WB Games Montreal has finally revealed its long-rumored Batman project at DC Fandome, after months of teasers and rumors. As the rumors suggested, the game is called Batman: Gotham Knights, and features multiple playable characters from within the Bat-family. It’s coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X in 2021.
The reveal trailer showed Gotham City grappling with the death of Bruce Wayne. Before he went, though, he recorded a message calling the four protagonists into action: Nightwing, Robin, Batgirl, and Red Hood. The trailer showed each of them in action, including multiple heroes fighting together. The trailer ended with confirmation that the story will include the Court of Owls, with an eerie recitation of the poem from the comic book arc.
The developer chat and extended gameplay demo that followed seemed to suggest some degree of a live aspect to the game, with the ability to customize your hero and enemies shown with HP and level indicators. The studio said it chose each hero with for their “unique starting point and a long runway for growth.” A press release said players can “reinvent themselves into their own version of the Dark Knight.”
The studio has been dropping hints about the game since last September, but those teasers have accelerated in the last week. WB Montreal announced that its next game will be featured in a developer panel at the show, and then it began dropping clues through a teaser site that revealed a map and references to villains like Two-Face.
WB Montreal’s developer talk isn’t the only DC Comics-based video game planned for Fandome. At 5 PM PT Rocksteady will show Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. For more details on event, check out the full DC Fandome schedule.
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