Rocksteady reportedly working on Hogwarts Legacy Director’s Cut after Kill The Justice League flop
It's been a game of two halves for Warner Bros.' gaming division, and after the runaway success of Hogwarts Legacy saw it become the best-selling game of 2023, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League then led to the gaming giant losing a reported $200 million in 2024.
Despite plans for Kill the Justice League to keep on rolling out a roadmap of seasonal content, a damning Bloomberg report claims the superhero ensemble could already be on life support. Instead, Rocksteady could be rising from the ashes like the (order of the) phoenix to assist on a Hogwarts Legacy Director's Cut.
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Rocksteady Studios reportedly working on Hogwarts Legacy Director's Cut
Click to enlargeBloomberg's Jason Schreier goes into what went wrong with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Warner Bros. head David Zaslav saw the gaming division as a jewel in the crown thanks to the success of Hogwarts Legacy and impressive sales of over 24 million copies. Sadly, the article refers to Kill the Justice League as a "historic dud."
Zaslav reportedly described it as a "disappointing release" which "overshadowed" the rest of the quarter. Rocksteady's future remains unclear, however, Schreier claims many of its staff are now working on a "director's cut" of Hogwarts Legacy.
This is the first we've heard of the project, but could this finally add in that long-rumoured DLC, or what about the addition of Quidditch? We've heard about a mythical Hogwarts Legacy sequel, but if we're getting a Director's Cut, it'll likely test the waters on whether the franchise still has legs. Its sales certainly suggest it does.
We know Warner Bros. is undergoing something of a shakeup with its gaming output, and similarly, we've heard that Monolith's Wonder Woman project could be in trouble. Superhero games are a tricky thing, and it's becoming increasingly clear not everything is the next Marvel's Spider-Man.
Still, it's sad to see how far Rocksteady has fallen from the highs of Arkham City. Thankfully, it's not resigned to the abyss just yet. Rocksteady is also tipped to pitch a new single-player game, which will take it back to its roots. Could this be the full-blown Arkham Knight sequel we've been asking for since 2015?
