Gotham Knights News
January2023
News Try Gotham Knights for Free in New PS Plus Premium Trial
Play it for one hour
A newly uploaded PS Plus Premium trial allows you to sample the first hour of Gotham Knights. Anyone subscribed to the highest tier of PS Plus can head over to the PS Store and start downloading the client, allowing them to experience the fantastic openi
November2022
News Stage a Heroic Assault in Free Gotham Knights Update for PS5
Four play
Gotham Knights has been going for less than half-price of late, and right on time Warner Bros has released a free update for the PS5 brawler. Four-player mode Heroic Assault was technically announced prior to launch, but is available to download and enjoy now. As previously mentioned, this isn’t DLC or paid content – if you own the...
October2022
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Gotham Knights?
Give it a rating, Bats
Now the dust has somewhat settled on Gotham Knights following a very interesting release period, it is time for you to share what review score you'd give it. Presuming you've at least played its opening hours, how are you feeling about the open worlder one week after launch? The latest Push Square poll is designed to sample...
Poll Did You Buy Gotham Knights?
A caped crusade
It's been a long time coming, but we finally have a new Batman Arkham game on PlayStation. Well, kind of. Gotham Knights is very much its own thing — a co-op enabled adventure featuring Bruce Wayne's crime-fighting protégés. We quite liked this one, giving it a respectable 7/10 in our Gotham Knights PS5 review. Other reviews,...
News Critics Are Divided Over More Than Just Gotham Knights PS5 Performance
Time for a vibe check
Gotham Knights has turned out to be a surprisingly divisive title, with sentiment seemingly shifting ever since we learned that, despite ditching a PS4 version, the game would only run at 30fps on PS5. This would, in turn, become a more prominent topic within the PlayStation community once we learned that A Plague Tale: Requiem
News Gotham Knights Gameplay Overview Brings the Hype Ahead of Launch
Decisions, decisions
The release of Gotham Knights is almost upon us, and while a lot has been written about the game's technical performance in recent days, the gameplay that is the core experience continues to look pretty awesome. Today we learned more about the title as a whole in a new overview trailer. The heart of Gotham Knights is its...
News Despite Scrapping PS4, Gotham Knights Is Just 30fps on PS5
Batted down
Many have criticised the extended period of cross-gen releases we’ve seen on PS5, but slowly we’re beginning to see more new-gen exclusive titles. Gotham Knights is one such game: originally scheduled to release on PS4 as well, developer Warner Bros Montreal ultimately scrapped the last-gen version in order to realise its vision...
News Gotham Knights Gets 4-Player Co-Op Mode Heroic Assault a Month After Launch
Separate from the main game
Gotham Knights is currently brooding on the edge of its 21st October release date, and the superhero action game will let you play solo or with one other player. However, with a main cast of four heroes — Batgirl, Nightwing, Robin, and Red Hood — some fans have been holding out for a way to team up as a foursome...
News Gotham Knights Cinematic Launch Trailer Airs Out the Bat-Family's Inner Demons
Alfred gives a pep talk
Robin, Batgirl, Red Hood, and Nightwing make up the playable roster of heroes in Gotham Knights, and it seems they're all struggling a bit. Launching on 21st October, WB Games has just released a new cinematic trailer, outlining the inner reflection the Bat-Family is going through. Each character is shown in turn, stylishly...
News Beware, Gotham Knights Spoilers Are Popping Up Online
Ignorance is bliss
We'd heard some murmurings that story spoilers for Gotham Knights were beginning to float around online, but now we have confirmation. The source? An art book, of all things, has been shipped early to some customers, which contains major story spoilers. Executive producer on Gotham Knights,
News Gotham Knights' PS5 Platinum Will Keep You Busy
More than a long weekend
Gotham Knights’ Trophy list has emerged ahead of the game’s release later in the month, and while it looks achievable – well, expect to be spending a lot of time on the titular city’s drizzly streets. You’ll unlock a chunk of gongs simply for playing through the campaign, but there are several collectibles to...
News Batman's Rogues Gallery Steal the Spotlight in Epic Gotham Knights Launch Trailer
Heads will roll
Gotham Knight's release date is fast approaching, with the gritty cooperative action game coming to PS5 on the 21st October. It's interesting, then, that we got a launch trailer more than a week ahead. We will forgive this specific faux pa on account of the pure awesomeness on display here and our particular teenage nostalgia for its...
September2022
News Prepare to Play Through PS5's Gotham Knights a Fair Few Times
Wing it
Aiming to eke every last drop of lore from Warner Bros Montreal’s upcoming superhero outing, Gotham Knights? You’ll need to strap yourself in for several playthroughs if that’s your aim! Effectively, because there are four characters to take control of, each run will provide you with a slightly different take on events. To be clear,...
News The Shared Trauma of the Batman Family Is at the Heart of Gotham Knights
Home is where the heartbreak lives
Gotham Knights latest behind-the-scenes trailer looks at the importance of family in the Batman universe, especially as each individual struggles to fill the void left after the death of The Dark Knight. We get to see some of the comic inspirations that were used to bring these incarnations of the characters to...
News Gotham Knights Co-Op and Climactic 'Villain Night' Events Revealed in IGN First Preview
Rise to the challenge
The release date for Gotham Knights is fast approaching, and we can all look forward to donning a cowl on 21st October. To fuel the hype flames further, we got ten minutes of gameplay courtesy of the IGN First preview process and Warners Bros. Games Montreal. We learned some cool new bits of information, like the fact that the...
August2022
News Clown Around with Harley Quinn in Gotham Knights Boss Fight
Quinntessential viewing
As confirmed during Gamescom Opening Night Live, the queen of clowns Harley Quinn will appear in Gotham Knights – and here’s a clip of Nightwing kicking her right up the Jack-in-the-box. The video shows the conclusion to a quest in which Dick Grayson has been tailing the supervillain, and naturally they both get their...
News Gotham Knights PS5 Release Date Brought Forward by Four Days
Plus a villains trailer
Warner Bros has announced it's bringing forward the release date of Gotham Knights on PS5 by four days to 21st October 2022. The change was confirmed in a new trailer sporting popular villains from Gotham City like Harley Quinn. Are you happy to be playing Gotham Knights slightly earlier than expected? Let us know in the...
News Embrace Knighthood in This Gotham Knights Trailer All About Skill Trees
Become the Knight
Gotham Knights is set in a Batman universe in which the Dark Knight himself is dead, and it is up to you, as one of the various members of the Bat-family, to fill the void. Today we got a new video detailing how skill trees work in the game, which comes to us via IGN's First series. Each character performs wildly different to one...
News Good News, Bat Fans! Gotham Knights PS5 Has Gone Gold
Robin from your PS Store wallet soon
Gotham Knights, the co-op themed superhero brawler from Warner Bros Montreal, has gone gold. For those not up to speed on industry lingo, gold status marks an important milestone in game development where the project is complete, and is prepared for manufacturing and publication on the PS Store. While the...
Video 42 Facts You Need to Know About Gotham Knights on PS5
Time to serve up some justice
Gotham Knights is one of the biggest releases still to come in 2022. As the first open world return to the world of Batman since 2015, we were incredibly excited upon its initial reveal, especially with the WB Games Montreal team at the helm — where are our Arkham Origins fans at? However, as time has gone on and...
News Gotham Knights' PS5 Open World Is Way Denser Than You Ever Imagined
Also the largest Gotham City ever in a game
We’d argue the general consensus on Gotham Knights so far is that it’s a bland co-op brawler. But when it comes to its open world Gotham City setting, that couldn’t be further from the truth. In this IGN video, developer WB Games Montreal delves into the insane amount of narrative detail that’s...
News Batman Doesn't Kill, But Red Hood Is Pushing It in Latest Gotham Knights Trailer
Jason Todd's angry
Warner Bros. has been slowly putting out trailers for Gotham Knights, each focusing on one of the four main characters in turn. Today's video is all about Red Hood, and it looks like he's the most aggressive of the Bat-Family vigilantes. The character was brought back from the dead, which has left him rather moody, and he takes...
News Gotham Knights' PS5 Opening Will Be Familiar to Batman Arkham Fans
Go girl
While you can play it entirely in single player, Gotham Knights is more of a co-op, online game. However, its opening mission will feel much more familiar to fans of the Batman Arkham titles. In this IGN First video, we see the opening 16 minutes, as Batgirl investigates a murder and takes a ton of goons to task. There’s a mix of...
July2022
News Gotham Knights Prequel Comic Will Launch Alongside the Game, Expanding Its Backstory
The plot thickens
Gotham Knights is one of the most anticipated gaming releases of the year, and we now know that an official comic prequel will launch alongside the game when it releases, on 25th October. The six-issue comic series is Batman: Gotham Knights - Gilded City and will release monthly, expanding upon the back story and premise of the...
News Gotham Knights Dev Claims Batman Is 'Really Dead'
Joker doesn't make an appearance
Gotham Knights developer Warner Bros Montreal is adamant Batman won't be part of the game in any way beyond his death at the very beginning. Speaking in a Q&A panel at San Diego Comic-Con, creative director Patrick Redding stated Batman is "really dead" and hinted at appearances from other famous faces of the...
News Batgirl Issues Her Warning Call in New Gotham Knights Trailer
All about the combat
The latest Gotham Knights trailer — released in conjunction with San Diego Comic-Con 2022 — has arrived and this time around it's all about Batgirl. Footage focuses heavily on combat and her general approach to engagements, highlighting a couple of combos and how she can glide in and out of fights. It is a good showing...
June2022
News Gotham Knights Puts Robin in the Limelight with Latest Trailer
Na na na na na na na na Rob-binnnnn
We've seen what Nightwing's all about, and now it's Robin's turn to show us what he's made of. This new Gotham Knights trailer puts the focus on the hero, who normally partners with Batman, but is forced to find his own identity in this story. He looks like a fun character, with zippy combos with his staff and a...
News Gotham Knights Has the Largest Open World Gotham City of Any Batman Game
Got ham?
The subject of how large a game's open world is has sort of faded into the background, because these days they're so big that it's lost most of its importance. It's almost refreshing, in a way, to hear WB Games Montréal talking up Gotham Knights in this way; the studio has claimed the upcoming title's version of Gotham City is the largest...
News Gotham Knights Is All About Nightwing in New Trailer
More gameplay shown
Gotham Knights is issuing new trailers based on its four playable characters, with the first focusing on Nightwing. "From Flying Grayson, to Robin, to his own hero, Nightwing continues the fight for the city that gave him everything. Gotham City is his home and the people, his family. He’s got this." Gotham Knights comes to...
News Gotham Knights, Modern Warfare 2, Cuphead DLC at Summer Game Fest
The Callisto Protocol too
With Summer Game Fest Live taking place later this week, host Geoff Keighley has begun sharing just some of the titles we can expect to see throughout the event. The first four announced games are Gotham Knights, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, and
May2022
Video Is It Time to Leave Last-Gen Behind?
Is the end in sight for the PS4?
This week, players were excited to get another look at the highly anticipated Gotham Knights, which is set to release this October. While responses to the gameplay were… mixed… the bit of news that caught everyone’s attention was that Gotham Knights is, surprisingly, bypassing its last-gen release. This is one...
News No Microtransactions or Online Requirement for Gotham Knights
PS Plus only needed for online play
Gotham Knights won't ship with any microtransactions when it launches for PlayStation 5 on 25th October 2022. It also won't have any in-game purchases, you won't need to connect to the internet to play the campaign in single player, and you'll only have to subscribe to PS Plus should you want to head online for...
News Lengthy Gotham Knights Gameplay Walkthrough Revealed
Nightwing and Red Hood detailed
Today's Gotham Knights update is an extended gameplay walkthrough that focuses on two of the playable characters: Nightwing and Red Hood. There are 13 minutes of gameplay to watch, detailing how the two characters in question play as well as a look at your home base. Also included is a brief look at the menus and gear...
News Gotham Knights News Planned for Tomorrow, Gameplay Likely
Focuses on Nightwing and Red Hood
Instead of waiting for Summer Game Fest for a Gotham Knights update, how about one tomorrow? The game's official Twitter account has confirmed it will have news to share at 2pm BST / 6am PT tomorrow, with gameplay likely being a part of the info dump. Nightwing and Red Hood will be the focus of the news, the tweet...
News Gotham Knights Hints at Four Player Co-Op in PS Store Listing
Everyone plays
Gotham Knights could yet receive support for up to four players in co-operative play as the game's PlayStation Store listing is updated to "four network players". The page also claims the upcoming title "supports up to 4 online players with PS Plus" in a separate bullet point. At the time of writing, Go
March2022
News Gotham Knights Steps Out of the Shadows 25th October on PS5, PS4
Holy cowl
The Batman’s critically acclaimed launch has brought with it fresh interest in the Caped Crusader, and while he’s not the star of Gotham Knights, you’ll feel his presence in this long anticipated co-op spin-off. Announced eons ago, the title finally has a firm release date: prepare to suit up on PlayStation 5 and PS4 from 25th...
October2021
Video DC Fandome Teases Greatness for Gotham Knights, Suicide Squad
We could be heroes
Typical. You spend six years waiting for just one Batman game to turn up, only for two games based on DC’s caped crusader to arrive at once. Yes, 2022 is very much shaping up to be a blockbuster year for Bruce and his Dark Knight alter ego, with Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League both making their way to...
News New Gotham Knights PS5, PS4 Trailer Introduces the Court of Owls
Sinister order will be the game's villainous core
Gotham Knights now has a brand new trailer, this time focusing on the action RPG's main antagonist. A group known as the Court of Owls has been quietly running Gotham City's criminal activity from the shadows for a long time, and it'll be up to the squad of playable heroes to put a stop to it...
September2021
News Gotham Knights Gets Key Art Before DC Fandome Blowout
Bat outta Gotham
Co-op brawler Gotham Knights, alongside the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, will reappear during the DC Fandome on 16th October – and to tide you over until then, here’s a look at the release’s key art. The image shows a rain-slicked Gotham City, with heroes Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, and Red Hood strutting confidently...
August2021
News Suicide Squad, Gotham Knights Will Return at DC Fandome This October
WB Games providing updates on superhero games
Last year, WB Games announced a duo of DC video games — Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and Gotham Knights. Revealed during DC Fandome, there's been silence on both games ever since, but it appears that they're ready for another showing. The pair of titles have been confirmed as part of the...
March2021
News Gotham Knights the Latest PS5, PS4 Game to Be Delayed into 2022
Another day, another delay
We told you this would happen! 2021 has already been littered with delay announcements up until this point, and the latest project to be pushed back is Gotham Knights — the co-op enabled action title that's very reminiscent of the Batman Arkham games (although
January2021
News Gotham Knights Features Arkham-Style Combat Redesigned for Co-Op
"It is in many ways very different"
Warner Bros. Montreal's long-teased game turned out to be Gotham Knights, a co-op superhero action game starring the extended Bat-family of vigilantes. Instead of the Caped Crusader himself, you'll be playing as Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Red Hood in an adventure designed to be played with others. You can...
August2020
News Gotham Knights Sounds Like One of the Most Exciting PS5 Projects Yet
New screenshots too
Following on from its announcement last weekend at DC FanDome, IGN has been lucky enough to interview Warner Bros Montreal about all things Gotham Knights. The developer shared some pretty interesting details relating to combat, story, special abilities, and the open world that could change your perspective on things -- that is...
News Gotham Knights Is Not Part of the Batman: Arkham Universe, But Suicide Squad Is
Somehow
Here’s a brain-teaser for you: Gotham Knights, the new co-op-based sidekick simulator from Warner Bros Montreal, is not related to the Batman: Arkham universe at all – but Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the new co-op-based
News Gotham Knights Is DC Comics' Response to Marvel's Avengers, Launching 2021 on PS5 and PS4
Co-op action game starring Robin, Batgirl, more
Update: We've finally got a press release from Warner Bros, confirming that Gotham Knights will release on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in 2021. It's described as a "third-person action RPG" in the documentation. As teased during the DC FanDome event, you'll work from the Belfry as your hub of...
