Rumour: Is the Unannounced Batman Game Called Arkham Legacy?

"Pray for no Batmobile in the comments below."

i'll be honest yes it did overstay it's welcom in Knight BUT once you cleared out the streets it was great to use the Batmobile to get around Gotham (i used the 1989 one if your wondering) so as a means of traversing a large open world i would be fine with it being there

i just don't want it to be a the main crux of the game

Wonder how they are going to crowbar the Joker into this one?! Maybe his twin brother comes to Gotham and is driven mad by the Court of Owls before snapping and destroying the entire city ... would make a good TV show if nothing else

@PhantomXIII well A. Knight already had playable Robin, Nightwing, Red Hood and Batgirl, so in essence we've already had a family game. This would just be more of the same.

@PhantomXIII ah yeah sorry, it's usually referred to as the bat family!

@PhantomXIII that’s right. Batman Family is a commonly used term for his friends and allies. Probably can definitely expect to see Nightwing, Robin and Oracle and if I’m dreaming we would get Batwoman and Stephanie Brown as either Spoiler or Batgirl (she is the only character to have been both Robin and Batgirl at some points).

Personally I’d love it if it was a version of the Batman and Robin comic by Grant Morrison from 2009. That had Dick Grayson as Batman and Damien as Robin and is really fantastic. If they did a mash up of that and Court of Owls I’d be very pleased.

Interestingly, comic book movie insider Thomas Polito has replied to the tweet, seeming to imply that the information is true?

But as with all leaks/rumours/gossip/speculation I believe it when the damn thing is actually announced.

@PhantomXIII They aren't married, they were going to get married in issue 50 of the current run but Selina got cold feet and left him at the alter. The last page of the comic revealed that it was all Banes plan to break Batman....

The current Batman series is a bit weird as the writer they have on it (Tom King) was very vocal about him writing a 100 issue epic (he's currently at 81) and it would end in a massive series change that would change Batman forever! A few months ago DC announced they are replacing him at issue 85 and he would finish off his series in a new title called Batman and Catwoman. No one really knows if he's still going to be allowed to make the change or not. Also the current rumour is they are going to continue with standard Batman stuff till issue 100 and then relaunch it with a new younger Batman as part of a massive thing where they relaunch all the big heroes with new people in the costumes.

I do love comics but I can't in good conscience recommend you get super into them as it can get really confusing at time (and my other hobbies are building Quadcopters and D&D).

If you want to read some good Batman I would highly recommend the first 2 volumes of the New 52 Batman (The Court of Owls and City of Owls) as they are both really really good and seem to be what the new game will be based on.

@FullbringIchigo I feel the bat mobile ruined the "boss" fights, especially at the end.
I hated the damn thing and put no upgrade points into it and the last section was a knightmare!

Although I shall play it and most likely enjoy my time with a new Batman, part of me wishes that Rocksteady would apply their talents to a new IP.

That’s kind of anticlimatic, I though rocksteady will tackle another superhero IP. Oh well, more great batman games is nice I guess

@PhantomXIII It's more than Selina got tricked by Bane (basically her maid of honour is working for him and she kept up with some underhanded comments) than she's working with him. It gets a lot more in depth than that and there's a bunch of stuff about people coming over from alternative timelines and stuff so I'd say it's not the best thing to read if you are new to Batman.

Comic book sales have been trending down since the 90s crash with the current best selling books selling between 100k-200k (outside of anniversary issues and hyped number ones). It's really a problem of comics mainly being sold in comics shops with not a lot of opportunities for new readers to come in. Not sure how well DC will do with their new initiative (it's called 5G for 5h generation) but I've got my fingers crossed it's not terrible.

Quadcopters are super cool! I do the racing/freestyle stuff more than the boring aerial photography stuff. It gets me out of the house exploring the countryside more and my electronics and soldering skills are dramatically better than before I started

@wiiware This is a different game, it's not what Rocksteady is working on.

Loved the batmobile and tank mode rocked — just more than a few too many of those battles.

I think the game belongs to WB montreal the same team behind batman orgins.

RockSteady in multiple occasions confirmed they are working in something special, but not another batman game.

for me I loved the Arkham trilogy from Rocksteady never tried orgins tho.

Hope it's more Origins than Knight. I have such a soft spot for Origins, it was so good, just really underrated. Knight was the biggest let down for me, it is the only one that I have never replayed (with the rest being replayed 2 or 3x each). I was burned out on Bat games, but I am ready for a new one now, it's been too long.

@nookie_egg I'll take anything over Knight, that game was a massive let down for me. It made me go back and play Origins, which I too really liked. The only thing I hated in Origins was how many villains there was.

I think they need to make a John Wick game. They are the one company that can truly do it justice.

Too bad it is another Batman game. I thought Asylum was one of my favorite of all time game and the rest got worse as it went on. I don't see how adding more playable characters makes it better.

@Gumbopudding Very few playable characters feel like they’re not BTman with less gadgets. The Joker from Asylum, Red Hood (because of lethal guns), and Harley Quinn are the only ones to actually feel substantially different. Well, I guess Catwoman dorta fits it too, but not entirely. But for the most part they’re nonsense adding in my opinion.
And they haven’t touched what’s easily the best alternate character Joker, since Asylum.

How about being able to fly the Batwing this time around? Or maybe ride the Batcycle.