You can overlook about enjoying Gotham Knights on previous-gen consoles. Alongside a 13-minute gameplay demo (beneath), WB Games Montreal has revealed that its Batman-adjacent open world sport will not be launched for PS4 or Xbox One. You’ll want a PS5 or Xbox Series X/S to avoid wasting Gotham City out of your lounge. The studio stated it was reducing the older machines to supply the “best possible gaming experience,” though we would not be shocked if this helped WB make the sport’s October twenty fifth launch date.

WB unveiled Gotham Knights in summer time 2020, however delayed the sport to 2022 lower than a yr later. The firm settled on the October launch this March.

The gameplay demo, in the meantime, gives a superb take a look at the variability you possibly can count on. Each of the 4 superheroes performs very in another way. You may choose Nightwing for acrobatic, melee-focused fight, whereas Red Hood thrives on his (non-lethal) weapons. Crime-solving might depend on something from straight-up brawling to bike chases and augmented actuality sleuthing. Crafting and ability development can be helpful like they’re in so many current titles. In some ways, that is the DC Comics/WB response to Insomniac’s Spider-Man video games — it is a bid to mix free-roaming motion with a significant narrative.