WB Games Montreal gave Batman fans a tasty treat today with the announcement of Gotham Knights! While we’ve already seen the announcement trailer, and our first official gameplay look, the official website is now up, and we now have the Gotham Knights character bios as well!
Check out the bios and official image for each character.
Gotham Knights Character Bios:
Nightwing:
Dick Grayson is a natural leader, an optimist, and the most charismatic of the Batman Family. He grew up in an unorthodox but loving circus family, so he values close personal bonds. Dick believes that, for the fight to be worth it, there must be something real to fight for; and that something has always been other people. He was Batman’s first protégé before ecoming a hero in his own right.
Dick boasts mastery in acrobatics and is an expert at taking down enemies with his signature dual escrima sticks.
Batgirl:
Few people can match Barbara Gordon in terms of raw willpower and determination. Barbara has always been a person of action. In her mind, backing down is never an option. Having one of Gotham City’s most well-known police commissioners as a father had a massive impact on her. Jim Gordon gave his life for Gotham, and now she wants to make sure it wasn’t in vain. After a face-off that put Barbara in a wheelchair, she became Oracle, a powerful information and communications expert. But her father’s death spurred her to train and recover from her wounds so that she could return to active duty as Batgirl.
Barbara is highly trained in a variety of fighting styles, such as kickboxing, capoeira, and jiu-jitsu. Her signature weapon is the tonfa. Barbara also displays great skill when it comes to hacking or coding in computers and technological systems to dig for information.
Robin:
Tim Drake may be the youngest of the Batman Family but he’s also the smartest and a master of deductive reasoning. Tim is a true believer in Batman’s mission and is motivated by the conviction that Gotham City needs a hero rather than by personal loss. Batman was a mentor of the highest caliber who personified the type of man Tim hopes to become.
An expert fighter armed with his collapsible quarterstaff and skilled in the art of stealth, Tim also possesses a background in combined psychological warfare and behavioral sciences, all of which sets the stage for him to accomplish any mission.
Red Hood:
Jason Todd is an intense and volatile anti-hero. It all stems from dying a violent death and then being forcibly resurrected by one of Batman’s most dangerous foes. He has trouble keeping his temper in check, but he will not hesitate to step into the line of fire when a friend is threatened. Red Hood wants crime to pay because Gotham City is built on a foundation of corruption, and he’s been on the receiving end of it far too often.
Jason has trained to reach the peak of human strength, and he’s proficient in multiple combat techniques with all manner of weapons—both traditional and high-tech. After reconciling with the Batman Family, he has embraced Batman’s non-lethal combat methods.
Also of note, the press release for Gotham Knights confirms it’s playable either solo or via two-player co-op! It’s set to drop sometime in 2021 for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, andPC.
I figured with four playable characters it would have 4-player coop, a bit lame…I’m not sure which game is more disappointing, this one or Rocksteady’s. What’s a guy gotta go to get a Batman game?!
You mean 4 player coop on the same screen!?!?!? if so WHY THE HELLLL would you think that!? loool
He clearly means 4 player online. I mean look at the trailer to the Gotham Knights game. The 4 characters do that generic stand on a ledge over the city……. with no personality whatsoever of course. You would assume the game is 4 player co-op then. It may as well be because the entire game hasn’t been designed as a great single player experience. So then why is it bizarrely 2 player co-op only?
The Suicide Squad game had 4 characters in its CG trailer and it has been announced to have 4 player co-op. Its still a terrible idea that I want no part of, like Gotham Knights, but at least its 4 player co-op so it makes sense at least.
Although that would be nice and well within the realm of possibility, I meant 4-players online.
Younger generations don’t remember that it’s fairly simple to make Split-Screen Co-op (there’s even software for it that shows how simple it is to implement it, for a game dev especially), yet it’s not profitable enough for Corporations.
No Wonder 4p Couch/Split-Screen Co-op is as extinguished as the Dodo
Yeah it’s a shame, I much prefer couch co-op, I understand they have to make money, but it’s obvious the industry has long since gone over the line into greed, it’s all ’bout the money…I miss the days when gaming wasn’t a mainstream hobby, yeah it had a stigma attached, but most developers were in it for the passion of making games and it showed 🙁
Thank God for indies!
Agreed
Its a co-op game, that can be played solo as an option. Learn the difference people. The entire game and its combat still HAS to be designed for crappy rush tactics co-op. That Mr Freeze battle in the game play shown, will NEVER come close to the epicness of the one from Arkham City.
Whether you are in co-op or solo, you just keep beating on him until that crappy life bar goes down.