The gaming delay bug just bit its next victim, with Gotham Knights being delayed to 2022.
The successor to the Batman Arkham series from WB Games Montréal was slated to release later this year. However, according to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the game needed a bit more time, which prompted them to delay it to 2022 instead of releasing it this 2021.
With this announcement, Gotham Knights now join the likes of Hogwarts Legacy in a growinglist of games delayed from their initial 2021 release dates. Is The Delay Bad News for Gotham Knights? Gotham Knights would have been the latest game in the Batman Arkham franchise. However, it's important to take note that it's being worked on by a different studio.
Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, and Arkham Knight were all developed by Rocksteady Studios, which is also a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Meanwhile, Gotham Knights are being developed by WB Games Montréal, who previously worked on Batman: Arkham Origins, which was not well-received.
Gotham Knights is set in a Batman-less Gotham City. After the apparent death of the caped crusader, his four foremost sidekicks, namely Nightwing, Robin, Batgirl, and the Red Hood, all work together to bring Gotham back in order.
Each playable character in Gotham Knights will have a specific style of gameplay and will have access to their own unique skills. It's also a single-player game but with multiplayer elements. Specifically, players will be able to jump into other player's games in a two-player cooperative multiplayer mode.