This is new character Arkham Knight, not Batman

The new next gen-only Batman won’t be out this year after all, as Rocksteady release new screens and a trailer to compensate.

Rumours of a delay for Batman: Arkham Knight were circulating a month or so ago, but seemed to come to nothing. But whether or not it’s the same issue that’s finally caused the release date to be pushed back is unclear, in fact there’s no official explanation for the delay at all.

Instead publisher Warner Bros. has released a new Batmobile-focused trailer that reveals it has a secret ‘attack mode’, that involves a minigun popping out of the top.



That seems a bit of an odd feature given Batman’s hatred of guns and no-kill policy but apparently it’s only used to take down heavily armoured opponents.


Batman: Arkham Knight – that’s an awful lot of hardware the bad guys have

The Batmobile itself is also ringed by a set of teasers that throw enemies away from it, rather having them be crushed under the wheels.

In terms of the screenshots there’s a focus on new villain Arkham Knight, who has been created specifically for the game and whose origins are still a secret.

The recently announced Lego Batman 3 means there will still be a new Batman game released this year, but Arkham Knight’s delay currently leaves 2K’s Evolve as the only multiformat next gen-only game with a confirmed release date this year.

Assassin’s Creed Unity is also meant to be next gen-only but it has no release date yet and Ubisoft has so far been suspiciously quiet concerning both it and its supposed last gen sister title (although we’re sure all that will change next week at E3).

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