ROCKSTEADY GETS pounded: SUICIDE SQUAD FLOPS, JOBS GET CHOPPED
The studio behind Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is facing a bloodbath of layoffs, and surprise surprise, it's all thanks to their latest game bombing harder than the Joker's worst jokes.
QA DEPARTMENT GETS GUTTED
Rocksteady's QA team just got Thanos-snapped. In the past month, they've gone from 33 members to a measly 15. That's right, nearly half the department got axed faster than you can say "why the fuck did we make Deadshot a looter shooter character?"
The bigwigs are straight-up admitting this clusterfuck is due to Suicide Squad's sales numbers being more disappointing than finding out Alfred doesn't actually make those cookies.
IT'S NOT JUST QA GETTING SHAFTED
The axe is swinging wide, folks. We're talking job losses across the board. One poor bastard even got the boot while on paternity leave. Nothing says "congratulations on your new baby" quite like "pack your shit, you're fired."
QUALITY? WHO NEEDS IT?
Here's where it gets real fucking rich. Rocksteady's management is apparently aware that losing all these QA folks - including some with specialized knowledge - is gonna make the remaining team's workload heavier than Killer Croc after Thanksgiving dinner.
But wait, it gets better. They're also admitting that product quality is gonna take a nosedive. Because who needs quality in video games, right? It's not like that's the whole fucking point or anything.
VETERAN DEVS GET THE AXE TOO
It's not just the new blood getting culled. We're talking about people who've been with Rocksteady for over five years getting shown the door. Loyalty means jack shit when the numbers aren't adding up, apparently.
THE AFTERMATH
Warner Bros. is crying about a 41 percent drop in gaming revenue, blaming it on Suicide Squad's "weak performance." No shit, Sherlock. Maybe making a live service game nobody asked for wasn't the brightest idea after all.
They're still churning out post-launch content for Suicide Squad, but at this point, it's like putting lipstick on a pig. A really expensive, microtransaction-filled pig.