Batman: Arkham Knight (2015)
Batman: Arkham Knight is a 2015 hack and slash/beat 'em up video game made by Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
Gotham empties overnight. Scarecrow threatens the city with his fear toxin and pulls its worst criminals into one campaign to break the Dark Knight for good. You play Batman across a rain-slicked open Gotham, gliding between rooftops, gadgeting through locked towers, and now driving the Batmobile straight through the chaos. Rocksteady's free-flow combat still snaps between a dozen thugs at once, and the stealth predator rooms reward patience. The final chapter of the Arkham games, loud, moody, and built like a comic-book noir.
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What is Batman: Arkham Knight about?
Gotham empties overnight. Scarecrow threatens the city with his fear toxin and pulls its worst criminals into one campaign to break the Dark Knight for good. You play Batman across a rain-slicked open Gotham, gliding between rooftops, gadgeting through locked towers, and now driving the Batmobile straight through the chaos. Rocksteady's free-flow combat still snaps between a dozen thugs at once, and the stealth predator rooms reward patience. The final chapter of the Arkham games, loud, moody, and built like a comic-book noir.
When was Batman: Arkham Knight released?
Batman: Arkham Knight was released on 23 June 2015.
Who made Batman: Arkham Knight?
Batman: Arkham Knight was made by Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
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A few thoughts on Batman: Arkham Knight
For the same Gotham in ink and shadow, The Dark Knight gives you the definitive live-action Batman, all moral pressure and rising dread. Batman: The Animated Series is where this brooding, art-deco version of the character was forged, still the gold standard for the world and its rogues. Both share the game's noir bones.
More brooding Batman across film and game
Batman: Arkham Knight sends the Dark Knight through a Gotham drowning in fear toxin, and these keep that grim, rain-slicked tone. Nolan's trilogy entries, Burton's Batman Returns, and the Arkham game that started it all share the same haunted hero, tragic villains, and a city always one bad night from chaos.
Open-world games where the city itself is a character
Arkham Knight turns Gotham into an open playground you glide and drive across. These build the same kind of living open world, where the city or wilds react to you: the crime-soaked streets of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead, the vast maps of Skyrim, Zelda, and Assassin's Creed, all made for roaming.
Cinematic single-player action with a story pulling you forward
Arkham Knight wraps its free-flow combat in a heavily directed, cinematic campaign. These hit that same blockbuster feel, pushing you through set-pieces and tight action with a strong story pulling you along, from God of War and The Last of Us to Uncharted, BioShock, and Half-Life 2.