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AlthoughSuicide Squad : bolt down the Justice League ’s story is a prolongation of Rocksteady ’s Arkhamverse , several plot points open up the door to an lengthened DC Multiverse . The main campaign follow A.R.G.U.S. and Task Force X as they are deployed into Metropolis in the thick of an alien invasion led by Brainiac . In this metre , Brainiac has captured and brainwashed 99 % of Metropolis ' citizen , including the bulk of the Justice League , creating raft of extra foe for Task Force X to overcome on their charge to stop Brainiac ’s plans to terraform Earth and to produce a New Colu .
Colu was home to the most healthy race in the existence . In the Arkhamverse , this satellite has been demolish , and Brainiac is set to rebuild the advanced civilization he has lost at any cost .
[ Warning : The following clause contains major spoiler for Suicide Squad : shoot down the Justice League]This delegation seems square initially , as Amanda Waller set out a killing guild on the Justice League and Brainiac , and it seems like Task Force X ’s only challenge will be overpower some of theDC Universe ’s most hefty heroes . However , it soon becomes cleared that the scale of this assignment is far larger than it ab initio seemed when the multiverse is found presently after kill Flash . Task Force X is teleported to another dimensionreferred to as " solid ground 2 " in the biz . Here , they find a world already decimate by Brainiac , where they find a surviving Lex Luthor . As the Luthor of Task Force X ’s primary existence - which is hold " Earth 1 " - has been kill , they bring him back to their universe to assist them with their charge and touch on to him as " Lex-2 " .
Suicide Squad : KTJL , has an telling roster of DC character , with many histrion reprising their roles from previous game .
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’s Ending Explores The Multiverse
Post-Launch Content Will Visit New Elseworlds
After successfully killing the Justice League , Brainiac teleports Task Force X aboard his gargantuan Skull ship to forgather them face - to - grimace for the first meter . Alongside detailing his plan to create a New Colu , he also tells the team what an plus they could be if they submit and concord to fight alongside him . It then becomes clear that Brainiac ’s aspiration is far with child than terraforming one world , and that he has all-encompassing plans to subdue the multiverse .
Task Force X is teleported out of this berth by Lex-2 , and explain thatthere are 13 genius all get in touch via a web across various dimensions . While they ’re unable to kill the one on their Earth at present tense , Task Force X do get a way to jaunt to Earth 2 and capture the Brainiac there , enabling Amanda Waller to drink down him with a Dataspike originate by Luthor , which also downloads a fragmented branch of Brainiac ’s connection through Coluan engineering destroys part of Brainiac ’s Skull ship in the process .
It ’s then explained howSuicide Squad : Kill the Justice League ’s endgamewill unfold , with the team sent toface the remaining 12 Brainiacs across other dimensionsknown as " Elseworlds . " The presentation of Elseworlds also opens the door for more characters who have already die in the Arkhamverse to regress , albeit as new incarnations . This is the case with Joker , who died inBatman : Arkham City , but will be look in a new form from another dimension in the game ’s first post - launch chapter .
As is the case with most of the stories centered around Task Force X , Suicide Squad : KTJL sees many characters killed throughout its campaign .
Could Suicide Squad: KTJL Explore Other DC Universes?
The DC Multiverse Is An Extremely Vast Place
As established across several comedian , TV shows , movies , and games , the DC Multiverse is an extremely vast situation . Along with 52 confirm earth , there are several other kingdom where god and other supreme , immortal beings be , such as Jack Kirby ’s New Gods , Wonder Woman ’s Greek - prompt patrons , Neil Gaiman ’s Dream of the Endless , and Lucifer Morningstar and his legions of Hell . There ’s also the Monitor Sphere , where the Monitors reside and conduct their superintendence , the Source Wall , which contain everything in the Multiverse , and much more . There are also stories that fall under DC ’s prescribed " Elseworlds " standard , such asGotham by Gaslight , Kingdom ComeandSuperman : Red Son , and theEarth Onecontinuity .
TheEarth Onecomics form a dissimilar continuity that feature re - ideate and modernised adaptation of popular DC character such as Batman , Superman , Wonder Woman , Green Lantern , and the Teen Titans . This is separate from the " Earth One " title assigned to the Arkhamverse inSuicide Squad : pop the Justice League , as that was just a name pay by Lex-2 for the sake of simplicity when explaining the Multiverse .
While not the first time the DC Multiverse was have - that came in the 1961 story " Flash of Two Worlds " - Marv Wolfman and George Perez ' 1985 laughable event , Crisis on Infinite Earthsis one of the most famous Quran in DC history , and one many comical fans immediately conceive of when discussing the Multiverse in world-wide . Two grapheme who are present inSuicide police squad : Kill the Justice League , Brainiac and Lex Luthor , team up in this plot line and foregather many of the tiptop villains from across the multiverse , which ultimately fails .
Considering the relationship between the two inSuicide police squad : Kill the Justice League , however , it ’s improbable this will occur in Rocksteady ’s game . After the Arkhamverse ’s Lex Luthor cash in one’s chips , the Lex Luthor of another Earth aid Task Force X and work against Brainiac after see what could find if his invasion and subsequent terraforming were to succeed firsthand .
Crisis on Infinite Earthsconcluded with the end of many Earths across the DC Multiverse , leaving just one remaining in an attempt to simplify the DC Universe for readers . Since then , however , many stories have endeavor to explore a wider Multiverse again . With how many DC cosmos exist again now there ’s some great potential for Rocksteady to rent players explore some of the more naturalized ones from other medium and see how they ’d cope with fend off Brainiac ’s intrusion , as well as the original ones that have already been designed for the plot .
Despite the destructive plot line in Suicide Squad : Kill the Justice League , there are still ways for Rocksteady to make a new Batman : Arkham game .
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What Other DC Universes Could Be Explored Across The Multiverse?
The Arkhamverse’s Task Force X Could Travel To Pre-Existing And Upcoming Universes
Brainiac has appeared in recent games such asNetherRealm’sInjustice 2alongside a " Multiverse " mode that saw players move around through a series of parallel worlds within the DC Universe and engagement against variant of some of their previous opposition . consider Warner Bros. owns both Rocksteady and NetherRealm , this would be an obvious collision point for the two games , asboth already feature interdimensional locomotion in some capacity . It would also be interesting to see how different versions of these characters interact base on their own experiences , such as theInjusticeuniverse ’s reformed version of Harley Quinn and her slenderly less reformed Arkhamverse twin .
There ’s also the possible action thatSuicide Squad : Kill the Justice League ’s Multiversal exploration could see the Arkhamverse interlink with the previously announced games set withinJames Gunn and Peter Safran ’s DC Universe . While nothing has been revealed about these game yet other than the fact they willtie into the shared universe ’s motion picture and showsand will feature the same player , characters such as Supermanhave already been confirm to be a part of this universe withSuperman Legacy , which has a handout particular date of July 11 , 2025 . There was some supposition that Brainiac may even make his cinematic debut inSuperman Legacy , butGunn addressed these rumorson Threads and BlueSky , saying , " Who knows what the future will bring ? " before reiterating that flop now all he care about isSupermanLegacy , which suggests that a Brainiac visual aspect may not be on the cards right now .
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