2015's "Batman: Arkham Knight" aspires to be the "ultimate Batman simulator," according to British developer Rocksteady Studios. The developer's marketing manager, Guy Perkins, described in a new interview what this title needs to achieve for Rocksteady to feel confident about the overall experience it has created.
"If people walk away thinking this is the ultimate Batman simulator, then our job is complete," he commented to IGN. "We gave them Gotham City, we gave them Batman at the height of his powers, and we gave them the Batmobile. I think those three elements come together to make a great game. If people go away feeling like it was awesome, we've done a good job."
"Arkham Knight" is the third game in the series from Rocksteady, following the original "Arkham Asylum" (2009) and "Arkham City" (2011). Last year's "Arkham Origins" was developed by Warner Bros. Montreal. The first two games in the series were excellent; the third not so much, so it is good to see the game fully under development by the fine folks at Rocksteady once again.
"Arkham Knight" was originally targeted to launch this fall, but publisher Warner Bros. delayed it to 2015 right before E3. The game is now scheduled to launch in June 2015 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
A very well-made fan trailer (so well made it fooled me at first blush...), that's a mish-mash of all the CGI trailers that have been released so far, is below. Get your batarangs ready, because this is one title that has the potential to live up to all the lofty hype...
