Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is getting an offline mode after all, but not until sometime after it’s out

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is starting to look like maybe it might be better than it first appeared, but one big knock against it for me and an awful lot of others out there is its connectivity requirement: You have to be online to play, even if you want to play by yourself. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from games like Payday 3, that can be a real headache when the servers can’t keep up, or worse, go offline for good. And there’s the simple principle of the thing too, which is what really chaps me. Why should I have to be online to play by myself?

Luckily, it appears that requirement will be going away sometime after launch. Following the release of the new Suicide Squad trailer at The Game Awards last night, a Rocksteady rep said on Discord that an offline mode is coming as a post-launch update.

“In addition to our latest trailer, we also have some news to share,” Rocksteady rep EpicYeti wrote. “We’re happy to confirm, we are planning to add an offline story mode that will give players the option to experience the main campaign without an internet connection. We’re aiming to add this update in 2024 and will provide more details when available.”