Gotham Knights’ Biggest Spoiler May Have Leaked And WB Is Fighting Back

What happens next isn’t exactly clear, and there is already fan disagreement. One interpretation is that Batman dies once again while trying to protect his surrogate family from Talia. Another is that he survives, allowing for some interesting possibilities in the endgame and post-launch updates. It’s worth noting, however, that Gotham Knights is not officially part of the Batman: Arkham universe. That continuity will re-emerge in 2023’s Suicide Squad. In theory then, WB Montreal can do whatever it wants with Batman in the Gotham Knights timeline.

A major potential spoiler for the game, it’s understandable why developers would be frustrated to see their work leak out of context ahead of the full game’s release. As a longtime Batman fan, and someone who’s played the entire Arkham trilogy plus WB Montreal’s Arkham Origins, it’s not at all surprising that Batman does actually appear in the game at some point. WB’s Batman games have a history of hijinks like these, and beloved comic book heroes never stay dead for long. Batman in particular once propelled his consciousness through time and space after being omega-beamed by Darkseid.

In the meantime, one of the users who posted the artbook screenshots on the Gotham Knights subreddit has since nuked their account. The subreddit has also banned all additional spoiler posts, demanding users funnel them into a single thread. WB also seems to have been successful in getting at least a few of the big YouTube videos initially discussing the leaks taken down. Gotham Knights was originally supposed to launch on October 25, but in an unusual move actually had its release date bumped up a week early. Everyone will now have a chance to see what happens to Batman for real on October 21.