Rocksteady’s Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker leave, Suicide Squad ‘nearly finished’

Sefton HILL, Rocksteady’s co-founders, and Jamie Walker, the studio head will be retiring at the close of the year. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment president David Haddad revealed this in an email published by Rocksteady Studios on Wednesday.

“With Killing the Justice League: Suicide Squad nearly finished, they have both decided to leave Rocksteady at the end of 2022 and will begin a new adventure in gaming,” Haddad wrote in the post. “We have the utmost respect and gratitude for Jamie and Sefton and wish them all the best in their new endeavor, and like many fans, we look forward to what they do next.” In light of Hill and Walker leaving Rocksteady Studios, Haddad announced that founding member Nathan Burlow will become the studio director at the company, while production director Darius Sadeghian will be promoted to studio production director.

Haddad is not the only one to comment on the letter. Burlow, Sadeghian and Hill also make comments, emphasizing their joy in Rocksteady Studios’ work and their enthusiasm for the future. “From the day we founded the company in 2004 all the way to today, Rocksteady has been our life and soul,” Hill and Walker wrote. “It has given us the opportunity to do what we love most: make great games with exceptionally talented people. The games that we all have made together are something we’re proud of, starting with our first. Urban ChaosTo the beloved Arkham series and the new epic Suicide Squad.”

Rocksteady Studios were accused in August 2020 of not acting on harassment claims and sexism that they received from the company. This was following The Guardian’s report.

News of Killing the Justice League: Suicide Squad’s development dates back as early as July 2010. The upcoming game set in the same universe as the Batman: Arkham games that made Rocksteady’s name, and will take place months after the events of 2015’s Batman: Arkham Knight.

The March of this year was Killing the Justice League: Suicide SquadAfter being initially announced at DC FanDome 2020, the release date was pushed back to 2023.