Rocksteady Superman & Batman Arkham 2018: Everything We Know

by Ewan Paterson

1. Montreal's Batman Could Have A Co-Op Focus

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Although Bat-fans have been clamouring for another Arkham Asylum for years now (as in a single-player, linear game), the series continued to push in an opposite direction. Arkham City, Arkham Origins and Arkham Knight all got bigger, but not necessarily better, as Rocksteady and Warner Bros. Montreal attempted to satisfy fan demand for an open world within the limitations of the Unreal engine.

To be clear, there is absolutely nothing wrong with an open world Batman title - if any character deserves the Spider-Man 2 treatment it most definitely is still The Dark Knight. It's more the fact that it never felt as though Rocksteady or Montreal were committed to the idea themselves, but with the genre still dominating action-adventure games, it's likely that both developers are incorporating a massive environment into their titles.

Evidenced by another of Montreal's listings, it also looks as though their next title is looking to incorporate the games-as-a-service model too. Also referenced is the claim that the next title will have a co-op focus which, given rumours that this next Montreal game spotlights Batman and Robin, makes almost too much sense.

No one knows how long we'll have to wait for an official announcement regarding the future of the Arkhamverse, but if development on these projects is as far along as has been claimed, Arkham fans shouldn't have to contemplate another year of waiting.

...Right?

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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.