Finally revealed yesterday with a stunning teaser, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is officially the next game by Rocksteady. The developers of Arkham Asylum, City, and Knight, fans have been wondering for years what the team would move onto next, especially with the Arkham storyline not entirely wrapping up at the climax of the trilogy.
As it turns out, fans jumping from the Arkham games to the next-generation take on the Suicide Squad will be in luck, with Rocksteady confirming during its panel at the DC FanDome that the new game will take place in the same universe as the Batman trilogy. Not only that, but it seems the game is classed as a "continuation of the Arkhamverse," which seems to paint it as more than just a spin-off of the widely-acclaimed story Rocksteady told through its seminal trilogy.
For those who played Arkham Knight, they'll remember that the studio wasn't exactly shy about peppering hints and teases towards the wider DC universe. Thugs could be heard talking about Superman candidly, while Metropolis is brought up several times in passing conversations and is even alluded to by Talia Ghul in Arkham City. Arkham Origins even saw the introduction of the Suicide Squad itself, with Amanda Waller telling Deathstroke that she was forming a new team of villains. As the game's creative director Sefton Hill claimed in its post-trailer interview, "a lot of the threads and storylines you're going to see come to fruition in this game," so fans who wanted to see what happened to The Caped Crusader and his allies following Knight's ending should stay tuned. The announcement takes place at 10:49 of the clip below:
Of course, this is welcome news to many following the announcement that WB Montreal's Gotham Knights wouldn't be canon to the Arkhamverse. In this world, both Batman and Gordon are allegedly dead, with Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Red Hood teaming up to deliver justice to the city's foes. Reception has been mixed, however, with the game's decision to move away from Arkham's combat and adopt an RPG-lite focus being polarizing among fans.
As for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, it seems as though the game has managed to fare much better than its Bat-family counterpart, with Rocksteady promising it'll build on the solid gameplay that made the Arkham trilogy so iconic.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will be available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X in 2022.