Batman: Arkham 2017 - 10 Perfect Ways To Continue The Franchise
5. Focus On The Suicide Squad
A Suicide Squad game has been a title years in the making. DC's creative head, Geoff Johns, has spoken on numerous occasions highlighting his excitement for the supposed title's existence, and given the way things ended with Arkham Origins, a title featuring DC's very own dirty dozen doesn't seem all that far-fetched in the slightest. Arkham Asylum's prequel featured a post-credits sequence with a cameo from Amanda Waller, the handler for the government's off-the-books supervillain taskforce, and Slade Wilson, who was criminally underused in the main story. The scene hinted quite plainly that the Squad will be making an appearance in the Arkhamverse at one point or another, hints that were only further developed in the title's handheld spin-off, Origins: Blackgate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mG9FrCGW6w Whether or not this means that players will get to play as the Squad is anyone's guess, but considering their newfound position at the forefront of DC's live-action releases, it's more than fair to say that their presence in the Arkhamverse is a given. I'd personally prefer to see a title that drew heavy inspiration from Gail Simone's Secret Six series, but having been a comic book fan for so many years, you come to realise that Catman isn't really everyone's cup of tea (even if he totally should be).
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.
