Last night someone going by the name of "anonRocksteady" posted a thread to various subreddits detailing Rocksteady's new game. Not surprisingly, it's another Batman game. Here's the deets:
Rocksteady rumors have been coming in like hot cakes lately, and while this could be piggybacking off the last few, there seems to be at least some merit to it.
Reddit users have identified that various "Arkham Universe" domains were registered by WB Interactive a few years ago, the same time that Arkham Origins, Arkham Knight, and supposedly the cancelled WB Montreal Arkham game were all created.
With what we know about Rocksteady's game (that it isn't Superman or Justice League, but it is a game featuring "superheroes" and contains GaaS multiplayer elements) this could very well be true.
X018 is about a month away, and while Rocksteady in the past was partnered with Sony, last year WB's other AAA studio, Monolith had Shadow of War partnered with Microsoft. Possibly could be a turning of the tide for WB.
Let me start off by saying that Rocksteady isn't making that Harry Potter game. That's Avalanche Software, WB's new studio they purchased last year. To all those who were hoping that Rocksteady was moving on from the Arkhamverse and making a different type of DC game, I'm sorry, but they aren't. There's no Justice League or Superman game in development.
Rocksteady's new multiplayer Batman game is scheduled to get announced at X018. Here's everything I know:
- Title: DC's Arkham Universe
- Release Date: Fall 2019
- Current Gen: XB1/1X/PS4/PS4Pro/PC
- Single player/Co-op/Multiplayer(specific modes)
- Characters include the entire Batfamily: Batman, Robin(Tim), Nightwing, Batgirl, Batwoman, Catwoman, Red Hood
- Gotham is about 1.5x the size of AK. Districts and neighborhoods have gone through complete overhaul.
- Gotham is now a "living, breathing city"
- Set Time of Day/Weather(Rain,Overcast,Snow)
- There are random crimes such as car chases, bank robberies, muggings, and so forth.
- Main Villain: Court of Owls
- Story takes inspiration from the different Court of Owls storylines.
- Every character is available in free roam.
- Batman has a redesigned Batmobile(transport only) and the other characters have their cycles
- Batcave serves as main hub for upgrades, character swaps, new missions, game modes
- Game plays similar to past Arkham games, but there are new options for co-op: Dual takedowns in combat/stealth.
- Stealth segments make you work together
- Parkour has been expanded. Characters move a lot quicker and more fluid.
- Main gadgets are the same except for a couple new additions.
- New enemy types include Talons and Pilots(enemies that hover the battlefield, you have to either use a gadget or dual takedown to get them down)
- Talons are the same as the ninja types from Arkham Knight. They can counter your counters and also have their own gadgets(knife, throwing knife)
- Game takes place in the Arkhamverse, obviously
- This is supposed to be Rocksteady's true "last hoorah" of Batman games.
Rocksteady rumors have been coming in like hot cakes lately, and while this could be piggybacking off the last few, there seems to be at least some merit to it.
Reddit users have identified that various "Arkham Universe" domains were registered by WB Interactive a few years ago, the same time that Arkham Origins, Arkham Knight, and supposedly the cancelled WB Montreal Arkham game were all created.
With what we know about Rocksteady's game (that it isn't Superman or Justice League, but it is a game featuring "superheroes" and contains GaaS multiplayer elements) this could very well be true.
X018 is about a month away, and while Rocksteady in the past was partnered with Sony, last year WB's other AAA studio, Monolith had Shadow of War partnered with Microsoft. Possibly could be a turning of the tide for WB.