I think that one can say most fans of the Batman: Arkham series are scared. Recently
Batman: Arkham Origins has been confirmed. It has been said that Rocksteady isn't developing it, Conroy isn't voicing it, and Dini isn't writing it. While it does look good so far we can confirm that guided by Geoff Johns and the rest of DC Comics, the new game is being written by Dooma Wendschuch and Corey May of Sekretagent Productions, the team behind games such as Assassin's Creed and the earlier Army of Two entries. In a interview with Gameinformer, Geoff Johns was asked the following:
Can you describe the early discussions on Arkham Origins?
We talked about what would be interesting to explore, what story they wanted to tell -- it was all character based at first. The story is the first thing we spoke about, and what the world would be like, what Batman would be like, what certain characters would be like. You would see characters roll back like Penguin or characters you’ve seen before, what they looked like, what their relationships were, and how that would eventually evolve into the Arkham games.
How did it progress from there?
It’s a lot of conference calls at first when we’re talking big, big picture. We try to do at least video conference calls and talk about it. Eric [Holmes, creative director] was out here and Ames [Kirshen, executive producer WBIE] and I would go out and have drinks or whatever and talk about it in general. The day-to-day is really trying to support them and let them tell what their vision is. With all my friends that love comic books it's just the same type of thing - "Wouldn’t this be cool?" It was an absolute pleasure. We're constantly talking about things that are either story-driven, character-driven, or game-driven. It changes all the time.
Here is a video of the creative director Eric Holmes and narrative director/writer Dooma Wendschuch talk about creating a less polished Batman, his relationship with both Alfred and Penguin, the Christmas setting, and how they were inspired by classic comic books such as Batman: Year One.
While I'm not the biggest Johns fan, I did love
Batman: Earth One and I do love where the story to
Batman: Arkham Origins is heading. What are your thoughts of Johns helping writing the game? Excited or afraid? Comment below. Peace.