Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is the next game from Rocksteady, the studio behind the mainline Batman Arkham games. This of course, comes with high expectations, given how beloved the Batman games are to this day. Suicide Squad looks set to be a decidedly different beast however, with a focus on four-player co-op across an action-packed open world.
Due to a recent leak, showing an apparent screenshot from a test build of the game, we now know a little bit more about what Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will be like at launch. We won't be linking to the leaks directly, but from what they show of the main character menu, there could be a Battle Pass structure to progression.
While we wait on confirmation of this Battle Pass, and on how progression is going to be handled in the final game, here's what we know so far about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Suicide Squad : Kill the Justice League : aller droit au but
Qu’est-ce que c’est? Un jeu Suicide Squad de Rocksteady
Quand puis-je jouer? 26 mai 2023
Sur quoi puis-je jouer? PS5, Xbox Series X|S et PC
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League date de sortie et plateformes
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Suicide Squad releases on May 26, 2023, for PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC, following a delay from its initial 2022 release window.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was announced in August 2020 via the compte Twitter officiel du jeu (s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet) . An image of Superman confirmed its existence before pointing fans to DC FanDome 2020, a virtual online convention. It's here that Rocksteady officially unveiled the Suicide Squad game's initial 2022 release window and first trailer.
However, a delay was confirmed by creative director and Rocksteady co-founder Sefton Hill on Twitter (s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet) . Hill stated the extra development time would allow the team to bring the game up to the quality fans expect.
“We've made the difficult decision to delay Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League to Spring 2023,” Hill said. “I know a delay is frustrating but that time is going into making the best game we can.”
At The Game Awards 2022, we finally got a confirmed release date.
Suicide Squad: Tuez les bandes-annonces de la Ligue de la justice
Batman reveal cinematic trailer The latest trailer for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was shown during The Game Awards 2022. This cinematic trailer sees Task Force X confronted by a seemingly not-so-nice Batman following their capture of The Flash. The cinematic confirms the late Kevin Conroy is voicing the Caped Crusader in the Suicide Squad game. Check it out below:
Trailer de gameplay The first gameplay trailer for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was revealed at The Game Awards 2021. In it, the team is tasked with taking down The Flash and Brainiac, which of course won't be easy. We see Harley Quinn, King Shark, Captain Boomerang and Deadshot in action, who each have their own unique movesets and abilities.
Bande-annonce At DC FanDome in October 2021, Rocksteady premiered the first story trailer for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. It gave fans even more details about what to expect, from Amanda Waller recruiting the Suicide Squad to lots of fighting in Metropolis.
There are plenty of references to previous Batman: Arkham games as well, like Poison Ivy and her vines halfway through. Check it out for yourself:
Révéler la bande-annonce Dans le cadre de DC FanDome le 22 août 2020, Rocksteady a présenté la première bande-annonce de Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Il s'ouvre sur un regard sur ce qui semble être l'antre du supervillain Brainiac, avant de confirmer l'emplacement du jeu en tant que Metropolis. En panoramique, nous découvrons Harley Quinn, suivie de ses collègues membres de la Task Force X: Captain Boomerang, Deadshot et King Shark.
L'instigatrice de Suicide Squad, Amanda Waller, parle à Quinn par le biais de communications en leur disant de se rendre au Metropolis Grand Hotel car la «cible alpha» est maintenant à découvert et doit être engagée. Après un montage où le groupe affronte des hordes de l'armée de Brainiac – jusqu'au BOB – Bombs Over Baghdad d'OutKast – ils reconvergent sur un toit. Quinn essaie alors de se souvenir de qui ils doivent être à l'affût, jusqu'à ce qu'il soit soudainement interrompu par un hélicoptère explosif.
Alors que la fumée se dissipe, il semble que Superman ait sauvé le pilote de l'hélicoptère - pour décimer les humains quelques instants plus tard via la vision thermique, alors qu'il était apparemment sous le contrôle de Brainiac. Le groupe se rend vite compte que l'Homme d'acier est leur "cible alpha", et la bande-annonce se termine alors qu'un boomerang frappe comiquement la tête de Superman, le capitaine Boomerang prononçant : "Tu n'aurais pas dû faire ça, requin". Découvrez-le ci-dessous :
Suicide Squad: histoire et décor de Kill the Justice League
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Details of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's campaign are limited for the time being. We do know that it's an “original narrative” set in the DC universe and a continuation of the Batman: Arkham-verse (the universe created by Rocksteady in its Batman: Arkham series of games).
The Suicide Squad game picks up sometime after the events of Batman: Arkham Knight and sees Amanda Waller (AKA “The Wall”) putting together a task force of Arkham inmates, known as the Suicide Squad. Their goal is to undertake a covert mission in Metropolis – with Waller implanting lethal explosives in the inmates' heads to encourager qu'ils montent à bord.
When the ragtag team arrives, they quickly realize that Brainiac is attempting to invade the planet and, in an attempt to do so, has brainwashed the Justice League (including the Flash, Superman, Batman and Green Lantern). To save the planet, the Suicide Squad needs to hunt down each brainwashed Justice League member and eliminate them – oh, and takedown Brainiac.
Metropolis will serve as the open world in Rocksteady's Suicide Squad. The city is best known as the home of Superman, taking inspiration from the likes of Toronto and New York, while also being neighbors with Gotham. During a DC FanDome panel, Creative Director Sefton Hill described Metropolis as the game's “fifth character” and hopes it will serve as a “love letter to DC fans”.
We're hoping for the majority of Justice League members to make an appearance in Kill the Justice League, including Aquaman and Wonder Woman. The Game Awards cinematic trailer confirmed Batman will be making an appearance, which is certainly interesting considering how Batman: Arkham Knight ended.
During the panel, Hill also spoke about the narrative links that will continue on from the Arkham series, stating that: “a lot of through threads and storylines you're gonna see come to fruition in this game”.
Suicide Squad : gameplay de Kill the Justice League
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We've only seen snippets of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's gameplay so far, but we have some solid details.
Set in an open-world depiction of Metropolis, we're hoping it'll be almost like a larger-scale version of Rocksteady's Arkham City. This open-world approach should mean there's plenty to explore and we're hoping there are plenty of Easter Eggs (like in Arkham City).
We also know that you'll have the option to play the game solo or multiplayer. Players who opt for solo play can switch between other members of the squad as they please, with the uncontrolled team members being handled by AI to play alongside you.
If you want friends to join you, they can jump into the shoes of the squad members you don’t want, with up to four players able to play at once. According to Rocksteady, this is going to be a seamless gameplay experience and the co-op will be drop-in, drop-out. So, you can have friends playing with you one minute and go solo the next without it impacting your game.
You'll have four playable characters to choose from, each with their own “unique moveset” and “enhanced traversal abilities”: Harley Quinn, King Shark, and Captain Boomerang. While these exact abilities and moves haven't been specified, we did get a look at each of the anti-heroes' unique playstyles in the gameplay trailer released at The Game Awards 2021.
From what we saw, Harley is pretty agile, can land powerful melee attacks, and has a grappling hook in her arsenal, King Shark is all about brute force but can whip out a gatling gun when he needs it, Deadshot lends firepower to the group (capable of both sniping and aerial assaults). Finally, Captain Boomerang is extremely fast on his feet, with his boomerang taking out ranged enemies with ease, as you'd expect.
Suicide Squad: Tuez les nouvelles et les rumeurs de la Ligue de la justice
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Leaked images show a possible Battle Pass progression system As rapporté par VGC (s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet) (opens in a new tab), some screenshots were posted to Twitter on January 17, apparently taken from a development build of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, The image appears to show multiple in-game currencies, and even a Battle Pass tab. While VGC has said it has verified the information shown, there's been no official comment from Warner Bros. or Rocksteady.
While the appearance of a Battle Pass has triggered some concern for certain gamers, a source close to VGC explains that the focus will be on cosmetic items like skins.
Kevin Conroy is Batman The late Kevin Conroy has been confirmed as the voice of Batman in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Conroy voiced Batman in all of the Arkham games, as well as in Batman: The Animated Series and various movies, so it's poignant to see he was able to lend his voice to Rocksteady's latest.
Nouvelle oeuvre Ahead of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s appearance at DC FanDome 2021, some new key art was released. The Artwork gave us a fresh look at the game’s four main playable characters: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and King Shark.
Plus de caractères supplémentaires ? It looks like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League won’t be expanding its roster of playable characters beyond the four that have already been confirmed.
Tel que rapporté par PCGamesN (s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet) , a press release for the game states that “the game’s original narrative follows the four Suicide Squad members as they take on an impossible mission to save Earth and kill the World’s Greatest DC Super Heroes,” which strongly suggests no more will be added. This definitely casts doubt on previous rumors that the game will be an evolving live service title in the style of Marvel’s Avengers.
Warner Bros Interactive se penche-t-il sur le service en direct? According to a spotted advert for an internship in January 2021(via IGN (s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet) ), Les projets à venir de Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment seront «fortement axés sur le service en direct».
Il y a une section du annonce (s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet) that states that “WBIE is currently involved in a variety of new projects, ranging from casual games to core games featuring our well-known franchises on all platforms (console, digital, mobile) with a heavy focus on live service. “
En règle générale, les éléments de service en direct d'un jeu le verront mis à jour par son développeur après sa sortie avec des éléments tels que de nouvelles fonctionnalités ou des scénarios. Ce n'est pas rare dans les jeux de nos jours et peut être efficace lorsqu'il est bien fait, mais cela peut aussi être controversé lorsqu'un jeu ne démarre pas du bon pied, par exemple. Les Vengeurs de Marvel.
Bien que Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League ne soit pas directement mentionné ici, c'est l'un des jeux que Warner Bros publiera dans les deux prochaines années. Cependant, Rocksteady n'a pas confirmé qu'il y aura des éléments de service en direct dans Kill the Justice League, donc pour le moment, nous ne pouvons pas être sûrs s'ils sont impliqués dans Kill the Justice League.
Gotham Knights doesn't involve games-as-a-service elements, which means that there’s no guarantee chaque jeu publié par Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment va être soumis à cela. Certes, nous n'avons vu aucune preuve claire que Suicide Squad inclura des éléments de service en direct et, par conséquent, nous devrons attendre la confirmation officielle de Rocksteady avant de pouvoir être sûrs.
Mugshots The official Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Twitter account tweeted out some neat mugshots of the game's playable characters back in December 2020. Our favorite is the one of Harley Quinn, which you can see below:
Acteurs voix Jusqu'à présent, deux des quatre membres de la Suicide Squad ont été confirmés, l'acteur de longue date de Harley Quinn, Tara Strong, reprenant le rôle une fois de plus. King Shark, quant à lui, sera exprimé par le lutteur de la WWE Nuufolau Joel Seanoa alias Samoa Joe.
Bien qu'il n'y ait pas de mot officiel sur la voix du capitaine Boomerang, la rumeur veut que Chris Parson ait reçu le rôle. Il a précédemment exprimé Junkrat dans Overwatch et il y a une énorme ressemblance en écoutant les deux.
Deadshot est un peu plus difficile à cerner. Chris Cox a précédemment exprimé la merveille one-shot à Arkham City et Arkham Origins, tous deux situés dans le même univers. Il a également été confirmé que ce Deadshot était l'interprétation Floyd Lawton du personnage, cependant, il y a un énorme défaut béant pour lequel il ne semble pas que ce soit Cox qui revienne.
D'une part, le clip audio ne ressemble en rien à sa version, et deux – le plus accablant – ce Deadshot est noir, par opposition à la version blanche représentée par Cox. Par conséquent, sans une voix établie qui saute immédiatement aux yeux des gens, beaucoup pensent qu'il pourrait s'agir d'un nouveau venu. Cependant, King Shark a été tué lors de l'assaut direct sur vidéo d'Arkham, donc la question de savoir ce qui est réellement "canon" est très en suspens.
En dehors de la Suicide Squad elle-même, Debra Wilson est confirmée pour exprimer Amanda Waller. Wilson a précédemment exprimé Waller dans Batman: The Enemy Within en 2017.