The primary 16 minutes (sort of) from Gotham Knights have been showcased in a brand new gameplay video. The video kicks off the IGN First month of August, which is able to dive into totally different elements of the newest superhero caper from WB Montreal. Gotham Knights shall be coming to PS5, Xbox Collection X|S and PC on twenty fifth October 2022.
So why the ‘sort of’? Effectively, that is the primary 16 minutes of gameplay…. after the prologue, which WB Montreal are going to maintain underneath wraps for so long as they will. You may count on that to arrange the principle narrative push of Gotham Knights, with Batman killed and a postmortem message being beamed to the world, with 4 of his youthful proteges – Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl and Purple Hood – entering into the void to attempt to unravel the Court docket of Owls plot that led to Batman’s dying.
So after that, this opening prologue, this would be the first half the place you get to take management of a personality. You get to select from the 4 heroes – IGN picked Batgirl – after which dive into a bit that can function a tutorial and fight, some investigative work, in addition to present some first hints of a wider thriller.
This isn’t the primary time we’ve seen gameplay from the co-op hero-’em-up, with WB Montreal showcasing particular person characters – right here’s Robin gameplay – and tandem teamups – right here’s Nightwing with Purple Hood. The one factor they haven’t proven? Gameplay on the final era…. as a result of that isn’t taking place anymore!
It was just lately revealed that Gotham Knights is skipping final era consoles. Whereas it was initially introduced with PS4 and Xbox One consoles in thoughts again in 2020, the sport has confronted quite a few vital delays. It was initially anticipated for launch in 2021, however has now been pushed again to the tail finish of 2022, making the choice to chop the final era help, which is able to assist ease the load on the staff by the ultimate stretch. The sport will now solely be coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S and PC on twenty fifth October 2022.
Supply: IGN