Rocksteady has reportedly been hit with a wave of layoffs, predominantly affecting the QA department. According to staff, the poor performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was cited as the reason behind the job cuts.
This news was just broken by Eurogamer, who cites anonymous sources within Rocksteady. Here, it's said that the QA department has been cut from 33 devs to just 15. The remaining staff say they have been told that product quality will suffer as a result of these layoffs.
There's another timeline where we're all Harley Quinn and Aquaman mains in an eternal hero shooter battle right now.
In addition to this, the remaining devs say they are expected to shoulder the work of departing coworkers. It isn't clear what this means for the ongoing development of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which has received two seasons worth of content so far.
Rocksteady's company, Warner Bros., has not commented on these reported layoffs at the time of writing.
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