Despite being created by theArkham Originsdevelopers,Gotham Knightsappears to be taking significant departures from the traditionalBatman Arkhamformula. Firstly,Batman won’t even appear inGotham Knightsbecause, according to the team at WB Games Montreal, his death acts as the catalyst for the story in the upcoming action game. Beyond story changes, there are other things coming toGotham Knights, such as new suits for the next generation of caped crusaders.TheBatman Arkhamseries did allow for the iconic crime fighter to wear a collection of different suits, withArkham Knightgranting Batman plenty of new costumes through its DLC and main game. However, withGotham Knights’developers firmly stating that there will be no microtransactions in the game, it appears the suits coming to the new title will all be earned through playing, rather than buying DLC. In a previous interview,Gotham KnightsExecutive ProducerFleur Marty stated that each of the game’s playable characters would receive 11 suit styles at launch. Now, some of those concepts have been revealed.RELATED:Gotham Knights Reveals First 16 Minutes of GameplayDebuted by IGN, fans can now see an early look at 28 of the 44 suit styles that will be available inGotham Knights. There are some interesting and cool designs for any Batman fan among the new suit styles, including concepts inspired by classic comics and cartoons. There are a few that take clear inspiration from other Batman works. The Shinobi set, for example, seems to have been inspired by theanimated filmBatman Ninja.
While showing off these impressive suit concepts, the developers ofGotham Knightsalso spoke about how the customization options will work. There was a reiteration of a focus on no microtransactions, though it is important to note that the Beyond and Knightwatch sets are currently tied to the Deluxe andCollector’s Editions ofGotham Knights. Following that, Game Director Geoff Ellenor talked about how the suits will work in-game and stated that, while there will be some options to customize a suit set, the player cannot mix and match items. “We wanted to verify that [the player] always looked cool,” Ellenor says. “You don’t want to end up with a Red Hood that looks sketchy because you made bad fashion choices.”
While it may be disappointing to some to find out that the suit styles inGotham Knightscan only be slightly adjusted, each style does come with customizable elements, letting the player change the cowl, logo, boots, and gauntlets. There’s also the colorway inGotham Knights, which allows suit styles' colors to be altered, even letting players change key things like making Red Hood’s helmet blue if they wish. Also, there are transmogs available inGotham Knights, which are separate from the game’s suits and are purely cosmetic and don’t give stat changes, adding even more ways to change up the look of the game’s playable characters.
Gotham Knightsreleases Jun 05, 2025, on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
