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: treceți la urmărire
Ce este asta? Un joc Suicide Squad de la Rocksteady
Când o pot juca? 26 Mai, 2023
La ce să pot juca? PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League data lansării și platformele
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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 contul oficial de Twitter al jocului (se deschide într-o filă nouă) . 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 (se deschide într-o filă nouă) . 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: Kill the Justice League trailers
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 joc 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.
Trailer poveste 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:
Dezvăluie trailerul Ca parte a DC FanDome, pe 22 august 2020, Rocksteady a lansat primul trailer al filmului Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Se deschide cu o privire la ceea ce pare a fi bârlogul supercriminalului Brainiac, înainte de a confirma locația jocului ca Metropolis. Privind în jos, obținem dezvăluirea lui Harley Quinn, urmată de colegii ei membri ai Task Force X: Căpitanul Boomerang, Deadshot și King Shark.
Instigatorul Suicide Squad, Amanda Waller, vorbește cu Quinn prin comunicații spunându-le să se îndrepte spre Metropolis Grand Hotel, deoarece „ținta alfa” este acum deschisă și trebuie implicată. După un montaj în care grupul se confruntă cu hoarde ale armatei lui Brainiac – până la BOB al lui OutKast – Bombs Over Baghdad – ei revin pe un acoperiș. Quinn încearcă apoi să-și amintească pe cine ar trebui să caute, până când este întrerupt brusc de un exploziv de elicopter.
Pe măsură ce fumul se limpezește, se pare că Superman l-a salvat pe pilotul elicopterului - doar pentru a decima oamenii câteva momente mai târziu prin viziunea termică, în timp ce pare să fie sub controlul lui Brainiac. Grupul realizează rapid că Omul de Oțel este „ținta lor alfa”, iar trailerul se termină când un bumerang lovește comic în capul lui Superman, cu căpitanul Boomerang rostind: „Nu ar fi trebuit să faci asta, rechin”. Verifică-l mai jos:
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League povestea și decorul
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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 încuraja ei să se urce la 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: Kill the Justice League gameplay-ul
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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: Kill the Justice League știrile și zvonurile
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Leaked images show a possible Battle Pass progression system As raportat de VGC (se deschide într-o filă nouă) (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.
Operă de artă nouă 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.
Nu mai sunt personaje suplimentare? 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.
După cum sa raportat de către PCGamesN (se deschide într-o filă nouă) , 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 înclină spre serviciul live? According to a spotted advert for an internship in January 2021(via IGN (se deschide într-o filă nouă) ), viitoarele proiecte ale Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment vor avea un „accent puternic pe serviciul live”.
Există o secțiune a anunț (se deschide într-o filă nouă) 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. “
În general, elementele de serviciu live dintr-un joc îl vor vedea actualizat de către dezvoltatorul său după lansare cu lucruri precum funcții noi sau povești. Nu este neobișnuit în jocuri în zilele noastre și poate fi eficient atunci când este făcut corect, dar poate fi și controversat atunci când un joc nu începe bine, de ex. Răzbunătorii Marvel.
Deși Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League nu este menționat direct aici, acesta este unul dintre jocurile pe care Warner Bros le va publica în următorii doi ani. Cu toate acestea, Rocksteady nu a confirmat de fapt că vor exista elemente de serviciu live în Kill the Justice League, așa că momentan nu putem fi siguri dacă au vreo implicare în Kill the Justice League.
Gotham Knights doesn't involve games-as-a-service elements, which means that there’s no guarantee fiecare jocul publicat de Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment va fi supus acestui lucru. Cu siguranță, nu am văzut nicio dovadă clară că Suicide Squad va include elemente de serviciu live și, ca urmare, va trebui să așteptăm confirmarea oficială de la Rocksteady înainte de a fi siguri.
Fotografii 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:
Actori de voce Până acum, doi din cei patru membri ai Suicide Squad au fost confirmați, actorul vocal veteran al Harley Quinn, Tara Strong, reluând rolul încă o dată. King Shark, pe de altă parte, va fi exprimat de luptătorul WWE Nuufolau Joel Seanoa, alias Samoa Joe.
Deși nu există niciun cuvânt oficial despre vocea căpitanului Boomerang, se zvonește puternic că Chris Parson a primit rolul. Anterior, i-a exprimat vocea lui Junkrat în Overwatch și există o asemănare uriașă atunci când îi asculți pe cei doi.
Deadshot este puțin mai greu de stabilit. Chris Cox a exprimat anterior minunea one-shot din Arkham City și Arkham Origins, ambele fiind plasate în același univers. S-a confirmat că acest Deadshot este și interpretarea lui Floyd Lawton a personajului, cu toate acestea, există un defect uriaș de ce nu pare să fie Cox care se întoarce.
În primul rând, clipul audio nu seamănă deloc cu versiunea lui, iar doi – cel mai înfricoșător – acest Deadshot este negru, spre deosebire de versiunea albă prezentată de Cox. Prin urmare, fără ca o voce stabilită să sară imediat asupra oamenilor, mulți cred că ar putea fi un nou-venit. Cu toate acestea, King Shark a fost ucis în Assault-ul direct-to-video asupra Arkham, așa că întrebarea a ceea ce este de fapt „canon” este foarte mult în aer.
În afara trupei Suicide Squad, Debra Wilson este confirmată că va exprima vocea lui Amanda Waller. Wilson i-a exprimat anterior lui Waller în Batman: The Enemy Within din 2017.