Much like the recent revelation that Xbox and Arkane’s Redfall would require players connect to the internet to play either solo or in online co-op, it’s now been revealed that Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will need the same.
Putting to bed any argument over whether or not it would be a “live service” game, Suicide Squad’s lengthy showing at Friday’s PlayStation State of Play portrayed a game stuffed with all of the usual live service tropes like gear-bound power levels (or “Gear Scores” here), cosmetics, a battle pass, post-launch content and so on.
Whether or not you choose to engage fully with a lot of that, and even if you choose to simply play the game alone using AI bots to fill out the rest of your party of four, you’ll reportedly need to remain connected to the game’s servers to be able to play at all.
That’s according to the official website’s FAQ page, which says:
“IS AN INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED TO PLAY SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE?
Yes, an internet connection is required to play Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League solo or via online co-op.”
Probably not the most surprising news, nor will it concern many players with steady internet connections fairly ubiquitous across most households, but it does pose some questions for the longevity of the game.
Marvel’s Avengers, a game it bears more than a few striking similarities to, lasted less than three years before it was announced that support for the game would be ending. In something of a best-case scenario for the death of that game, the servers are at least staying on for fans to keep playing, but it could easily have been worse.
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is coming on May 26th for PS5 and Xbox Series X. The cheapest copy is $79 from Amazon.