SONY E3 2014: Batman:Arkham Knight

The Batman trilogy finnaly comes to an end... does it in style.

The Dark Knight tears through Gotham's expansive, brooding cityscape in this awesome gameplay trailer from Sony's E3 press conference. The major hype here is the Batmobile



Guy Perkins, Game marketing manager at Rocksteady Studios (Producers of Batman) during his E3 interview said "In the first Batman game, Arkham Asylum, it was quite an intimate experience where you were the world's greatest detective,then we transitioned that experience into the open environment of Arkham City where we gave you the grappling glide and it was all about navigation through the city. For the conclusion of our trilogy...
we really wanted to give gamers that full Batman experience, and the Batmobile is this legendary vehicle that everyone knows about".





"It works in conjunction with Batman. It's not just a thing that you use to get from A to B. It helps you solve problems. I helps you in combat scenarios. It helps you displace thugs. It just completes the Batman experience."

The Batmobile, which can be summoned at any time by pressing L1, operates in two modes. First, it's a really fast car that can go just about anywhere, great for racing around the streets of Gotham & totally spectacular for beating up bad guys. All those Batman games of the past have delved into the "driving-and-chase" possibilities of this automobile for 25 years or more, but this is the first time i've seen Gotham City has give us quite so much detail and freedom.




Even so, no-one is going to buy this game purely to swagg around the city, even with a ride this spectacular. No, the real action begins when the Batmobile transforms into Battle Mode, featuring tank-like defenses, guns, cannons and 360 degree maneuverability.

It's no great surprise then, that this last game will add driving and shooting to the mix. But, according to Perkins, the game is designed to allow players different options in any given crisis. It is also worthy of note that we shouldn't be expecting the Arkham Knight on the PS3 as perkins said ""Bringing the car in was something that we have always wanted to do," said Perkins. "We just didn't have the time or the horsepower to deliver that before. But just being able to do justice to a big, open city is important. We couldn't have done it in Arkham City. Now we can".

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