Rocksteady Studios’ Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will ship DC villains Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and King Shark on a mission to put a bunch of excellent guys out of their mind-controlled distress subsequent month. But the Suicide Squad staff received’t be restricted to simply these 4 playable characters; The Joker is up subsequent, and he’ll be introduced again to life thanks to Rocksteady’s use of the multiverse — or as DC Comics has referred to as it for the previous 35 years, Elseworlds.
Batman followers will recall that Rocksteady’s model of the Joker from Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City is lifeless in the Arkhamverse. The Joker that’s coming to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League hails from an alternate world during which he “hadn’t reached supervillain status before Brainiac invaded” his world, Rocksteady defined in a brand new video. He’s youthful, “unhinged in a different way,” and extra of a staff participant, since he was a member of the Suicide Squad in his world.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s model of Joker will use a rocket-powered umbrella to traverse Metropolis and beat up his enemies. Of course, he additionally makes use of firearms like the remainder of the roster. Rocksteady says their new Joker is “only the first of the new Suicide Squad recruits you could meet through the ongoing additions” to Kill the Justice League, which is rumored to additionally see Deathstroke and Mrs. Freeze be a part of the lineup of playable villains.
The Joker will come to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League in March as a part of Rocksteady’s roadmap of post-release content material. “Every season will change how you play the game and will be themed around a DC villain,” Rocksteady says in its newest video, teasing frozen variations of Metropolis and a return to Arkham Asylum. The developer mentioned its content material plan is “going to be one of the most generous, player-friendly, post-launch experiences available.”
It seems that Rocksteady received’t be afraid to get a little bit bizarre with its characters — or depart anybody who died in the Arkhamverse keep in the floor.
Warner Bros. and Rocksteady will launch Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League on Feb. 2. The sport is sure for PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X.
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