Batman: Arkham Knight announced (by Rocksteady)

Technology and Gaming
#1

"Explosive finale in the Batman Arkham series where players will take to the rooftop and now – the roads of Gotham as for the first time the iconic Batmobile becomes driveable”.
Set one year after the events of Arkham City, Game Informer states that a entirely new area of Gotham City is featured in the game, and the map is “far larger than Arkham City”.
The streets are wider to accommodate the Batmobile, and villains include Scarecrow, Penguin, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, and others.
Trailer

Box Art

Game is coming out for PC,PS4 and Xbox One later this year.

#2

I’m hyped by default when it comes to Rocksteady games.

#3

Thank god. That was sorely missing from the last game.

#4

Next-Gen and PC only. Not held back by the previous gen. Yissss.

#5

^That’s great. I can’t say I really enjoyed any of the Batman games though. Asylum was fine but I never felt the desire to play anymore after playing for a bit. Haven’t played City but I’ve heard it’s the best. Origins isn’t very good but that isn’t made by the same people. Kind of looking forward to this but I really need to get around to finishing Asylym and playing City.

#6

I’am guessing you stopped reading there?

#7

Details from GameInformer:

  • Last Batman game for Rocksteady, will work on something totally new next.
  • Single Player only
  • The game looks gorgeous,huge(it’s built on a “juiced-up” version of Rocksteady’s custom modified Unreal engine).
  • They spend a bunch of time talking about how detailed the models are, one character has more polygons than the environment of Asylum.
  • Claim that Batmobile alone cannot be rendered on Xbox 360.
  • Takes place in a new central zone of Gotham; split into 3 islands. Area is roughly 5 times the size of the Map in Arkham City.
  • No load times at all,entering buildings is seemless.
  • Increased the top glide speed and lengthened his hang time to compensate the larger area.
  • The city streets are much wider to allow for the batmobile. You will rocket jump off ramps and do all sorts of cool maneuvers.
  • Batmobile can be called at any moment with a button.
  • You can launch into a fast glide from the Batmobile just like the trailer.
  • Batmobile fires missles and stun guns. It destroys anything it touches so if you bump into cars the cars go flying. It’s basically unstoppable.
  • Story is that after Joker’s death all the criminals decided to work together and their plan comes together this night where they plan to kill batman. The article talks mostly about Scarecrow, he scattered bombs throughout Gotham
  • Arkham Knight isn’t just the name of the game… it’s also the name of the [new] villain.
  • Oracle will play a larger role, you get to visit her base and talk to her, tons of batman easter eggs included.
  • Kevin Conroy is Batman, all the previous voice actors are back.
  • Fear Takedowns. ie, burst out of grate, action slows down allowing you to target another goon for another attack and so on. Can be used on groups up to 3 as long as they’re close enough together and no one has already spotted Batman.
  • All quickfire gadgets can now be used during flight.
  • Combat tweaks (for example, you can throw by tilting left towards the opponent and hitting counter)
#8

Awesome! I can’t wait to get this game!

#9

Hooray! Another addition to my PC collection.

#10

Concept art & screenshots …looks pretty good.

#11

I’ll have to get around to playing Arkham City and buying Arkham Origins at some point…

#12

okay

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1600×900 133 KB

its officially the future, these graphical improvements only took 3 years to happen

#13

why is a coke bottle stabbed into his face instead of a monicle thats stupid

#14

He got it after some shenanigans involving poker. I still think it’s better than a monocle.

Fucking sweet man. Origins was the most meh of all the mehs that ever existed. It even overtook Halo in that department, what an achievement.

#15

Oh, fuck off.

#16

Releasing in 2014 :what: . Rocksteady ROCKS!!![/SIZE]

#17

So I just started Arkham Asylum…

#18

Ok, thanks for sharing that with us.

#19

I wish I could just be starting Arkham Asylum for the first time…

I trust Rocksteady to make this series fresh and great again. Origins was fine, but it definitely felt like it was made by the B-team (which it was).

#20

I actually never managed to finish Arkham Asylum. I got to that one boss fight where you fight a bunch of guys on a floor that electrifies in sections, gave up after repeatedly failing, and never bothered to get back into the game.

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