Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League: Release date, trailer, playable characters & more

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Looking forward to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League? Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming DC title including its release date, playable characters & cast.

While the upcoming Gotham Knights will tell the story of the Batfamily after Batman’s demise, original Batman: Arkham Asylum developer Rocksteady Games will be turning its attention to some of the Caped Crusader’s rogues gallery.

Looking to prove it’s good to be bad, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League will focus on four of the most famous members of the titular team as they attempt to take out the Justice League.

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Here’s everything we know about the team’s first videogame outing, including when you can play it.

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Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League King SharkRocksteady/WB Interactive
Fresh off his appearance in the recent Suicide Squad movie, King Shark is playable.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League release date

The official release date for Kill the Justice League is set for May 26, 2023, which was revealed during The Game Awards 2022.

Rocksteady’s creative director and co-founder Sefton Hill confirmed on Twitter Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has been pushed out of 2022 and into 2023.

However, According to Bloomberg sources, Warner has decided to push the title from its previously announced May release date until later this year. This reportedly being done so that the game can be given more “polish” before going live. While no new release date has been confirmed by the dev team, we’ll be sure to update this section as soon we know more about this alleged change of date

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League platforms

According to Rocksteady, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League will launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X.

Support for previous generation consoles such as the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch are yet to be confirmed.

Trailers and gameplay

Check out the gameplay reveal below:

Reveal Trailer

Check out the game’s reveal trailer below, courtesy of DC Fandome 2020.

Story Trailer

Rocksteady have also shared an expanded look at their Arkham series continuation at DC Fandome 2021. Featuring the likes of The Flash, Green Lantern, Robin, and Superman in the flesh, the trailer also hinted at showdowns with Batman and Wonder Woman. While no gameplay was shown, fans can expect to encounter Lex Luthor and other villainous DC alumni across their journey to take down the Justice League.

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Suicide Squad pays tribute to Kevin Conroy

The newest trailer, which debuted at The Game Awards 2022, paid tribute to Kevin Conroy, the iconic voice actor for Batman. In the trailer, the Suicide Squad is on a mission, only to be interrupted by Batman — who states “I am vengeance, I am the knight! I am Batman!”

It ends with a line of text on the screen, which reads “Thank you, Kevin.”

State of Play Gameplay Trailer

During Sony’s February 2023 PlayStation State of Play, Rocksteady unveiled an all-new gameplay trailer focused on co-op. The six-minute video offered a closer look at the mechanics of each playable Task Force X member, including Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, King Shark, and Harley Quinn.

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The State of Play broadcast also proved the recent battle pass leaks held some merit. Developers confirmed that support for the game will continue after launch in the form of new playable characters, missions, and weapons. Meanwhile, the battle pass will exclusively target cosmetic items, though the specifics remain under wraps.

What is Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League?

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Harley Quinn returns in Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League

The game is described as an open-world action-adventure shooter that can be played by up to four players (solo players can switch between characters at will). Amanda Waller has sent the team to investigate the appearance of longtime comic-book villain Brainiac, only to come up against Superman – who has been brainwashed.

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Playable characters

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The game’s mean team in all their glory

There are four playable characters, and they’ll all be familiar to longtime comic fans – or anyone that’s enjoyed the Suicide Squad movies.

Harley Quinn, Deadshot, King Shark, and Captain Boomerang are included, presumably each with their own gameplay abilities.

Sadly, though, it appears the roster won’t be growing anytime soon. As reported by PCGamesN, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League will eschew the live-service aspirations of something like Marvel’s Avengers.

So while we’d have loved an appearance by Killer Croc, you won’t get one in this outing.

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League cast

Of course, it wouldn’t be Suicide Squad if there wasn’t a mischievous band of misfits voicing DC’s iconic heroes. Below are all of the cast members that have been announced so far:

CharacterVoice Actor
Harley QuinnTara Strong
King SharkJoe Seanoa
Debrah WilsonAmanda Waller (Also motion capture)
PenguinNolan North

Is it connected to Gotham Knights?

Despite launching at a similar time to WB Montreal’s upcoming Batfamily title, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League isn’t linked to the other title at all. In fact, it’s actually set in a different universe entirely.

It is, however, a continuation of the Batman Arkham universe, so there’s the potential for all sorts of villains and cameos from Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Arkham Origins, and Arkham Knight.

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