Batman is one of the most iconic characters we’ve seen on the big screen, but he also has some of the most beloved game sagas among fans, and the Arkham trilogy has managed to become one of those sagas that are practically cult. Now we can see a new game of Batman in the next few years, and we are not talking about the new one that they are going to launch in VR, but about a title that would take place in the universe of this superhero created by Matt Reeves, the director of the last film that came out of this character.
More and more companies are teaming up to create new titles based on characters that haven’t had the prominence they deserve for some time, and the latest games released in the Batman universe haven’t performed as well as one might have expected. Suicide Squad and Gotham Knights are the last two titles in which we’ve been able to see the DC universe, and this new information fits in with the rumors we saw a few months ago about how James Gunn said we’d see more games based on the Arkham universe.
Rumors suggest we might see a new Batman game
There are a lot of superhero games out there, but few have ended up becoming some of the most important ones that can be found, and it is clear that the Arkham trilogy of games is the one we have to mention in this case. With the arrival of the first game in 2009, many fans shook their heads at seeing such an impressive game. Arkham Asylum
With the next two titles, Arkham City and Arkham Knight, things only got better, between new mechanics, better graphics and an extremely entertaining story, they managed to become one of the best trilogies that can be found currently. Now, it is likely that we will see this superhero return with a different setting, and it could come from the universe that Matt Reeves created in 2022 for the film “The Batman”.
This comes from a rumor (so as you know, take it with a grain of salt) that AT&T tried to sell Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in 2020 for $4 billion, but they considered it too valuable to end up selling. When David Zaslav became president of Warner Bros. Discovery, many advised him to eliminate the video game division.
But Zaslav still sees the games unit as a necessary product, mainly because WBD’s various divisions are starting to collaborate more closely on various projects such as the upcoming Penguin HBO series as well as a new game related to this character, both based on the universe of the film Batman of 2022.
This would imply that we could see a new title that could have Penguin himself as the protagonist (although it would be more of a strategy title as we can imagine), or that the new game that takes up Batman’s story focuses on his fight with this iconic villain.