The DC Fandome presents a new behind-the-scenes and behind-the-scenes trailer of the new DC Comics video game, Gotham Knights, and reveal a great villain
It has been presented at the DC FanDome this year a new video game preview Gotham Knight. In it, we’ve been able to get to know better the game’s antagonists that players will face when playing as the Batman Family, antagonists that now include the Penguin, a central villain from the DC universe. The game does not yet have a release date after its delay to 2022.
The penguin has been shown a couple of times in the Gotham Knights trailer that you can see below. However, instead of fighting the Batman family, he is seen speaking to Nightwing in the most cordial way one might expect from the villain. He warns the hero about the existence of the Court of Owls, and although Nightwing suggests that the crime syndicate is a myth, the Penguin says otherwise.
While the penguin has historically been an antagonist, he is certainly not acting as such in this trailer. Perhaps the Penguin is someone the Batman family has to reluctantly consult for help in Gotham Knights, or perhaps he is pulling his own strings just like the Court of Owls and will continue to take on a more villainous role in the game.
Most of the advancements of Gotham knights have focused on the Court of Owls in regards to the game’s villains. This organized crime faction of assassins and influential Gotham residents is secretive and cryptic by design, however that means the most we’ve seen of the Court of Owls so far has been various characters, including the supernatural assassins known as The Talons. With masks hiding their faces. Freeze has also appeared in the game trailer, although it is unclear how involved he is in the game’s backstory.
However, we have been introduced to the main cast of Gotham knights with which players will be able to play in the open world RPG. You can play alone or with another person online and you will have the option to play as Red Hood, Robin, Batgirl or Nightwing. Batman is not an option because he is apparently dead in Gotham Knights, although the game could follow the story from the comics and be revealed to be alive at the end.
You can see the new preview below
The synopsis goes like this
Batman is dead. An expansive new criminal underworld has swept the streets of Gotham City. Now it’s up to the Batman family; Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin; protect Gotham City, bring hope to its citizens, discipline its cops and fear its criminals. From solving mysteries connecting the darkest chapters in the city’s history to defeating notorious villains in epic clashes, you must evolve into the new Dark Knight and save the streets from descent into chaos.
Gotham knights is scheduled to launch sometime in 2022.