Whenever a big event in the gaming calendar is on the horizon, you can guarantee at least a few rumours will do the rounds. We're just over a week away from The Game Awards 2018, where Geoff Keighley has promised more than 10 new game announcements will be made in between doling out trophies. One game that's currently being thrown around is the new title from Rocksteady. Some believe that the Batman Arkham developer will show off its next game at the awards show, and it seems that the frontrunner for what it could be is Superman: World's Finest.
This shaky rumour started before E3 2018, where the above image was flying across the Internet. It's of course a blurry screencap that could easily be a fake, but it fuelled speculation that the game would appear during the trade show. We know that it didn't, but a listing for the game on the website Game System Requirements has been found, and the timing of the discovery now has people hoping for its appearance at The Game Awards.
We'd advise to not put much stock in this one. This is an incredibly ropey rumour with very little to go on. Rocksteady has an established relationship with DC thanks to its excellent work on the Arkham games, so it's not unreasonable to imagine its next game will dip into comic book superheroes once again. Plus, Superman hasn't really ever had a good video game outing, and if anyone can do him justice, it's Rocksteady. Again, though, take this with a bucket of salt for now.
What do you think? Is Superman: World's Finest the next game from Rocksteady? Soar into the comments below.
[source press-start.com.au, via gamesystemrequirements.com]
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i wonder IF and i stress IF it's real will it be set in the same universe as the Arkham games or will it be completely separate?
Was the rumoured next rocksteady game not a superman game for the ps5 as well?
Might mean something after all then,but I doubt that they would show off next gen games already without even a tease of the next gen consoles. So either this rumor was fake or it will be cross gen. if it is real at all of course.
I personally would like to see them tackle something totally different. I'm not really that interested in Superman, to be honest.
Please use the eagle from Assassin's Origins/Odyssey as an inspiration/framework for flying around the map
@JoeBlogs have him stranded on a planet with a red sun, power nerfed and explained
as for other characters i would love them to tackle Green Arrow
I hope it's true. I'd love a Rocksteady Superman game.
so many more interesting characters than superman to do, hes just to powerful to do a good game.
agree with joeblogs if they can get the right do daredevil or if a DC character green arrow or some one else whos not super powered
if we have to have a super powered character i would take wonder woman over superman any day of the week.
Hopefully Rocksteady can get the flying mechanic down as Insomniac did with Spidey.
They should have did a Teen Titans or Young Justice game or maybe even Suicide Squad
I still hope Rocksteady are working on something completely unrelated to DC. I would keep an open mind but the idea of a Superman game is unappealing to me personally.
"Superman hasn't really ever had a good video game outing..."
The OG XBOX Man of Steel game was pretty decent... Justice League Heroes... The Death and Return of Superman...
But yeah - I won't hold my breath. Arkham is one thing - Batman is as easy to get right as he is wrong for a game... But big blue...
@JoeBlogs it doesn't have to take all your powers away just nerf them a bit so you can still do them just not dominate over everything
besides there has been times in various Superman media where a red sun did just that made him weaker but didn't completely strip him of his power
of course there is always Kryptonite, perhaps Lex set off a bomb that filled the air with it in just enough quantity that it weakens you
of course they could just create a Superman that isn't as powerful as the one from the comics after all it would probably be like the Arkham games anyway and set in it's own universe (or even the Arkhamverse)
Fake.
I don’t know much about Superman, therefore I can’t say he is among my favorite characters, but I would definitely play his game and made by Rocksteady.
Please be true. I love superman. And people need to realize just how awesome he is!
Would love a Superman game, if Rocksteady could get it right, but I 'll take this rumour with a pinch of salt until it is announced, as I know "World's Finest" was the name of a comic book series, but nowadays it sounds more like a name that a supermarket would give to their fanciest and dearest range of food and less like a good video game name...makes me think of truffle risotto, quail egg fried rice, or other fancypantsy readymeals M&S Food might come up with! 😁
'World's Finest' used to be the banner of the Superman & Batman team ups.
To do these DC supers Justice, they are not in the same League as Marvel and the rotating roster of Avengers
@Neolit Thanks for sharing it, now I want to watch Kill Bill 1 and 2 again.
The statement makes Superman really interesting indeed.
The fact that this rumour (with a clearly fake piece of artwork) showed up right before E3, and is now showing up once again right before another major event in the gaming calendar... yeah, I have a feeling somebody really, really wants it to be true, or they're trying to force Rocksteady into showing / answering questions about what they're really developing.
Of course, I'd love to see Rocksteady do Superman, and will therefore be super-happy if it does turn out to be accurate. There have also been just as many rumours about a Justice League game from them, however, and I think I'd prefer that.
Love Batman, and loved the Arkham's (yes, even Origins - much more than Knight...), but I really hope that they have laid Batman to rest and move on. Don't much care for a Superman stand alone. What happened to that rumour of the game as a service where you can play as all the JL each protecting their own cities or whatever, and they add in maps and characters over time? I still hope that they do a TMNT game to be honest. TMNT in the style of Arkham would be goddamn incredible.
There has been several confirmations on Eurogamer that Rocksteady is making a Superman game so I expect this to be real and I can't think of another developer to do him justice
After batman arkham series, I believe rocksteady can do superman game justice
@KALofKRYPTON the arcade game from 1988 was a good superman game cot me.word up son
I think its probably real. I just wish it wasnt. Cant stand superman. He isnt a fun character at all.
@FullbringIchigo THIS. For a long time, I have been wanting Rocksteady to tackle a Green Arrow game. It is not going to happen, but I think it would be great.
Never liked Superman so i hope not. 😁
Don't forget this is WB publishing this, the very same WB that was responsible for that monetized mess known as Middle-earth: Shadow of War!
Prepare for more microtransactions and possibly lootboxes in another WB published single player focused game.
Can Wait for superman game nice .
@malbhet You do realize that the loot boxes is Shadow of War have long since been removed
"We'd advise to not put much stock in this one. This is an incredibly ropey rumour with very little to go on"
Sony skipping E3 says hi.
@Neolit kill bill would either being a really great game or one of the worst games ever made. Have to be done by a very creative team.
I wonder if they will have to do CGI removal of a CGI mustache.
I hope it’s Suicide Squad
were they not the guys who were also said to be working on a justice league game
I said it countless times : everyone interested in a good superman game, please take a look at Megaton Rainfall. And if you can, play it on PSVR.
Basically, in this game, you ARE Superman. You can save or destroy entire cities. You can fly in a second out there in space, go take a walk on the surface of the sun (!!!!), fly across the rings of Saturn or even go further than the one and only Milky Way.
And I won't even talk about the final fight of the game, one of the most epic thing I have ever seen. And played. In VR !!!!! That game is so awesome.
Considering it, I'm pretty confident that Rocksteady, if they're doing a Sup' game, have taken a very good look at Megaton mechanics...
@Tasuki Indeed but to late i moved on. 😜
@Mane It’s not Superman it got debunked again, my guess is Suicide Squad or TMNT.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/speculation-rocksteadys-next-dc-game.81029/
@Badboyfx86 Well it's not TMNT since they are not owned by DC.
@Tasuki Did you not notice the TMNT DLC in Injustice 2? that could be a big hint.
@Badboyfx86 That doesn't mean anything it just meant they paid Nickelodeon to use it for the game. They also had Hellboy in the game as well and he is owned by Dark Horse
@Tasuki Hopefully we find out next month at TGA, it’s been heavily hinted on forums it’s a team superhero game, I hope it’s Suicide Squad.
@Tasuki You mean after they had already made their money and only removed them to squeeze what money they could get out of that game while the few hundred people who were still interested in buying it?
Doesn't matter, it shouldn't have been there to begin with;/
I Can wait for ps5 in 2020 .
@JoeBlogs Just stating facts. I don't need a new hobby, I just don't buy western "triple A games", best decision I ever made too;}
Superman returns was imo the closest to making you feel like a kryptonian... I hope if this game is true they take inspiration from that (just fix the superspeed and the fight mechanics)
@FullbringIchigo I'm hoping it'll be separate but still include Arkhamverse Easter eggs.
@KidBoruto kind of like how Supes gets mentioned in Batman Arkham Knight every now and then
@FullbringIchigo This, exactly what I had in mind. Maybe have a view visual easter eggs/nods to Batman too.
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