New Arkham Knight Game on the Way?
By: Bryce L. Jackson
Developer Rocksteady may be gearing up for one more round in Gotham City.
Useres on Reddit and ReserEra are posting that Rocksteady could announce their fourth and final entry in the Batman series at XO18. XO18 is a fan event. The game may include the Batfamily consisting of Batman', Tim Drake’s Robin, Nightwing, Red Hood, Batgirl, Batwoman, and Catwoman, and may include a multiplayer aspected in a world 50% bigger than Arkham Knight. The storyline predicted for the game would be centered around the Court of Owls.
Here’s a full list of the rumored details:
Batman Arkham Universe release date, platforms, modes, and gameplay
Release Date: Fall 2019
Current Gen: XB1/1X/PS4/PS4Pro/PC
Single player/Co-op/Multiplayer(specific modes)
Characters include the entire Batfamily: Batman, Robin(Tim), Nightwing, Batgirl, Batwoman, Catwoman, Red Hood
Gotham is about 1.5x the size of AK. Districts and neighborhoods have gone through complete overhaul.
Gotham is now a "living, breathing city"
Set Time of Day/Weather (Rain, Overcast, Snow)
There are random crimes such as car chases, bank robberies, muggings, and so forth.
Main Villain: Court of Owls
Story takes inspiration from the different Court of Owls storylines.
Every character is available in free roam.
Batman has a redesigned Batmobile(transport only) and the other characters have their cycles
Batcave serves as main hub for upgrades, character swaps, new missions, game modes
Game plays similar to past Arkham games, but there are new options for co-op: Dual takedowns in combat/stealth.
Stealth segments make you work together
Parkour has been expanded. Characters move a lot quicker and more fluid.
Main gadgets are the same except for a couple new additions.
New enemy types include Talons and Pilots(enemies that hover the battlefield, you have to either use a gadget or dual takedown to get them down)
Talons are the same as the ninja types from Arkham Knight. They can counter your counters and also have their own gadgets(knife, throwing knife)
Game takes place in the Arkhamverse, obviously
This is supposed to be Rocksteady's true "last hoorah" of Batman games.
- via NDTV Gadgets
XO18 will be held on November 10th in Mexico City so it will be a little while before we may get any more confirmations. Be sure to check back with us for updates on this developing story.