Superman: 10 DC Games Rocksteady Should Make Instead
7. Batman Beyond
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Though Warner Bros. Montreal look set to explore one possible future in their next Arkham title, that shouldn't stop Rocksteady from pursuing a sequel in the franchise centred around Batman Beyond.
Created first in 1999 by the folks who helmed Batman: The Animated Series, Batman of the Future (as it was titled in the UK) centred around the exploits of Terry McGuinness and an older, retired Bruce Wayne. It only lasted two seasons and an animated movie (both must watches, by the way), but the show soon developed a cult following and, in 2011, also inspired official DC Canon with a Batman Beyond comic.
It's a revered aspect of The Dark Knight's mythos, and with Neo Gotham boasting all the inflections that made Blade Runner's world so absorbing back in 1982, it's easy to see how Batman Beyond could translate well to the gaming medium.
Bring back the cast of the original animated series - along with flashbacks aplenty and that killer theme - and you have a fan-favourite title in the making.
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.
