Gotham Knights Map Size: The ‘Biggest Version’ of Batman’s City in a Game Ever

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Gotham Knights — the upcoming superhero role-playing game that supports two-player campaign co-op — is going to have the biggest Gotham City map ever found in an open-world Batman game, the Gotham Knights developers WB Games Montréal have revealed. Of course, map size isn't directly equivalent to the game being better, as several Assassin's Creed games showed to their detriment. But I suppose some Batman fans — and those who enjoy Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, and Red Hood — will be happy to hear that Gotham Knights will give them the freedom to explore a lot of Batman's birthplace.

“It's pretty big. I haven't put one map over the other, but our Gotham is a big place,” Gotham Knights game director Geoff Ellenor told Game Informer in an interview published earlier this week. “I tend to spend a lot of my Zoom calls on the Batcycle driving around Gotham. It is one of the fastest and most chill (sic) ways to move around the city. It feels like a big place.”

Gotham Knights executive producer Fleur Marty added: “For sure it's the biggest version of Gotham [City] that has been represented in video games. The most important thing for us is its density and verticality. It has a lot of layers. The Batcycle is the long-range mode of transportation.” The verticality mention is particularly interesting to me, because it suggests players will be able to scale high buildings, as with superhero games such as Marvel's Spider-Man.

Having a big map to explore with friends as superheroes on Gotham Knights is certainly promising, though I hope that as with Assassin's Creed games — apologies for the repeated dunks, but you know what I mean — the huge Gotham City map isn't filled with boring or meaningless side quests. No one wants icons for the