James Gunn’s Latest Comments Are Great News For DC Games

After years of mismanaged projects and scattered plots, DC is getting a fresh start under the leadership of James Gunn. With this summer’s Superman jump-starting the new universe with resounding success, the obvious question has been what’s next for not only movies, but TV shows and video games.

DC hasn’t had much success with video games of late. The two most recent AAA titles, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and Gotham Knights, struck out with fans and critics alike. These failures have coincided with the release of Marvel video games, such as the Marvel’s Spider-Man series and Marvel Rivals, which have been met with universal praise, further contrasting the rival comic brands. Thankfully, James Gunn has addressed the future of DC games.

James Gunn Confirms DC Games Will Take Some Time

Changes At Warner Bros. Games May Have Caused Delays

In a recent interview with GamesRadar+, the director of Superman and Peacemaker spoke briefly on the current state of DC video games. Gunn stated, “There’s been some slight movement on different things”, and on more details, continued with, “we have a couple of little DC games coming out. But we also have talked about – and in early stages of planning – some bigger things”.

The main reason for a delay seems to be restructuring at Warner Bros. Games, the publisher behind Suicide Squad and Gotham Knights, as Gunn explained, “there’s been some changes in Warner Bros. Games, and so we’re dealing with new people”. He did mention one upcoming project, teasing “one thing in particular I’m excited about, but it does take time”. What that project could be is anyone’s guess, though the recently announced LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight could be a candidate.

DC Games Deserve A Fresh Start

A New, Wackier, Era Is In Order

It’s been a rough few years for DC in video games, and the franchise truly deserves, and needs, a new slate to begin again if it wants to avoid repeating past mistakes. While the news that DC games will take a while to start back up again, having a break to reset and find a new focus is a promising start to a new era of video games. With legacy characters just as fun and diverse as Marvel, it’s a shame that AAA DC games have mostly been regulated to Batman, Bat-Family characters, and Injustice for the past decade.

With James Gunn’s new take on DC coming to the big screen, it’s the perfect time to give DC games the same, fresh treatment. DC’s new era of interesting and underground characters like Mister Fantastic and Metamorpho could easily give DC games endless fodder for content, especially for varied gameplay. One of the main issues with Suicide Squad, beyond the forced live-service aspects, was that every character used a gun, right down to the talking shark.

Embracing the inherent wackiness of comic book heroes and their powers in video games would be the right call for DC games moving forward. Strange new side characters, fun stories, and single-player stories would help DC games fold into Gunn’s new vision for the DC brand, while also giving players something they’ve been asking for for years. While legacy characters do deserve attention in games, this new era of DC is the perfect time to bring in a more diverse roster.

Gotham Knights

Publisher

Warner Bros

Genre

Action, Role-playing

Mode

Single-player, multi-player

Platform

PS5

Rating

16