Meet Batman: Arkham World - The Batman Game That Doesn't Exist

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The reason we call it The Arkham Trilogy is because it has three games in it. Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, and Batman: Arkham Knight. There's a fourth game sometimes thrown in there too - Batman: Arkham Origins. However, as this prequel is largely disconnected from the story and was made by a different developer, using the Arkham name purely as a way to piggyback off the prestige of the trilogy, most players don't count it. However, there is a second fourth game in the trilogy - Arkham World. The problem with this game is that it doesn't exist.

For the past few weeks, the Batman: Arkham community on Reddit has been discussing the game at length, debating over the playable Alfred sections, the controversial Batman/Poison Ivy romance, the mesmerising title screen, complaining about spoilers, celebrating the game's anniversary, discussing the Killer Moth sex scene, and wondering whether the Batgirl skin will be removed from the game following the movie being pulled. Again, this game does not exist. It's not a fan game, it is completely made up. With every new post, every comment, every piece of fan art, the mythos of the game grew.

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It’s the perfect encapsulation of what a video game community is. A bunch of people with a shared interest all celebrating together. That it doesn't exist is irrelevant. Arkham is never getting another game. Suicide Squad being set in its universe feels like a technicality when there's a reimagined Harley and seemingly no other connection to Batman. It's people coming together to have fun - isn't that what video games are about? And, in perhaps an even better encapsulation of what a video game community is, the most