• Rocksteady's Batman Trilogy Concludes with Batman: Arkham Knight

    Rocksteady Games has officially announced Batman: Arkham Knight, the conclusion to their popular Batman: Arkham series with the game setting occurring one year after the events of 2009's Batman: Arkham City.

    Expected to release on October 14 for PlayStation 4, X-Box One, and PC, the game will feature a drive-able Batmobile in a world five times as large as that found in Arkham City, split into three major areas. Villains announced for the game include Scarecrow, Harley Quinn, Two Face, Penguin, and the "Arkham Knight" - a new Gotham villain created specifically for the game by Rocksteady & DC.

    A July 2012 report from Variety suggested that the next game from Rocksteady would be a "new, highly stylized title" centered around Batman's first encounter with the Joker and based upon 1950s comics where Batman "teamed with other heroes like Superman and founded the Justice League of America." While the ending of Arkham City & Arkham Knight info virtually invalidates that rumor, some speculation has emerged that the next Batman franchise from Rocksteady may center around the Justice League and be released closer to the 2016 Batman vs. Superman movie as DC works to prep their counter to Marvel's Avengers movie franchise and incorporate the JLA into the consciousness of the American public.

    Early game information will continued to be released throughout the month of March at Game Informer and will be added to our Batman: Arkham Knight thread within the TGT Forums.

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      You can view the page at http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/for...-Arkham-Knight
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      Two screens from a foreign gaming magazine:

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      GameInformer has posted screens of Penguin, Riddler, and Two-Face.



      Riddler looks like Charlie Sheen to me this pic.
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      Here are two articles from Game Informer & IGN on the future of Rocksteady Games.

      Rocksteady is ready to end its time with the Batman: Arkham series.

      Rocksteady made the decision itself, so it's not like Warner Bros. or DC Comics have had their fill of the UK developer's work. Rocksteady's Dax Ginn said of bringing Arkham to a close, "the decision was a vision from us that our colleagues at Warner and DC Comics bought into, and it was decided, 'yeah, let’s do that.'

      "We’ve done all we can do here," Ginn says. "It’s…it’s kind of time for us to walk away from it."

      Ginn explains, "Anything we do is a collective decision between Rocksteady, Warner Brothers, and DC Comics. But it was something that we were really pushing for because we had a really clear vision for how this story should end, and the way we wanted it to end."

      None of this is to say, of course, that Rocksteady's future doesn't involve Batman at all. Warner Bros. and DC Comics could tap Rocksteady for a bigger-picture look at the DC Universe, whether that's in a Superman title, a Justice League game, or a new brand of Bruce Wayne. But Arkham is over for the team, presumably to be continued with WB Games Montreal, the studio behind Batman: Arkham Origins.
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      freaking awesome I can't wait! I need more great games like this.
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      The first gameplay trailer

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      BOOOOO
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      2015 is going to be the GREATEST year in the history of video games at this rate.
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      Quote Originally Posted by CLW View Post
      2015 is going to be the GREATEST year in the history of video games at this rate.
      That's the way it's looking with seemingly everything getting delayed to 2015.

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      The footage of the battle with the Batmobile last night. Damn!

      Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk
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      Pre-order bonuses may have been leaked.

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      Game has a release date: June 2, 2015.

      There will be two special editions.


      - Batman: Arkham Knight Limited Edition ($99.99)

      • Custom Art Book - 80 Page, Full Colour Art Book Showcasing the concept art of Batman Arkham Knight
      • Limited Edition SteelBook - Unique SteelBook case and game disc
      • Comic Book - Limited Edition DC Comics Batman: Arkham Knight #0 Comic Book
      • Exclusive Character Skin Pack - Three Unique Skins from DC Comics - The New 52
      • Batman Memorial Statue - Imposing statue commemorating Gotham's Protector, the Dark Knight



      - Batman: Arkham Knight Batmobile Edition (Cost: TBA)

      • Custom Art Book - 80 Page, Full Colour Art Book Showcasing the concept art of Batman Arkham Knight
      • Limited Edition SteelBook - Unique SteelBook case and game disc
      • Comic Book - Limited Edition DC Comics Batman: Arkham Knight #0 Comic Book
      • Exclusive Character Skin Pack - Three Unique Skins from DC Comics - The New 52
      • Transforming Batmobile Statue - Fully transformable Batmobile statue realised in exquisite detail by TriForce
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