At at present’s DC FanDome livestreaming occasion, WB Montreal introduced Gotham Knights, a brand new combat-focused Batman expertise that offers you management of Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, and Red Hood. In a teaser trailer that’s in engine, we see these heroes and vigilantes utilizing their particular talent units and levels of violence.
The teaser begins with a recorded message from Bruce Wayne, he is older than he was within the Arkham games, and has a grave message to report. This video being broadcast to his Bat-family means he is useless, the Batcave is destroyed, and Gotham’s villains comprehend it.
WB Montreal then gave us a have a look at gameplay that focuses on Batgirl. The demo begins along with her on a batcycle roaring down a freeway, implying the world is open and may be explored. It seems huge. We then see her use lots of the stealth and traversal methods from the Gotham games to discover an space patrolled by villains. She can grapple as much as excessive beams, use her cape to glide off of them, and sneak round to stay undetected. She is then joined by Red Robin, who seems to be managed by one other participant, however that half is simply hypothesis. Batgirl and Red Robin converse all through the demo, which sees them coming into a constructing frozen over by Mr. Freeze.
This space consists of some scripted moments, considered one of which has Batgirl falling onto ice and sliding down it right into a constructing’s inside. The structure, wealth of element, and lighting are all harking back to the Arkham sequence.
The demo concludes with Batgirl and Red Robin navigating a thick snowstorm and confronting Freeze in his chamber. They each interact him directly and he rains ice blasts on them. The game seems lovely and seems to be a real successor to the Arkham sequence. I can not wait to search out out extra about this title. You can see all the footage beneath:
Step Into The Knight and save Gotham from chaos. Welcome to #GothamKnights. pic.twitter.com/t6b9g1TBh9
— Gotham Knights (@GothamKnights) August 22, 2020
