GOTHAM KNIGHTS Delayed Until 2022 In Order To "Deliver The Best Possible Experience For Players"

GOTHAM KNIGHTS Delayed Until 2022 In Order To "Deliver The Best Possible Experience For Players"

A firm 2021 release date for Gotham Knights was never revealed by WB Games. Montreal, but it's now been confirmed that we'll be waiting to play this one until at least next year. Read on for details...

By JoshWilding - Mar 19, 2021 09:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman: Arkham

During last August's DC FanDome event, WB Games. Montreal announced Gotham Knights, a game which takes us to Gotham City in the wake of the Caped Crusader's death in Batman: Arkham Knight

That means players will take control of members of the Bat Family: Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, and perhaps most intriguingly, Red Hood. Having tried out most of those in DLC for previous instalments of the Arkham series, that promises to be a lot of fun, and the trailers released so far have looked great.

Unfortunately, the game is no longer set to arrive in stores in 2021 as planned. 

As you can see in the statement below, the plan is for Gotham Knights to now be released in 2022 in order to "deliver the best possible experience for players." In other words, the co-op title simply won't be done in time, and the studio surely doesn't want a Cyberpunk 2077 situation on its hands! 

"Batman is dead," reads the synopsis. "It is now up to the Batman Family - Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin - to protect Gotham City, bring hope to its citizens, discipline to its cops, and fear to its criminals. You must evolve into the new Dark Knight and save Gotham from chaos."

Here's the official announcement about Gotham Knights' release date delay:
 

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GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/19/2021, 9:53 AM
CD Projekt Red:
Kurban
Kurban - 3/19/2021, 9:57 AM
Scrap it and make a Bat-Family Arkham Knight sequel like this was clearly supposed to be. And none of that looter/shooter rpg bs.
JohnCastillo
JohnCastillo - 3/19/2021, 10:06 AM
@Kurban - Yes... I was so disappointed that this wasn’t an Arkham sequel. Also please no more Riddler bullshit, maybe 50 trophies but 270? They can [frick] right off 😂
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 3/19/2021, 2:31 PM
@Kurban -
That's literally what it looked like until WB Games (bizarrely) stated that it wasn't an Arkham sequel. It literally looked EXACTLY an Arkhamverse game, like what the hell? Even the "evidence" people kept citing in the trailer doesn't really hold up.

"But Barbara's not paralyzed!"

Barbara's paralyzation wasn't permanent and her wheelchair is seen in the trailer. Barbara Gordon hasn't been Oracle in the comics since 2011 because of a microchip in her spine.

"But Mr. Freeze was implied to die!"

We never saw this happen and WB Montreal has a hard-on for Mr. Freeze.

"But Jim Gordon's death?"

Could have easily happened between Arkham Knight and this game. Even the video tape could be explained as one of several that Bruce Wayne filmed as a contingency. There are bigger continuity errors in Arkham Origins.

Meanwhile, Suicide Squad is in the Arkhamverse and it looks jackshit like an Arkham universe game. The visual style is more cartoony and exaggerated, the tone is way different, Deadshot is a different race, and characters who were killed off in the (non-canon?) animated film are present.
Kurban
Kurban - 3/21/2021, 10:06 AM
@Darkknight2149 - Honestly I could leave all that anyway and follow Knights continuity stronger. No Mr. Freeze, Cassandra Cain as Batgirl and Gordon is the Mayor.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 3/19/2021, 9:57 AM
Good. It’s time to stop this practice of putting out half finished games to the public with a “we will patch it later” mentality.

It has gotten so bad that I don’t even buy new games anymore. I wait a year and a half after it has been out so I get it cheaper and actually have a finished game that’s a more enjoyable experience.
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 3/19/2021, 9:58 AM
Yep, because history has shown us delaying games always leads to a good end product!



InfinitePunches
InfinitePunches - 3/19/2021, 10:01 AM
Arkham Knight was delayed 6 months and it was the perfect game. I can wait.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 3/19/2021, 10:05 AM
Game looks promising. If it means we don't get a glitchy mess on release I'm fine with a delay.
Vision85
Vision85 - 3/19/2021, 10:05 AM
This just looks like Arkham DLC but worse.
JohnCastillo
JohnCastillo - 3/19/2021, 10:08 AM
@Vision85 - Since the trailer is the only thing we can go off cause nothing else has been released I’m gonna have to respectfully disagree cause damn that was a good trailer, the game looks brilliant.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 3/19/2021, 10:13 AM
@Vision85 - I got a very Marvel's Avengers vibe from both this and the rocksteady SS game, I hope I'm wrong.
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