Gotham Knights Could Be the Pre-Show for Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
In the wake of DC-related gaming franchises since Batman: Arkham Knight in 2015, fans have been left without any AAA DC games to look forward to besides titles related to LEGO and Telltale’s episodic Batman series. It only makes sense, then, that the two developers who would eventually produce the next two AAA DC titles are WB Games Montreal and Rocksteady, both of whom were responsible for delivering the Batman: Arkham series and its related content.
WB Games Montreal is developing Gotham Knights, while Rocksteady is developing Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Upon announcement of both games, fans were understandably alarmed to learn that Batman would not be a playable protagonist in either. Instead, both games feature new slates of playable characters in either single-player or co-op, where all members of Gotham Knights’ Bat Family are playable and all members of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s Task Force X are playable. Therefore, Gotham Knights is an appetizer that can prepare fans for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s main course.
Gotham Knights Features The 'Biggest Version of Gotham in Video Games'
Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League were both originally scheduled to release in 2022. This has obviously changed since Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League announced its delay into 2023, and fans will have to wait even longer now before the launch of Rocksteady’s newest game.
It is undetermined whether Gotham Knights was deemed truly ready for a 2022 release and therefore did not need a delay itself, or if a delay was an option that only Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was offered. But either way, Gotham Knights’ insistence on releasing this year ensures that fans will
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