Report: Suicide Squad Developer Suffers Layoffs At Warner Bros. HQ

Rocksteady, the developer behind the Batman Arkham games and most recently, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, has reportedly suffered major layoffs at the hands of publisher Warner Bros.

This information comes from Eurogamer, who says that Rocksteady staff have informed the outlet of "redundancies at the studio", including the team's QA department - which has apparently been "almost cut in half over the past month".

Somewhat shockingly, the report also says WB management has acknowledged that "product quality will now suffer as a result", but it decided to lay off multiple staff anyway. These layoffs include those aforementioned QA job losses, alongside casualties at other parts of the studio.

This isn't the first bit of bad news we've heard in relation to Suicide Squad: KTJL. Another report from way back in January claimed that the live service title had "lost $200 million" in development costs - that time coming from sources close to Bloomberg.

As of right now, we haven't heard anything from Warner Bros. directly on this news, which of course should be taken into account here. Oh, and for what it's worth, we actually quite liked this game when we played it back in early 2024. It's a shame that it doesn't appear to have been much of a success for those involved!

Well, folks, who saw this coming? Tell us if you've played the game and what you make of it down below.

[source eurogamer.net]