The next game in the Batman Arkham mythos has finally been revealed after being teased almost a year ago. Yesterday during DC FanDome’s Hall of Heroes panels, Gotham Knights was revealed with a couple of trailers, including first looks at gameplay.
Step Into The Knight and save Gotham from chaos. Welcome to #GothamKnights. pic.twitter.com/t6b9g1TBh9
— Gotham Knights (@GothamKnights) August 22, 2020
The game is set in Gotham City following the “death” of Batman. After the planned destruction of the Batcave, a video went out to the allies of Batman stating that the Caped Crusader is dead and it won’t take long for criminals to notice. Batman calls upon his allies, posthumously, to take up the mantle of Gotham’s new protectors because it doesn’t seem like there’s anyone left to do so. The GCPD has turned its back on masked vigilantes following Commissioner Gordon’s death. The call is answered by Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and the Red Hood, who will all be playable in Gotham Knights.
Mr. Freeze is featured in an antagonistic role, but the real big bad is seemingly the Court of Owls, a mysterious faction created by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo in 2011’s New 52 reboot of the Batman comic series. During the reveal, it was also teased that the mysteries of Gotham Knights lie far deeper than the Court of Owls. We’ll have to wait and see just what that deeper mystery could be.
WB Games Montreal previously gave us Arkham Origins, which wasn’t too great. But from what we’ve seen of Gotham Knights so far, I’m pretty optimistic once again. The Arkham series was the brainchild of Rocksteady Games, who announced their own game, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, later in the day.
Gotham Knights has a current release window of 2021. Check out the gameplay trailer down below to see some of the chilling combat with Mr. Freeze.
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