Ubisoft's financial report for the first quarter of 2024 has the French company finishing ahead of expectations. This is mostly thanks to its suite of classic and recent "Games as a Service" titles.
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Warner Bros. and Rocksteady are about to kick off a closed alpha test of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League later this month, and anyone can sign up for a chance to play the cooperative title.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has suffered another delay, and this one is massive. Rocksteady is pushing the cooperative looter shooter back from May 2023 to February 2024.
The upcoming Suicide Squad game by Arkham trilogy developer Rocksteady received a lot more gameplay at the State of Play today. The title's games-as-a-service elements were also confirmed.
With the Bungie acquisition, Sony is looking to jump into the live service side of things. The company has plans to launch at least 10 games with live service elements before March, 2026.
The Square Enix published Marvel's Avengers game was unveiled at E3 today with an in-engine trailer depicting A-Day, a catastrophe that leads to superheroes being outlawed around the world.
Gaming backend provider PlayFab, whose services are used by the likes of Bandai Namco, Capcom, and Disney, has been acquired by Microsoft in an effort to bolster the latter's gaming efforts.