Lego Batman Returns in a New Sport Packed With Bat-Nostalgia

Have you ever ever wished to control Lego Batman by means of his entire history from comics, TV, films, and extra? Properly, that appears to be precisely what you’re going to get to do within the newly introduced recreation, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Darkish Knight.

Revealed immediately at GamesCon, Legacy of the Darkish Knight is a “brand-new open-world action-adventure online game that invitations gamers to embark on Bruce Wayne’s epic journey to turn into the hero of Gotham Metropolis.” It’s “inspired by decades of Batman films, tv, comedian books, and video games, and jam-packed with Batman nostalgia, DC lore, and TT Video games’ signature model of fun-filled LEGO humor.” And, frankly, that is likely to be an understatement. Examine this out.

As you may see, Legacy of the Darkish Knight isn’t only one Bat story. It appears to be like to be virtually all of them. There’s stuff in there from the Tim Burton films, the Christopher Nolan films, the Matt Reeves film, Lego video games, The Animated Collection, and extra. What’s fascinating about that, although, is it’s not fairly a direct one-to-one story. When you bear in mind Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga from a number of years again, you actually performed by means of every film within the sequence. It doesn’t appear as if that’s the case right here.

As a substitute, you simply type of go out and in of all the pieces as a part of one bigger story. The sport options “a story-led marketing campaign from origin to legend, bringing collectively iconic moments from the Caped Crusader’s 86-year historical past in movie, tv, comedian books, and video games.” The open world Gotham Metropolis has “puzzles to unravel, challenges to finish, rewards to gather, crimes to cease, and surprises to find round each nook, alleyway, and rooftop, in addition to acquainted areas reminiscent of Ace Chemical compounds, Gotham Botanical Gardens, Wayne Tower, and Arkham Asylum.”

However no, Will Arnett will not be voicing Lego Batman on this. That’s Matt Berry as Bane on the finish. And also you don’t solely need to play the sport as Batman. In response to the game’s official site (which is basically fairly slick and price trying out), there are seven playable characters: Batman, Jim Gordon, Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, Catwoman, and Talia al Ghul. Plus, “every character is supplied with distinctive abilities, combos, and devices—like Batman’s Batclaw, Jim Gordon’s foam sprayer, Robin’s line launcher, and Catwoman’s whip.” Head to that site for even more info. The FAQ is particularly jam-packed with details.

And whereas there’s no launch date, we do know that Lego Batman: Legacy of the Darkish Knight is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S, Nintendo Swap 2, and PC in 2026.

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