The digital DC FanDome convention took place over the weekend, revealing, amongst other things, two new DC universe games; Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Batman is dead, deal with it
First up, in WB Games Montréal’s Gotham Knights, Batman is, supposedly, dead and so his squad of understudies (Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin) is stepping up to wreak bloody vengeance on Gotham’s criminals, in the name of justice… and Batman.
Gotham Knights is a single player, with two-player co-op, action RPG that is not part of the Arkham games series, which is why Batgirl has fully-functional legs, in case you were wondering. Each character has their own special skills and abilities, so Batgirl is the martial arts hacker, Nightwing is the acrobatic glow stick brawler, Red Hood has all the murder-guns, and Robin is the quarterstaff-wielding stealth ninja.
Gotham Knights is due to launch on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation at some point in 2021.
Superman is evil, deal with it
Then, there’s Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which is set in the Arkham games series universe and acts, sort of, like a sequel in which the Squad has, apparently, been sent to eliminate Superman, who is evil now. I’m sure he has his reasons. I mean, who wouldn’t want to nuke humanity right now?
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is an open-world, action adventure with four playable characters (Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, and King Shark) that you can switch between whenever you want. It also features four-player multiplayer, so you can team up with friends for maximum chaos.
It’s a while off, though, with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League due to launch for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation some time in 2022. However, James Gunn’s (rather excellent-looking) semi-reboot Suicide Squad movie will be out before that, some time in 2021.