Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is an action shooter game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Games. The game is a spin-off of the Batman: Arkham series, and is a follow-up to Batman: Arkham Knight (2015). Based on the DC Comics team Suicide Squad, the game follows four supervillains—Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and King Shark—who are assembled by Amanda Waller and sent to Metropolis to stop the alien invader Brainiac and free the members of the Justice League brainwashed by him. The open-world design allows players, either individually or cooperatively, to freely roam Metropolis.
Kill the Justice League was announced in August 2020 and was initially scheduled to be released in 2022, but was delayed multiple times and underwent a difficult developmental process. It is currently set to release for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on February 2, 2024, and released early for deluxe edition owners on January 29, 2024. The game featured Kevin Conroy's final performance as Batman following his death on November 10, 2022.
Early previews were "overwhelmingly negative", with criticism towards the story[3] and for the addition of the digital rights management software Denuvo, which has been described as a form of spyware.[4] The game's launch was troubled with software bugs, which led to the early access servers being taken offline, with the game's story being leaked ahead of its release date.[5] Unique among modern triple A titles, early review codes were not given to critics before release, with internal concern over the game's reception.
