WB Montreal launched a collection of posts pointing to an incoming announcement for Tuesday, August 18. The cryptic marketing campaign teases a long-rumored Batman sport primarily based across the comedian guide’s Court docket of Owls group.
The primary clue got here when WB Montreal’s Twitter account posted a 25-second video. Whereas it’s a reasonably summary clip of a radar, the video features a fast flash of what seems to be an owl. The brand is much like one the studio tweeted again in January.
The tweet hyperlinks to a brand new Twitter account, @r3dakt3d, which posted the identical clip. A r3dakt3d web site popped up alongside the account, exhibiting equally mysterious messaging. The web site simply options the phrases “We hav3 been anticipating you 8/18.” A countdown timer on the underside of the web page is ready to finish on Tuesday at 8 a.m. PT.
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— WB Video games Montréal (@WBGamesMTL) August 17, 2020
Whereas the hints are pretty minimal, all indicators level in direction of a brand new installment of the Batman Arkham collection. WB Montreal teased the mission final yr on Batman Day, hinting {that a} new sport was within the works. On the time, DC Comics author and Court docket of Owls creator Scott Snyder retweeted WB Montreal’s publish, writing “Look forward to it… #bewarethecourtofowls.”
The Court docket of Owls is a secret society of criminals inside Gotham. Scott Snyder launched the group in 2011 alongside DC Comics’ “New 52” reboot. Since then, they’ve appeared in a number of Batman comedian arcs, popped up within the TV present Gotham, and even made an look in WB Interactive’s Lego DC Tremendous-Villains.
Regardless of a yr of teasers, not a lot is understood concerning the mission. The one agency element up to now is that Kevin Conroy won’t be returning to voice Batman. The voice actor denied any involvement with the mission in October. Earlier this summer time, a sport area was registered for Batman: Gotham Knights. This might be the caped crusader’s first sport since 2015’s Batman Arkham Knight.
The teaser comes forward of this weekend’s DC FanDome occasion, which is able to give followers “particular programming, panels, and content material reveals from all kinds of movies, TV collection and video games.” Rocksteady’s upcoming Suicide Squad sport, rumored to be subtitled Kill The Justice League, is alleged to be making its debut on the digital occasion.
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