There's been a steady stream of official announcements, rumors and hoaxes since Arkham Knight after the first reveal. Here's everything we know (and don't know) about the game to date.
Rocksteady Studios
Batman: Arkham Knight is being developed by Rocksteady Studios, the creator of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. They've described Arkham Knight as the "finale" to the series.
Rocksteady is crafting the game with Unreal Engine 3, the same tech behind Asylum and City. The visuals are noticeably sharper, though, thanks in part to the platforms. Arkham Knight is the first game being developed for PS4 and Xbox One rather than PS3 and Xbox 360.
"We’re excited to be developing the game for next gen platforms, which has allowed us to bring to life the design elements that we envisioned from the beginning such as the Batmobile and how it augments Batman’s abilities, to the fully detailed and realized Gotham City," said director Sefton Hill.
The studio explained several tech improvements in the initial Game Informer preview. One character from Arkham Knight is said to have as many polygons as an entire environment from Arkham Asylum. Batman's cape and Gordon's trenchcoat will both sway from wind and movement. Gordon's face is visibly aged and will wrinkle as he talks.
Multiplayer
WB Games Montreal's Batman: Arkham Origins introduced multiplayer to the series.
The Joker and Bane's gangs duke it out while Batman and Robin stalk and
take out criminals from both factions. The gang members could
periodically become Bane or the Joker to give their team a lift.
Batman: Arkham Knight won't be bringing back this multiplayer mode. In fact, it won't have any sort of online play.
"We want to focus on making the best single-player experience we can," Hill told Game Informer. "We don't feel that it needs a multiplayer element."
Multiplayer
WB Games Montreal's Batman: Arkham Origins introduced multiplayer to the series.
The Joker and Bane's gangs duke it out while Batman and Robin stalk and
take out criminals from both factions. The gang members could
periodically become Bane or the Joker to give their team a lift.
Batman: Arkham Knight won't be bringing back this multiplayer mode. In fact, it won't have any sort of online play.
"We want to focus on making the best single-player experience we can," Hill told Game Informer. "We don't feel that it needs a multiplayer element."
Batman
Batman still has many of the gadgets he used in Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, including his batarangs, grapnel gun and line launcher. He's developed some new toys since the last game, though. A new batarang sensor
lets him gather important intel on the surrounding area. His cape's
gliding abilities have been enhanced so he can fly for much greater
distances. Then there's the batmobile, which I'll explain in a bit.
Although he's outnumbered by his enemies, Batman has allies as well. Barbara Gordon, a.k.a. Oracle, will provide tech support to him throughout the game. Her father, police commissioner James Gordon, leads the remnants of the GCPD throughout the city. He and Batman have gained each other's trust over the Arkham series and will work together in retaking Gotham.
Arkham Knight will explore Batman's relationship with these allies. They may suffer because of their ties to the Dark Knight.
"Those characters have been part of the Batman Universe for so long, but we, in the telling of this part of the story, wanted to ask ourselves: what happens when Batman goes to war?" said producer Dax Ginn. "What happens when the people that he loves start to pay the price for the decisions that he makes about his war on crime?
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