

In the wake of the Dark Knight’s demise, Bruce Wayne’s ragtag gang of current and former sidekicks step into the fray to fill his formidable shoes, and serves as a strong premise to what ultimately turns out to be a lackluster story full of foreseeable twists and unsurprising turns.Īs various criminal elements rush in to fill the power vacuum left by Batman, the ancient order known as The Court of Owls supposedly becomes the biggest threat facing Gotham, even if they don’t live up to that threat in practice. That mystery revolves around the death of none other than the Batman himself, which serves as a solid kicking-off point for a new generation of crime fighters to take the spotlight. Moreover, WB Games Montréal wanted to cast as wide a net as possible for gamers and let anyone with the previous console generation (i.e., the Xbox One and PlayStation 4) play the game.One key difference is that here you get to play as your choice of the four mostly lovable heroes (Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood, and Robin) as you zip around an open-world Gotham, delivering justice to all manner of superstitious cowards and unraveling a troubling mystery in the iconic city’s murky streets. The developer, WB Games Montréal, originally planned to release the game in 2021, but it later announced via Twitter that Arkham Knights would require more time and be pushed back to 2022. The wait for Gotham Knights has been long, arduous, and full of delays (and, for some gamers, cancelations). The only exception is West Coast gamers they get to start playing (or at least downloading) Gotham Knights at 9 pm on October 20. The account states Gotham Knights will feature a staggered release window and launch in each region at the stroke of their respective midnight. While that would give players a good 24-hour window of anticipation, the game’s Twitter page provides a much tighter ETA. While Suicide Squad is still a few months away (and is coming to us courtesy of the Rocksteady team), Gotham Knights and the team at WB Games Montréal are finally ready to take flight.Īccording to store pages such as Steam and the Gotham Knights team’s Twitter account, Gotham Knights will launch on October 21. Both titles feature a roster of popular DC Comics characters, they’re both multiplayer co-op titles, and they were developed by studios that had a hand in the legendary Batman: Arkham franchise. Those titles initially drew gamers’ attention due to a number of shared elements. announced two upcoming games: Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. During the 2020 DC FanDome virtual event, Warner Bros.
