The addition of this legendary vehicle, combined with the acclaimed gameplay of the Batman Arkham series, offers gamers the ultimate and complete Batman experience as they tear through the streets and soar across the skyline of the entirety of Gotham City. The Scarecrow returns to unite an impressive roster of super villains, including Penguin, Two-Face and Harley Quinn, to destroy The Dark Knight forever.īatman: Arkham Knight introduces Rocksteady’s uniquely designed version of the Batmobile, which is drivable for the first time in the franchise. We'll find out for sure when Batman: Arkham Knight releases in Spring 2015.In the explosive finale to the Arkham series, Batman faces the ultimate threat against the city he is sworn to protect. While many signs point to the Arkham Knight being a familiar face, let's not entirely rule out that he may indeed be an original creation worthy of adding to Batman's legendary roster of villains. It would also raise the question of how he's so familiar with Batman's history, but it'd be a mystery worth unraveling. Taking down a fanatic with a near-fearless army of mercenaries would be one of Batman's greatest challenges, which would provide enough story in itself. This would be one of the first times that Gotham's protector has faced off against a terrorist from outside our borders. If this is the case, it'd be an interesting addition to the Arkham cast and one that adds an interesting twist to Batman's rogues gallery.īatman has faced off against certified lunatics, gangsters, assassins, and even supervillains.
and Rocksteady do indeed mean that the Arkham Knight is an entirely new character. There's always a chance that Warner Bros. Of course, there's also the possibly that the Arkham Knight is. A Batman game just doesn't feel right without The Joker, which is why he may be the heavy favorite to adopt the Arkham Knight mantle. It certainly wouldn't be the first time that Joker tricked Batman with a cunning disguise that nobody saw coming. So why take on a disguise as a Bat-doppleganger? It could simply be another of the Clown Prince of Crime's misdirects, fooling Batman into thinking he was a revenge-driven maniac, when really all he wants is to send Gotham into a new form of chaos.
It would definitely open an opportunity for Joker to head over to Venezuela and recruit an army. There are a number of circumstances by which Joker could still be around and kicking, whether it's through Ra's' Lazarus Pits, a clone, a controlled breathing method, or any number of other strange comic book reasoning. In fact, Joker turning out to be alive would be perhaps the greatest prank he's ever pulled on his nemesis. Of course, this is the world of comic books, where death means nothing. Namely, the fact that Joker was pretty definitively dead at the end of Batman: Arkham City. There seems to be something off about this idea. His name may not be as widely-recognized as other Bat-villains, but Hush is an early favorite to don the Arkham Knight mask. With Elliot still at large and with a backstory that ties him to Bruce Wayne, he's definitely a character to keep an eye on.
Elliot, post-facial reconstruction surgery, hinted at events to come before mysteriously slipping off into the night with Bruce Wayne's face, never to be seen for the rest of the game. Another reason he pops up on this list is because of an Arkham City side-mission that officially inducted Elliot into the Arkham-verse. Elliot's vengeance would spread beyond Loeb's story, as he would pop up in later years and go so far as to use his plastic surgery skills to give himself Bruce's face in an effort to smear his reputation.Įlliot is one of the few characters that knows Bruce Wayne more than anybody and even knows his secret identity as Batman. His mother was saved by Bruce's parents, causing Elliot to carry a grudge against Bruce ever since. Thomas Elliot, spoiled childhood friend of Bruce Wayne's, who tried to murder his own parents in order to gain their vast wealth. This choice stems partially from Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee's classic late 90s Batman story of the same name. The dark horse candidate, for sure, but one that absolutely makes sense.