Rocksteady is finally back as Warner Bros. has officially announced Batman: Arkham Knight for PC, PS4 and Xbox One, due to release later this year. The Batmobile is finally here and driveable within a Gotham City area bigger than Arkham City. Scarecrow, Penguin, Two-Face and Harley Quinn return for this finale. Get a taste with the beautiful 4 minutes CG trailer and press release inside.
Update: Bigger, better HQ trailer added.
Epic Finale to Rocksteady Studios’ Critically-Acclaimed Videogame Series
Introduces Drivable Batmobile and Fully-Realized Gotham City
Burbank, Calif. – March 4, 2014 – 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.”
For more information on Batman: Arkham Knight, please visit www.batmanarkhamknight.com , https://www.facebook.com/BatmanArkham or https://twitter.com/BatmanArkham
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Commented on 2014-03-04 17:25:51Drivable Batmobile
Current gen only
Entirety of Gotham City
Based Rocksteady. I'm ready.
btw Not a fan of cgi trailers.It looks ok, but you know most of the kick-ass moves and some of the other stuff wouldn't be in the game.
Commented on 2014-03-04 17:34:13But, after Arkham Origins i am pretty much done with Batman series, wish they would do another IP instead.
Good to know its next gen only though.
Commented on 2014-03-04 17:34:24http://www.gameinformer.com/p/arkhamknight.aspx
Commented on 2014-03-04 18:05:37 In reply to Seth
Commented on 2014-03-04 18:40:50 In reply to mmulhohttp://www.gameinformer.com/p/arkhamknight.aspx
Also, here's the link of the Hub image itself:
http://media1.gameinformer.com/filestorage/Communi...
And below are the 2 images from GameInformer:
http://media1.gameinformer.com/filestorage/Communi...
http://media1.gameinformer.com/filestorage/Communi...
The batmobile looks so goddamn badass, it's side view and the wheel are crazy badass!!!
Only 3 months till E3 2014, where they definitely show gameplay (if not before then). So excited for this game!!!!! =D
Commented on 2014-03-04 18:49:37Still I am interested to see what the actual game-play looks like. At least it's next-gen only.
Amazing CGI though.
Commented on 2014-03-04 19:44:39btw i love the new media player
Commented on 2014-03-04 20:06:54The trailer could be using in-engine assets. It's unusual for CGI to have any kind of noticeable aliasing, but you can clearly see aliasing whenever it shows batman without his mask, and on the batmobile before he gets into it. Animation clearly betrays it. The actual game might not be that far off the trailer. You only need to look at game like Ryse and The Order.
As an aside, I would hope that the next proper Batman film looks like this in style and tone. I think it's perfect for how a modern Batman film should be. Not camp like Shumacher's attempts; not bland, and overly realistic like Nolans (sans Begins).
Commented on 2014-03-04 20:12:45Rocksteady! Can't go wrong.
Commented on 2014-03-04 20:17:25http://media1.gameinformer.com/filestorage/Communi...
The Trailer is definitely not.
Commented on 2014-03-04 20:29:36 In reply to MrWhite
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Commented on 2014-03-04 21:20:28 In reply to andrewsqualhttp://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1031542...
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Commented on 2014-03-05 00:55:28Fantastic Trailer. The first Next Game that truly gets me hyped!
Commented on 2014-03-05 01:48:46 In reply to b0vril
Commented on 2014-03-05 02:55:14holy shit!! Will buy on day 1 :)
Commented on 2014-03-05 17:06:39 In reply to CalderasRocksteady! Can't go wrong.
on a note to anyone who knows 'is the game in development with AMD or Nvidia'?