San Francisco, California - Rocksteady held an event yesterday to reveal a ton of new details about their latest title, Batman: Arkham Knight. First off, was a new look at the Arkham Knight, described as "a vigilante that operates without the code of honor that the Dark Knight adheres to".
The new villain wasn't the only thing being shown off however. Rocksteady also revealed that the combat system is getting an expansive update!
We’ve expanded the freefight combat system. Brand new moves. brand new techniques for Batman to use. He’s disarming this guy. He’s taking that baseball bat and he’s using it against his mates.
Weapon-steal is a brand-new feature of freeplay combat. He can use that as long as he wants or until it smashes on the face of some poor dude. Sweet moves! That guy is going to try to take Batman down. Gaz took him out with a bat and a throw counter and—YES! This is a sweet combination of moves, man. A sweet combo.
Batman will also get an upgraded/extended gliding capability. Batman can now do 180 degree turns mid-air and can use gadgets while airborne for the first time!
So gliding obviously an immense part of Batman’s navigation in Arkham City. In Arkham Knight, we’ve introduced a brand new concept: gadgets while gliding. GWG, we call it. So, at any time, you can deploy the line launcher to give us a perch
Finally, the thing that every Arkham game has been lacking to date; THE BATMOBILE! You will have access to The Batmobile at all times during the game, and it sounds AWESOME.
So we have designed this in collaboration with DC Comics. An incredible honor. What an amazing opportunity to design your own Batmobile, something that the studio has been incredibly focused on, giving it a lot of energy, and you’re going to see a lot of incredible features from this vehicle as it augments Batman’s abilities in every possible way. Number one, we’ve got to light some tires, hit the afterburner and we are off.
As you’d expect, the Batmobile comes fully equipped with gadgetry as well. Gaz is going to use immobilizer rockets, a non-lethal vehicle takedown to take this vehicle down and interrogate the driver. Opening shot. Nice! Good damage.
Rocksteady said that The Batmobile will be the epicenter of Arkham Knight, and you will have the entirety of Gotham City to drive through in it.
The more I find out about this game, the more I cannot wait to get my hands on it. It sounds like the perfect combination of the things I loved about the previous Arkham games, while upgrading and fixing some of the things I didn't.
Batman: Arkham Knight releases in October for PC, Xbox One, and Playstation 4.