Warner Bros. Games had a somewhat confusing relationship with E3 this year. Though everyone expected the publisher to roll out the latest entry in the Batman: Arkham franchise (ostensibly a Superman title set in that world), Hitman 2 and LEGO: DC Villains rounded out their announcements this E3, and well, it left everyone feeling a little disappointed.
It's been three years since Rocksteady released Arkham Knight - five since Montreal released Arkham Origins - and with the studio having remained coy regarding their upcoming project, the silence has become so deafening that, in the months leading up to E3, fans were willing to invest in message board hearsay and talk of what the title could be.
Superman - the Man of Steel himself - is the man of the hour. All signs point towards Rocksteady working on something with the character, and while the future of the Arkham series continues to elude pretty much everyone, one can only hope that an announcement comes this comic con.
It's the big blue boy scout's eightieth birthday after all. Something has to happen.
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.
