Rocksteady might be planning to bounce back from its suffering action-adventure shooter Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League with a new single-player pitch. The game would ideally "return Rocksteady to its roots," Bloomberg writer Jason Schreier says in . Investment analyst Doug Creutz later tells Bloomberg that "I think [Rocksteady will] definitely get another at-bat" with publisher .
"Hopefully with something more aligned with their demonstrated talents." Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham series indeed focuses on slick, single-player adventure, establishing Warner Bros.' morose comic book hero as a stealthy genius with gritted teeth.
The Rocksteady Batman wasn't exactly a Christopher Nolan martyr (The Dark Knight trilogy's mid-2000's release schedule loosely overlaps with Rocksteady's). But he wasn't far from it, either. Rocksteady took him seriously, making Batman the kind of quiet and complex video game protagonist you wish you could hear thinking, like Dead Space's Isaac Clarke or Metroid's Samus Aran.
All that to say, he's memorable. And, through its Arkham games, Rocksteady soon became synonymous with transportive solo gaming. Even after , Kill the Justice League couldn't manage to drum up the same steely charisma for its four-person co-op format.
GR+ editor-in-chief Josh West thought the multiplayer, which also has a solo option, and that its characters lacked individuality. Schreier reports that the game struggled under Warner Bros.' tricky expectations, and Rocksteady e.
