Batman: Arkham Knight Arriving This Year – Trailer, Game Informer, Final Arkham Game & More!
Update: It seems that GameStop US has let slip the release date of Batman: Arkham Knight before Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. According to GameStop Batman: Arkham Knight will release on October 14th, in which its safe to assume that it will be a worldwide release date. The image below also reveals that pre-orders will come with some Harley Quinn DLC and that she will be playable in the game. I believe it is also safe to assume that Warner wont be best to pleased that a retailer has announced the release date before they have….oops!
The final Batman game from Rocksteady’s Arkham series will release this year for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Batman: Arkham Knight will be set after the events of Arkham City and will conclude the Arkham saga. To help mark this spectacular occasion, not only will Arkham Knight feature on the cover of the April edition of Game Informer Magazine, but they have also released an exclusive four minute trailer.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocksteady Studios’ conclusion to the series of award-winning, best-selling titles Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. Batman: Arkham Knight is based on DC Comics’ core Batman license and will be available exclusively for the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC. The game is scheduled for release worldwide in 2014.
In the explosive finale to the Arkham series, Batman faces the ultimate threat against the city he is sworn to protect. The Scarecrow returns to unite an impressive roster of super villains, including Penguin, Two-Face and Harley Quinn, to destroy The Dark Knight forever. Batman: Arkham Knight introduces Rocksteady’s uniquely designed version of the Batmobile, which is drivable for the first time in the franchise. The addition of this legendary vehicle, combined with the acclaimed gameplay of the Batman Arkham series, offers gamers the ultimate and complete Batman experience as they tear through the streets and soar across the skyline of the entirety of Gotham City.
“Batman: Arkham Knight is the pinnacle game of our hugely successful franchise, and we are giving players the most expansive, impressive title in the series,” said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “The Rocksteady Studios team is continuing to focus on the excellent gameplay for which they are known while delivering a thrilling new experience for gamers and Batman fans.”
“The team at Rocksteady Studios is putting a tremendous amount of work into delivering the final chapter of our Batman: Arkham trilogy so that fans can feel what it’s like to be the Batman,” said Sefton Hill, Game Director at Rocksteady Studios. “We’re excited to be developing the game for next-gen platforms, which has allowed us to bring to life the design elements that we envisioned from the beginning such as the Batmobile and how it augments Batman’s abilities, to the fully detailed and realized Gotham City.”
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What possibly excites me more than most regarding this announcement (other than it being released on the PS4 & Xbox One), is that the city is now designed with wider streets to accommodate driving sections of the game, which it’s safe to assume that we will finally get to drive the Batmobile. Batman: Arkham Knight will star the likes of Harley Quinn (who is bound to be a little pissed off following that ending of Arkham City), Penguin, Scarecrow, Two-Face, possibly Hush and much more.
The April edition of the Game Informer Magazine will feature 14 pages dedicated to Batman: Arkham Knight, you can get your subscription right HERE.
