Gotham Knights, now next-gen only, showcases gameplay with Nightwing on a glider and more

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Gotham Knights, the upcoming superhero title featuring the extended roster of Batman, has debuted a new trailer featuring Nightwing and Redhood. The title has also confirmed rumors of it being released only on Xbox Series X|S and PS5 for consoles.

Both WB Montreal's Gotham Knights and Rocksteady's upcoming Suicide Squad Kills the Justice League builds upon the success of the Barman Arkham series and aims to evolve the series in a new direction.

While, unlike Suicide Squad, Gotham Knights isn't a sequel to the Arkham series, it retains familiar gameplay mechanics and narrative style.

While fans hoped to revisit Gotham Knights and learn more about the game before its release during the upcoming Summer Game Fest 2022, WB Montreal brought the treat early.

Today, WB Games showcased a newly extended gameplay snippet featuring two former Robins, Dick "Nightwing" Grayson and Jason "Redhood" Todd.

The gameplay kicked off with Nightwing and Redhood tackling a group of thugs on top of a Gotham skyscraper. The starting scene reiterated the co-op feature and showcased the different fight styles of the characters, Nightwing's acrobatic style with the twin escrima sticks and Redhood's brawler esque blending in duel pistols.

WB Montreal, the developers behind Gotham Knights, previously developed Arkham Origins, a prequel to the Arkham series, as well as multiple story expansions for Rocksteady's Arkham Knight.

While this game is in many ways an evolution of the iconic Arkham series, this gameplay snippet perfectly showcases how they are evolving the familiar gameplay tropes and are moving away from Batman, both narratively and mechanically.

Each of the four playable characters, Batgirl, Nightwing, Redhood, and Red Robin, has a different skill