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Batman: Arkham Knight - Game of the Year Edition

Batman: Arkham Knight is an action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios, released in 2015. It is the final installment in the Arkham series. Players control Batman as he faces Scarecrow, who unites…

5 September 2016 ESRB M

Batman: Arkham Knight - Game of the Year Edition is an adventure developed by Rocksteady Studios, released 5 September 2016 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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What Batman: Arkham Knight - Game of the Year Edition is

Batman: Arkham Knight - Game of the Year Edition is an adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and released in 2016. It was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It runs on Unreal Engine 3. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Prologue Nine months after the |Joker's death, crime rates in Gotham City have dramatically declined, but Batman anticipates a new threat and maintains a vigil over the city. Before his death, the Joker sent his mutated blood to Gotham's hospitals, and several patients were infected. While most were cured, the patients who were not treated are starting to look and act like the Joker. Batman researches a cure for the mutations, and orders Robin to watch over the infected. The Arkham Knight On Halloween night, Scarecrow unleashes his newest strain of Fear Gas in a diner, and threatens to release it throughout Gotham. Six million civilians are evacuated, but the city's criminals and…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, open world and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the DC Comics series

Batman: Arkham Knight - Game of the Year Edition is the 142nd of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. The next entry was Batman: Arkham VR in 2016.

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What it launched against

Batman: Arkham Knight - Game of the Year Edition launched on 5 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition.

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When did Batman: Arkham Knight - Game of the Year Edition come out?
Batman: Arkham Knight - Game of the Year Edition was released on 5 September 2016 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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