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Super-rumour – Batman: Arkham Knight developer Rocksteady are working on a Justice League game

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It’s 2015, and Rocksteady has finally put a bow on the Batman saga that they had crafted over several years and games. Cementing their legacy as the Batman developer and barring that quick spin-off that popped up on PlayStation VR, Rocksteady could now focus on a game that didn’t star a billionaire who worked out parental abandonment issues with fist-based therapy sessions.

What would Rocksteady do next? Nobody knows! The studio has managed to keeps its lips sealed tighter than KFC’s secret recipe, with plenty of theories being thrown around the wider interwebs. Even before E3 kicked off this year, Rocksteady co-founder Sefton Hill had to address rampant rumours, stating that details on the next project would be shared as soon as the studio was allowed to do so.

Not content to wait, one insider has apparently spilled the beans on what Rocksteady has been up to, although said sources come from 4Chan and Reddit, so you might need to use the full power of the Infinity Gauntlet to pinch this level of salt. According to said tipster, Rocksteady has been busy with a Justice League game, titled Justice League: Crisis.

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Set in the Arkham Universe, the game is apparently targeting 2020 for release on PC and the next generation of consoles, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Scarlet. Described as a single-player game that allows for co-operative play, Justice League: Crisis will allow players to switch between League members such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Cyborg, and Aquaman.

Multiplayer is also on the cards, players can navigate through iconic DC cities that are a little bit larger than Gotham’s surface area from Arkham Knight and the gameplay has been “more refined and opened up” apparently. As for the main villain pulling the strings and becoming the catalyst for the formation of the Justice League? None other than the original antagonist who was resposible for the Silver Age team-up of Earth’s mightiest mortals, Starro the Conqueror.

Who just so happens to be a gigantic cosmic starfish who can spawn legions of mini-Starros who wrap their tentacles around the faces of people and take control of their minds. Sweet Darkseid, I love comic books. Look, it’s not exactly a far-fetched idea to imagine Rocksteady tackling the rest of Batman’s super friends, but then again, it’s a hell of a rumour from a source that isn’t exactly verified.

Still, I’d love to see this particular slice of guesstimation turn out to be true, and with Warner Bros. trademarking the Justice League Crisis website lately, I’m hoping there’s a grain of truth to this story. Throw in optional DLC that allows you to slap a super-stache onto Superman’s face, and consider me sold.

Last Updated: October 3, 2018

27 Comments

  1. Ohhh fuck. Multiplayer?????? We all know how that will turn out.

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    • Original Heretic

      October 3, 2018 at 13:21

      With people enjoying themselves?

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      • Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

        October 3, 2018 at 13:53

        Did people enjoy Oranges multiplayer? That thing was bad.

        Also, whatever budget and resources they used to make that could and should have been used to further refine the single-player both technically and gameplay-wise. The story was top class though.

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        • Original Heretic

          October 3, 2018 at 13:56

          Orange? As in the HL Orange Box?

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          • Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

            October 3, 2018 at 13:57

            Arkham Oranges

          • Original Heretic

            October 3, 2018 at 14:00

            Ooooooh! Origins. Fark me, I totally missed the plot on that one.

            No idea, never played the multi.
            But surely the developers have learnt from their mistakes.

          • Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

            October 3, 2018 at 14:01

            Hahahaha I thought so. I tried the multi, the concept was sound, execution was terrible. We can hope they did, but remember, this is WB. And the next game is guaranteed to be riddled with MT’s.

          • Original Heretic

            October 3, 2018 at 14:05

            Personally, I’ll keep an open mind on it. We’ve seen nothing concrete as yet, so pretty much everything is conjecture at this stage.
            And I ain’t buying anything unless it gets good reviews. I’ve found that out the hard way tooooo many times.

  2. Nikola

    October 3, 2018 at 12:07

    This would be freaking amazing a co-op Justice League made by Rocksteady would be a dream come true!!!

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  3. Nikola

    October 3, 2018 at 12:08

    I am blaming Darryn for hyping this up if it’s not true!!

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  4. MaSeKind

    October 3, 2018 at 12:19

    I just replayed Arkham Knight last week, because you know, Batman. So I’m super hyped for anything new that Rocksteady puts out.

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    • Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

      October 3, 2018 at 13:59

      This game was unnecessarily hated

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      • MaSeKind

        October 3, 2018 at 14:31

        Well the PC port was incredibly shitty on release but it runs amazingly now.

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        • Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

          October 4, 2018 at 09:29

          I always found it weird that games are developed for consoles using a pc, then to get it to run on a PC is a problem.

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  5. Admiral Chief

    October 3, 2018 at 12:42

    I
    NEED
    IT

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  6. Admiral Chief

    October 3, 2018 at 12:44

    • MaSeKind

      October 3, 2018 at 12:47

      The problem with that bet is Chuck Norris goes commando

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      • Admiral Chief

        October 3, 2018 at 12:56

        Some say, that one gaze at his commando style, will give you an instant 30cm beard

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  7. Captain JJ

    October 3, 2018 at 12:54

    I feel like this might be too much.

    Batman did well because it wasn’t saturated with many different protagonists. Gave them a chance to really work in a decent story that didn’t bob around.

    I think by going full out with the whole justice league they might just be making the same mistake the movies did….too much too quickly.

    If it were a Superman game by itself, now that could be interesting.

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    • Admiral Chief

      October 3, 2018 at 12:57

      ^^^
      Supes game would rock.

      Too many characters spoil it for me, since they tend to gravitate towards one. Take some of the WB animation movies, as soon as more protags, it becomes a mess

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      • Captain JJ

        October 3, 2018 at 13:01

        I can get behind a fun co-op experience where you get to choose a character, but nothing PvP.

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        • Admiral Chief

          October 3, 2018 at 13:08

          Press X to Batman

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    • MaSeKind

      October 3, 2018 at 13:00

      The problem with a Superman game is how do you limit him to just a city or specific area seeing as he can fly. They’ll need to come up with a good story reason for that, like a dome covering an area to create your open world like Arkham City was walled off.

      Anyway I’d really love a Rocksteady take on any of the Super-people

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      • Captain JJ

        October 3, 2018 at 13:02

        Yea. They’d have to limit it somehow, but considering how big game worlds are getting now they should be able to give a pretty damn big area to fly around in and superpunch bad guys.

        It worked well enough in LEGO Marvel (I know it’s not a great example) but you could fly around there as Iron Man.

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        • MaSeKind

          October 3, 2018 at 13:06

          True, I loved flying around with Iron Man in that. Think it worked very well. I won’t be surprised if they’ve already got some concepts and ideas and are just waiting for next-gen hardware or something to be able to do it properly.

          Also I guess having a height limit wouldn’t be too weird either. If you fly up to high Sups can say something like, ‘I can’t leave, the planet needs me!’ or something like that

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          • Captain JJ

            October 3, 2018 at 13:12

            Yea. No one’s going to judge it for doing that.

  8. Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

    October 3, 2018 at 14:00

    Rocksteady are next-gen system sellers. I bought a PS4 just to be able to play Arkham Knight. Looks like history will repeat itself

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