this live service title, it seems that players are not eagerly returning to the controversial shooter.

Although Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League started strongly on Steam, boasting over 13,000 simultaneous players when it launched in February, the game created by Rocksteady Studios, known for their Batman: Arkham series, has been experiencing a steep downfall since then. The game’s unfavorable reviews and diminishing player count led to layoffs at its development studio in September, as the underperformance of Suicide Squad is said to have cost its publisher Warner Bros. around $200 million.

Regarding the decreasing player base of “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League”, Rocksteady Studios has assured that they will fulfill their previously declared plan, which encompasses four seasons for this shooter game. However, as Season 3, possibly the second last season, was launched on October 1st, only 248 players on Steam played the game, according to SteamDB and as reported by Eurogamer. The number of players who accessed the update on PlayStation and Xbox is unknown, but considering the poor reception the game has received, it’s unlikely that the numbers will be impressive.

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

248 players who participated in Season 3 of “Kill the Justice League” will find a new playable character, Lawless, added to the game. Known as Zoe Lawton, daughter of Deadshot, Lawless is the seventh playable character to join the game since its launch with only four initial characters: Deadshot, Harley Quinn, King Shark, and Captain Boomerang. The new season also introduces a new Elseworld version of Gotham, where the city has fallen into the abyss after being overtaken by Brainiac. This Gotham is now filled with lava pools and debris from destroyed buildings.

Although Rocksteady isn’t holding back on adding fresh content to Kill the Justice League, making it a live service game was a significant factor contributing to its downfall. It’s been speculated that the studio is heading back to its original focus and creating a new Batman game, with Sony reportedly investing heavily in the project based on information from an inside source.

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2024-10-02 19:24