Rocksteady Entertainment, the developer behind the beloved Batman: Arkham, series is celebrating the tenth anniversary of Batman: Arkham City.Shared on the studio's official Twitter account, Rocksteady's brief video is a segment of the original cinematic trailer for Batman: Arkham City. The trailer, which dropped on Dec. 13, 2010, features a group of mercenaries working to eliminate Bruce Wayne. Huge Strange, who we discover hired the soldiers, is exposed as knowing Batman's identity, priming fans for the overarching narrative of the critically-acclaimed open-world game.
"Who would have thought that today marks a whole decade since the release of Batman: Arkham City. It really doesn’t feel like that long ago. Thanks to all of our fans for being there for Gotham," writes Rocksteady Entertainment.
While Batman: Arkham City may be a whole 10 years old, it's still widely considered to be one of the best superhero games of all time. It was praised for meaningly building on the mechanics established by its predecessor, Batman: Arkham Asylum, while expanding on the world fans have come to dub the "Arkhamverse." The game's story chronicles the establishment of Arkham City, an old section of Gotham that's been cordoned off exclusively for prisoners and criminals. Trapped within its walls by Hugo Strange, Batman not only has to deal with The Joker infecting his blood with a deadly serum but needs to uncover who's really behind one of the worst ideas to grace the city planner's desk.
Batman: Arkham City was followed by Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Knight in 2015, while he prequel title Batman: Arkham Origins was released in 2013 by Warner Bros. Games Montreal to mixed reviews from fans and critics alike.
Rocksteady's latest game is Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League which may not involve Batman (as far as we know) but it will be set in the universe as the Arkham trilogy. The recently revealed story trailer for the project, which arrived as a part of DC FanDome 2021, shows the game's playable characters of Harley Quinn, King Shark, Captain Boomerang and Deadshot going up against Superman and his friends who've been brainwashed by Brainiac. The game doesn't have a solid release date at the moment but will launch in 2022 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Source: Twitter