Rocksteady's upcoming "Batman: Arkham Knight" title will feature many villains, and some familiar faces will be back to terrorize Gotham.
Game Informer revealed the latest images of the revamped villain for "Batman: Arkham City," including Scarecrow, Two Face, The Riddler and more. David Hego, the game's art director, told the gaming website revamping the character designs was a challenge.
"We tried to add something to the characters, so you're still excited about them even after meeting them for the third time," Hego told Game Informer. "How can we make these guys exciting, even after seeing them again? Every time, we make them look better and better and better, but at the same time, how can we improve the story behind them?"
Lead character artist Albert Feliu also talked to the gaming magazine about the revamped villains. Check out what Feliu told Game Informer about some of your favorite characters below. (Click here to view the character photos)
1. The Riddler
"It's something we try to put in the characters," Feliu said. "If you had to work overtime, for example, you would start the night with your jumper on and everything, and as the time went by you'd probably take your jumper off, open your shirt, take your tie off, have a coffee. The Riddler is a character who has a cool framework, and we didn't want to change it too much - we like his shirts with question marks and silly glasses and greasy hair."
2. Penguin
"In Arkham City, he's a collector," Feliu explained to Game Informer. "He works out of a museum and he looks like he's in the mafia." Arkham City was set during Christmas, so most of the villains were bundled up. Scarecrow's plot is appropriately timed for Halloween, which necessitates a wardrobe change. "This time, we went for autumnal mafia," Feliu says, laughing. "We took the coat off, and the concept of Penguin was more of a dirty dude. Obviously his shirt is rolled up and sweaty, and he has food stains on it. But still, he's really powerful. He's got a golden chain, as well. We had to be a bit crazy with this character, and working with his design. And we shaved his head. He's proper filthy, you know. It makes you want to punch him even more."
3. Two Face
"With Two Face, we thought he was a really strong character already," Feliu says. Half of former prosecutor Harvey Dent was burned by acid, and his clothing has been modified to reflect his scarred exterior and interior. "OK, that was Arkham City; what can we do to make him look different, right? We just rolled up his sleeves and made him look really next-gen. We took some references of really filthy, burnt flesh - which is what we do most of the time, which is quite cool - and tried to make him look as badass as we could."
