when suicide squad kill the justice league featured on our big in 2022 roundup last year i reckoned it already looked like game of the year material a few months later rocksteady studios announced its postbatman arkham action rpg superhero venture would in fact launch in 2023 with a delayed release date of may 26 confirmed at the game awards last november nevertheless despite needing a little longer in the oven than first planned im pleased to say suicide squad kill the justice league still looks like a game of the year contender for me thats because this game looks like rocksteady as weve come to expect fast frantic composed and bursting at the lycra seams with energy unlike the studios previous caped crusader capers however kill the justice league appears to inject new levels of humor into proceedings giving the whole package some unprecedented dark comedic value it was never a bad thing that the batman arkham series took itself seriously but when games occupying the same space today fail to hit the same moody heights as rocksteadys previous outings 14 years ago levity in the form of unhinged antiheroes from the creator who does superhero hijinks best is most welcome this time filling the boots of harley quinn king shark deadshot and captain boomerang kill the justice league tasks us with taking down the eponymous super group this variant comprising the flash green lantern superman wonder woman and batman by any means necessary as weve seen in previous slices of ingame footage thatll mostly involve absolutely ransacking the city of metropolis while battering scores of the evil brainiacs footsoldiers brainiac by the way has turned the good guys bad by way of brainwashing which has seen everything turn to shit in the lawless hellscape of a town creating the perfect storm for the suicide squad to get to work that work might see harley enacting grappling hook plunges or shoveling cartoon bombs into her enemies mouths it may see shark scrambling across walls a la spiderman or hammering the ground with an earthshaking aoe attack it might see deadshot picking off targets from range with his machine gun or sniping them from the rooftops or it may see the captain rushing foes at lightning speed while dancing overhead with some impossibly finessed parkour maneuveringgood guys turned bad image credit rocksteadyeverything we knowimage credit rocksteadysuicide squad kill the justice league everything we know so farthe thought of doing all of this in singleplayer mode is exciting enough but the idea that these sunkissed streets of rage can be tackled with up to three mates in online multiplayer each controlling one of the remaining suicide squad members could plant kill the justice league firmly among game of year contenders from launch after all rocksteady has consistently proven its chops when it comes to solid superhero fare and despite batmans arkham series being suited to its darker moodier approach being free of those past ventures seriousness seems to