8 Video Game ‘Final Instalments’ That Shouldn't Actually Be The Last
3. Batman: Arkham Knight
Marketed as the final game to Rocksteady's rousing Arkham franchise, Arkham Knight has supposedly been touted as the release that will mark the studio's departure, but all is not as it may seem. Batman: Arkham is one of the most bankable and critically well received games series to have emerged over the course of the past decade, and though there is a chance the London-based developers could very well be leaving the series, it would appear even they aren't sure if they want to, having left an ambiguous message at the end of their last 'Arkham Insider' video. https://youtu.be/bSejUvS9m1w?t=505 Either way, chances are high that Warner Bros. aren't going to let this wee financial success stop anytime soon, with their Montreal studio already appearing to be gearing up for another turn under the cowl as we speak. My own inner-cynic would dictate that this isn't something to get excited about, but given just how much fun Montreal's last efforts were with the character, along with the fact that Batman himself has such a vast amount of source-material to work with, I'm happy we'll be seeing more of the Caped Crusader in the near future.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
