Upcoming action shooter Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League will be in continuity with developer Rocksteady Studios' beloved Batman: Arkham trilogy. As welcome as that is, one inconsistency between the games has been obvious: the Deadshot in Kill the Justice League isn't the same one from the Arkham games. While it seems like Rocksteady was staying in line with the character's cinematic incarnation, they may have finally offered an in-universe explanation for the switch.The game's official Twitter account recently tweeted a mugshot of the game's Deadshot, with the caption "Fool had it coming. There's only one Deadshot." This tweet implies that the Deadshot in the Arkham games and comics was actually an imposter and appears to have paid for the impersonation with his life.Related: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Could Help Solve the Arkham Series' Biggest Problem

While it may feel like something of a no-prize, the switch needed some kind of explanation. While he wasn't a central character in the Arkham series, Deadshot was a memorable antagonist in the second game, Arkham City. He's the first foe Bruce Wayne encounters as he enters the citywide prison, and was hired by Arkham City's warden, Professor Hugo Strange, to assassinate targets that included Bruce Wayne and Batman.

While Deadshot obviously failed, he didn't come away empty-handed. He took out three political prisoners before Batman was able to stop him, saving Jack Ryder's life. Deadshot's gear would later be included as an Easter Egg in Arkham Knight, and he would also appear in the two prequel games Rocksteady didn't develop.

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In Batman: Arkham Origins, Deadshot was one of the 8 assassins hired by the Joker to take out an inexperienced Batman. Deadshot lured him to the Gotham Merchants Bank but was defeated, like the rest of Joker's gauntlet. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate picks up three months after the events of Origins and sees Deadshot, having just escaped from Blackgate in the midst of a riot, hired by each of the three villains who've taken control of a piece of the prison to kill Batman.

He took his shot when Batman was on his way to rescuing Blackgate's warden but failed again. The most important part of the game's narrative for Deadshot was a post-credits scene, where he was recruited to the Suicide Squad. Though never appearing as a member of the Suicide Squad in the Arkham games, he was a member of the Squad in the Arkham Knight prequel comics and the animated movie Assault on Arkham. However, it's unlikely this continuity will be referenced; those references come with their own continuity snarls, as two of his Kill the Justice League teammates, King Shark and Captain Boomerang, were killed in the spinoffs.

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Perhaps unfortunately for the notorious assassin, this isn't' the first time Deadshot has been impersonated. An impostor Deadshot appeared in a subplot in John Ostrander's seminal Suicide Squad run when an airport employee stole Deadshot's gear and went on a crime spree. Deadshot resolved this issue in the same fashion as his video game counterpart appears to have: he shot the impostor dead. True to Ostrander's more psychological take on the characters, shooting himself seriously affected the already troubled marksman to the point where he didn't patch the bullet hole in his mask.

It's not known how or even if this nod will be incorporated into the game or if this tweet was just a bit of one-off flavor for those paying attention. Fans still have quite a ways to learn what happened between the two Deadshots, though -- Kill The Justice League is still reportedly in the very early stages of development.

Developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is scheduled for release sometime in 2022 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

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