So we haven’t performed one in all our “the place is our assessment” posts shortly, as a result of frankly, we typically get copies of AAA video games on time. Though there have been bumps within the street occasionally, most gaming publishers need individuals to check out their video games early, from the press to content material creators, to any variety of folks on this fashionable media panorama.

So why does nobody appear to have Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League? I don’t actually need to spell it out, however simply in case: contemplate ready on evaluations for this one (from whoever you get your opinions from).

The dearth of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League codes is just not solely worrying, however unusual

Within the weeks main as much as the sport’s February 2, 2024 launch date (hey, that’s quickly!), we’ve heard increasingly about how press retailers are usually not getting code. We usually have points with sorting WB resulting from our historic criticism of the writer’s dealing with of…nicely, you identify it…but it surely looks as if each different main outlet additionally doesn’t have entry to the sport in any capability.

IGN’s Destin Legarie even shared his frustrations this previous weekend, noting that his damaging preview (you and virtually everybody else’s!) may have led to an absence of entry, but it surely goes deeper than that. Legarie contends that the sport’s sponsored stream over at IGN had main high quality management points (like characters straight-up not displaying up in cutscenes), and alleges that group managers (CMs) deleted feedback crucial of the sport. A lot of my friends are in the identical boat, and nobody I personally know has had entry to the sport previous to the early entry launch. We went by means of an identical course of with Gotham Knights.

We’re conscious that plenty of gamers are at present experiencing a difficulty whereby upon logging into the sport for the primary time, they’ve full story completion.

To resolve this challenge, we might be performing upkeep on the sport servers.

Throughout this time the sport might be…

— Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League (@suicidesquadRS) January 29, 2024

Effectively, the worrying was warranted!

So I’ve described the confusion main as much as launch, however mentioned launch isn’t going swimmingly both. The official Suicide Squad recreation social accounts have shared that “plenty of gamers are at present experiencing a difficulty” the place “full story completion” is granted after logging in. Nice begin! An emergency upkeep interval is already underway, and people are reporting that even the offline model of the sport is impacted.

Whereas we’re completely content material ready this out and taking part in the sport alongside everybody else, it simply goes to point out the significance of early entry. It permits people to be the canary within the coal mine, offering a watchdog-esque position so individuals don’t purchase a $60 (or extra) damaged pile of code, with context for questions comparable to “Is there offline play?” and the like.

Naturally, WB will get the sport again in a workable state (to keep away from a lawsuit on the very least), however how workable will it find yourself being? Keep tuned!