WB REJECTED Rocksteady's Superman Game

But that doesn't mean he won't show up in the studio's next project.

By Josh Brown /

Warner Bros.

Following the release of Arkham Knight, all leaks and rumours pointed towards one thing: Rocksteady would be moving away from Batman and tackling Superman with their next project. Not only were apparent leaks pointing towards it, but considering the team had a history of teasing their future games in new releases, the volume of references to Superman, Metropolis and Lex Luthor in Knight seemed to acknowledge it as well.

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Somewhere along the way though, things changed gears. Rocksteady director Sefton Hill confirmed his team wasn't working on a Superman game, and the rumours shifted to suggest they were actually working on a Justice League project.

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Now, according to James Sigfield of Geeks Worldwide, at one point Rocksteady did plan on making a Superman game, but their pitch was turned down by publisher WB. In a thread on Twitter, the writer explained that the studio planned on expanding on some features found in Knight - specifically the destruction tech - for their take on Supes.

WB rejected the project - as they allegedly did with two other pitches from different studios - and Rocksteady started work on something else.

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