Amazon’s Prime Gaming announced that it will be giving away Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League for free as part of Prime Day 2024.
Promotional art for Mrs. Freeze from Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (2024), Rocksteady
In a blog post, Chris Leggett, Prime Gaming’s PR Manager revealed, “As we approach Prime Day 2024, we’re excited to offer members three extra games to claim, including Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Chivalry 2 and Rise of the Tomb Raider at no additional cost.”
The games will be available to claim beginning on July 16th at 3 AM ET and will be available for free for 48 hours.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Sweet Baby Inc. credits
Unlike Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which was released in February this year, the other two games were released years ago.
Chivalry II was released back in 2021 by developer Torn Banner Studios and publisher Tripwire Interactive while Rise of the Tomb Raider was released back in 2015 by developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix.
A screenshot from Chivalry II (2022), Torn Banner Studios
The revelation that Rocksteady and Warner Bros. are giving away Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League comes in the wake of players completely abandoning the game. Steam DB reports that in the last 24-hours the peak concurrent players only hit 424.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Steam DB charts
Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Financial Officer also revealed the company took a $200 million impairment charge on the game.
He said, “Starting with Studios, the $400 million+ year-over-year decline during Q1 was primarily due to the very tough comp we faced in games against the success of Hogwart’s Legacy last year in the first quarter, in conjunction with the disappointing Suicide Squad release this past quarter, which we impaired, leading to a $200 million impact to EBITDA during the first quarter.”
Harley Quinn about to execute Batman in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (2024), Rocksteady
Furthermore, a report from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier claimed Warner Bros. and Rocksteady were no longer providing the support they initially intended due to the game’s abysmal failure.
Schreier claimed that Rocksteady is only providing “barebones support” now. He adds that it is “definitely not as much as they’d originally planned.”
Jason Schreier on X
Seemingly confirming this report, the game, which originally announced its second season would go live on July 11th recently revealed it would be delayed until July 25th.
The game’s official X account announced, “Update: Task Force X, we’ll be adjusting the release timing for the next season, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Season 2 will now launch on July 25. Thank you for your patience.”
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League on X
What do you make of the game being given away through a promotion with Prime Gaming?
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