Gaming News After the failure of Suicide Squad, Rocksteady went back to basics: the studio would be working on a new Batman Arkham!
Even 15 years later, players still hold Rocksteady’s Batman Arkham in high regard. After the disappointing Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, it could well be that the English studio decides to go back to basics.
Arkham Year One
In 2009 Batman Arkham Asylum surprises the world of video games by becoming not only an undeniable commercial success but it has established itself as one of the best comic book-adapted games in history. The saga takes place between 2009 and 2015 Batman Arkham will contain 6 games, including the 3 main works of the trilogy directed by Rocksteady. Despite the apparent conclusion of the series in Batman Arkham Knight, Players will keep asking for Rocksteady to return with a superhero gameand if there were rumors about a game Supermanthen a new one Batman Arkham in which players would embody a Damian Wayne developing a futuristic version of the same universe, The British studio’s plans turned out to be completely different.
In fact, it was in 2020 when Rocksteady revealed it to the world Suicide Squad: Kill Justicehis first game in 5 years (excluding a VR spin-off). Unfortunately, the announcement is received very poorly by the public, to the point that he openly opposes the project when it turns out that it will adopt the gaming services economic modelwith everything that goes with it: Season Pass, DLC and other microtransactions. The rest probably sounds familiar: Suicide Squadalthough still supported by its developers, failed to convince the public and was officially declared a commercial failure.
The Dark Knight returns
But recently a leaker with the pseudonym Shpeshal_Nick sparked rumors of a new Batman game currently in production at Rocksteady. Pleasing, albeit unverifiable, information that does not provide any further details about the project and its progress or even if it is a new one Batman Arkham or whether Rocksteady wants to start another saga for the masked vigilante.
In any case, this change of direction, although highly anticipated by gamers, would be quite surprising for Warner Bros., as Warner Bros. had previously stated that it wanted to continue its investments in the gaming service, so this decision was not possible can be explained by the desire to make up for the failure of Rocksteady’s previous game. But while we wait for this hypothetical new one Batman Arkham, Players can still participate Batman: Arkham Shadowa VR spin-off, expected on October 22nd.
