In Gotham Knights, Batman is dead. Like, really dead. Not dead to facilitate a grand return in the final act, or a redemption arc. But proper dead. Six feet in the ground dead. Rest in peace, Bruce Wayne, gone but not forgotten dead. Of course, framing a Batman-inspired story with the demise of the Batman himself is a pretty unorthodox move, even within the bounds of a superhero tale. But, having spent a few hours hands-on with Warner Bros. Games Montreal’s incoming action RPG, that unlikely decision gives life to a fresh strait of DC Universe storytelling.Â
