Arkham Knight Delayed into 2015
If you were hoping for a Batman-themed Christmas, you might now need to change your plans. The Bat’s latest adventure, Arkham Knight, has been delayed into 2015. Rocksteady confirmed the delay last month, under embargo, and today that embargo is up.
From Kotaku:
“Now Batman: Arkham Knight is totally awesome,” Ginn told us in May, under embargo. “The thing about awesome, though, is awesome takes time. And totally awesome takes a lot of time. So in collaboration with our colleagues at Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics, we have decided to extend the development time of Batman: Arkham Knight. Now, the very simple reason for doing this is to ensure we are delivering the awesome level of quality that Batman fans and gamers expect from this, the final episode and the epic conclusion to the Rocksteady Arkham trilogy. The Dark Knight will face his ultimate challenge in Batman: Arkham Knight now to be released in 2015.”
It’s disappointing, but delays are fine so long as the delay doesn’t become permanent (potentially like Watch Dogs’ Wii U edition). What’s more important is that the title – perhaps the last Rocksteady-led Arkham game – lives up to the potential of the franchise.
On that front, only time will tell.
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