Rocksteady Superman & Batman Arkham 2018: Everything We Know

There's always next year.

by Ewan Paterson
Batman Arkham Superman Game
Warner Bros./DC

Another year, another E3 where Batman: Arkham passes without another entry.

Though rumours prior to the L.A. expo maintained that Warner Bros. Games would finally lift the lid on Rocksteady's Superman project, potentially with a first look coming at Microsoft's conference, no such thing happened. In fact, the weekend turned out to be something of a quiet one for superheroes, with only the previously announced Insomniac Spider-Man game and LEGO: DC Villains representing the genre this time around.

Though both those titles look fantastic (Insomniac's Spidey looks set to be a revelation this September), neither the Avengers Project or WB's touted Arkham sequels were shown off. In Arkham's case neither a sequel, prequel or spin-off has been officially announced, but with signs pointing towards new projects being in the works at both Warner Bros. Montreal and Rocksteady, it looks to be a matter of when - not if - a new game finally gets announced.

To that end, distinguishing between genuine details and rumours surrounding developing titles is always difficult. It's worth consolidating nonetheless, so here's everything we know about the future of the Arkham series - for your reading pleasure.

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UPDATE: Rocksteady have now addressed their lack of presence at the event.

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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.