Suicide Squad Joker release date: When to expect DLC

However, the imminent arrival of one of popular culture’s most iconic villains could help change the game’s fortunes.

Read on for a Kill the Justice League update that might put a smile on your face.

When will Suicide Squad DLC arrive? Joker release date

The first Suicide Squad DLC featuring the Joker will be released on 28th March 2024, as revealed by game’s official page on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The Joker will join Harley Quinn, Deadshot, King Shark and Captain Boomerang as a playable character.

There is also set to be new gear and environments themed around the Clown Prince of Crime, who is said to be more "cooperative" than previous incarnations of the character. He comes from an alternate Elseworld, as can be seen in the video below.

There is still no information when future seasons will come out. If we were to guess, we expect that Rocksteady Studio will most likely follow the traditional seasonal structure used by games such as Fortnite, which operates on a 10-week season, meaning we can perhaps expect season 2 sometime in May.

What do we know about Suicide Squad DLC?

On the official Suicide Squad website, Rocksteady Studios says: "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will have regular post-launch seasonal updates, earnable at no additional cost through playing the game."

In terms of what these seasons include, they go on to add: "Updates will include new story content, playable characters, missions, gear, weapons, cosmetic items, in-game events and more."

Seasons 2, 3 and 4 will introduce a new character and environment respectively, alongside the expected weapons, episodes and more.

One of the environments is a broken and warped Gotham City with floating islands and flowing lava.

Battle passes are present, as well, but much of their content will be free.

Rocksteady Studios said: "A new battle pass will be available during each season of post-launch content, and will have free tiers available at no cost to all players, along with premium tiers that will be available via an optional in-game purchase."

Crucially, they say: "All battle pass items will be cosmetic and will not affect gameplay in any way." This is great for groups of friends wanting to play together without forking out any extra cash.

There are in-game purchases - but, again, these don’t pertain to any new gameplay content.

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