Warner Bros. Montreal and their rumoured Batman game has so far encompassed everything from a new prequel pitting the dark knight against the Court of Owls, a proper sequel focused more on fear than ever before to a spin-off starring Damian Wayne under the cowl. One aspect of Batman mythos that hasn’t been touched on yet? The idea of a Batman who takes up Bruce Wayne’s mantle long after the caped crusader laid his war on crime to rest. A new hero for a new age where Batman needs to go…Beyond.

What happens when a rich family goes down the wrong alley, runs afoul of a mugger and are murdered? You get the perfect recipe for the construction of a legend, as all it took was one bad night to give birth to the Batman. By now, even your grandma knows the origin of Batman, but his legend was one that …

The Joker makes his long-awaited return to Neo-Gotham, and no one is safe! Will he strike at Batman, Robin, Commissioner Barbara Gordon or the original Caped Crusader himself, Bruce Wayne? Decades after his last fight with the Dark Knight, the Clown Prince of Crime returns home to take his city back once and for all.