Batman: Arkham Knight - 10 Things It Must Learn From Origins

7. Don't Overdo Pre-Order DLC

Whilst ever present in the Arkham prequel, pre-order DLC was nowhere near as prevalent as it has been in City and Knight. Bordering on the grotesque, the amount of pre-order content accompanying Knight's release is just plain wrong. Graphic Novels, Steelbooks, Challenge Maps, Character Skins, Playable Characters, and even Batmobile Skins are being brought forward ahead of Knight's June release. Origins' pre-order content looks minute in comparison, with a far smaller amount of skins and maps forming a part of the release than in Knight. This sort of thing may be in the hands of the publishers and not the developers, but enough is enough - take the amount of pre-order bonuses down a notch.
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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.