{"id":955421,"date":"2026-01-01T23:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rocksteady-hit-by-layoffs-after-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-underperforms"},"modified":"2026-01-01T23:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:31:22","slug":"rocksteady-hit-by-layoffs-after-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-underperforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rocksteady-hit-by-layoffs-after-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-underperforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocksteady hit by layoffs after Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League underperforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rocksteady-hit-by-layoffs-after-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-underperforms.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nRocksteady staff have told Eurogamer of redundancies at the studio, following the underperformance of <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league\">Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe company&#8217;s QA department has seen its size almost cut in half over the past month, Eurogamer understands, from 33 team members to 15, with poor sales of Suicide Squad directly cited as a reason for its &#8220;restructuring&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe job losses extend outside of QA, too. One staff member posting publicly on social media over the weekend revealed they had been told they were being made redundant in the middle of their paternity leave. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rocksteady-hit-by-layoffs-after-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-underperforms\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rocksteady-hit-by-layoffs-after-suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-underperforms\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocksteady staff have told Eurogamer of redundancies at the studio, following the underperformance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. The company&#8217;s QA department has seen its size almost cut in half over the past month, Eurogamer understands, from 33 team members to 15, with poor sales of Suicide Squad directly cited as a reason for its &#8220;restructuring&#8221;. The job losses extend outside of QA, too. One staff member posting publicly on social media over the weekend revealed they had been told they were being made redundant in the middle of their paternity leave. 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