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Batman Arkham Origins developer is looking to expand the DC Comics universe with new games

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I hated Batman: Arkham Origins when it was first released. Hated it. In the years since however, it has become one of my favourite Batman games set in the Arkham universe, since it got properly patched and cleaned up. The DLC episodes weren’t too bad either, something that Rocksteady could have learnt a lesson or two from before they started throwing out 15-minute expansions for Arkham Knight.

Anyway, once the dust had settled, developer Warner Bros Montreal had done a bang-up job on the Batman prequel. With Rocksteady now leaving the Arkham waters for non-Batman related projects, the Batman game universe will most likely be relying on Warner Bros. Montreal to fill the Dark Knight gap.

And it sounds like they’re getting ready for something. WB Games Montreal let loose some info on a recruitment message posted to the developer website (via IGN), detailing a new “AAA project”. “Our world needs more superheroes!” the developer said in the posting.

We are a growing studio with two AAA projects in development focused on expanding the DC Comics universe in the interactive space.

And that’s it really. A while back, I still predicted that Warner Bros. Montreal would create a Suicide Squad game, set in the Arkham Universe. After all, they had all the characters, from Deathstroke to Deadshot, and had already left a lingering thread in the post-credits sequence of Arkham Origins. With an upcoming Suicide Squad movie on the way next year as well, it makes sense. The Arkahm Universe fits the squad, perfectly.

Arkham Knight also left more than enough room to expand even further, if you finished that game and have an idea of what I’m talking about. Or maybe we’ll finally get the Superman game we’ve been waiting for. Hell, maybe it’s a Wonder Woman game. But here’s what I’d really pay money for: A Green Lantern game starring the mightiest of Emerald Warriors from Oa, G’Nort.

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You know I’m right.

Last Updated: December 1, 2015

27 Comments

  1. Mobile F2P games incoming! *run*

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    • Hammersteyn

      December 1, 2015 at 11:06

      It only seems like it when you play Arkham Knight on PC 😛

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        December 1, 2015 at 11:08

        One does not simply play AK on PC.

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        • Snowlockk

          December 1, 2015 at 11:23

          Shouldn’t they get that working correctly before doing another game just like it?

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          • Hammersteyn

            December 1, 2015 at 11:27

            They don’t care anymore. Same thing happened with Arkham Origins

          • Snowlockk

            December 1, 2015 at 11:29

            But if you assume that they will take the tech they currently have to build the new game, wouldn’t that mean the PC will have the same problems in the follow up games? Or will they write the new game to avoid those errors?

          • Hammersteyn

            December 1, 2015 at 11:31

            I believe Warner Brothers learned their lesson. They pulled AK from Steam after people asked for refunds by the thousands. It hurt them financially. If they want to release a game on PC again it better be up to scratch

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 1, 2015 at 11:43

            Thank god for refunds. And to think they only became possible a couple of months beforehand, and even then we had devs whining about how terrible they were because of “abuse”. Abuse that didn’t happen, that they couldn’t prove, but it must be true, because obviously.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 1, 2015 at 11:37

            Origins worked just fine when I played it. Granted it was a year or so later, but still. Zero bugs that I can recall.

          • Hammersteyn

            December 1, 2015 at 11:44

            a year or so later….

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 1, 2015 at 11:45

            At least they didn’t just give up, like with AK heh.

  2. Hammersteyn

    December 1, 2015 at 11:07

    Justice League game please. NO NOT FRIGGIN LEGO!

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    • Ir0nseraph

      December 1, 2015 at 11:23

      I think i would like a Lobo game.

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      • Hammersteyn

        December 1, 2015 at 11:26

        YES! Preach!

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        • Ir0nseraph

          December 1, 2015 at 11:26

          But it must be allowed to go R rated not a disney version.

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          • Hammersteyn

            December 1, 2015 at 11:27

            LOL, Luckily Disney owns just Marvel and not DC. ugh. That sentence sickens me.

          • Ir0nseraph

            December 1, 2015 at 11:27

            XD

          • Ir0nseraph

            December 1, 2015 at 11:36

            If Disney somehow obtained DC that could be the end, I need a drink just thinking about it.

          • Hammersteyn

            December 1, 2015 at 11:45

            Drank till past 12 last night after Action Cricket. damn you sperts!

          • Ir0nseraph

            December 1, 2015 at 11:51

            O wow you had that many penalties against you 🙂

          • Hammersteyn

            December 1, 2015 at 12:08

            Scored -5 with the bat. Yes i’m that bad

          • Ir0nseraph

            December 1, 2015 at 12:20

            I feel a SA cricket joke is inappropriate at the moment.

          • Hammersteyn

            December 1, 2015 at 12:22

            I choked….. on my beer

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 1, 2015 at 11:48

            Which means EA will make the Marvel games. tee hee

          • Hammersteyn

            December 1, 2015 at 11:50

            SHUT IT!

  3. Original Heretic

    December 1, 2015 at 11:09

    If they do a Superman game, I hope it’s not like those of yore. “Oh look, I’ve died because of all the bullets they shot at me.”

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