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‘Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’ Gameplay Shows off Multiplayer Combat [Trailer]
In addition to the new Resident Evil 4 remake trailer from Capcom, WB Games and Rocksteady Studios have dropped a new co-op gameplay trailer for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League during the Sony State of Play. The trailer “shows off a new look at the game’s high-intensity combat set against the vast, explorable open-world of Metropolis” while providing an in-depth look at the multiplayer mayhem that can ensue.
Enjoyed as a solo or four-player online cooperative experience, each Squad member’s unique traversal abilities and attacks are on full display in the gameplay trailer. Whether players gravitate towards Harley Quinn’s wild acrobatics, King Shark’s powerful leaping, Deadshot’s aerial sharpshooting or Captain Boomerang’s lightning-fast speed force, each character delivers distinct skills specific to their brand of chaos.
On top of the gameplay trailer, WB Games has also released a new featurette with members of the Rocksteady Studios team expanding on the world of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and going deeper on core game elements and characters, along with commentary on the process of taking the Squad out of Arkham Asylum and into the dynamic city of tomorrow that is Metropolis. The featurette also touches on the studio’s plans for new content after launch. This includes post-launch content updates that aim to expand the story with new missions and earnable characters, available for free!
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League arrives on May 26 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC via Steam.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.