Batman: Arkham Knight

Live-action 'Batman: Arkham Knight' trailer encourages everyone to "be the Batman"

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May 20, 2015

This is pretty cool! Rocksteady and Warner Bros. just took a page out of the Call of Duty playbook and created a live-action trailer for Batman: Arkham Knight.

The trailer features normal people in uncomfortable situations and encourages them all to "Be the Batman". I honestly think there should be a disclaimer that says "Don't try this at home". It's pretty dangerous trying to be the Batman in real life!

All jokes aside, it's a pretty cool trailer and it ends with a CGI Batman and some awesome new gameplay footage. Check it out!

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322 comments

Elias81
May 20, 2015
Na...
1. Orionova
  May 21, 2015
  Lol was that actually Christian Bale on the set of Dark Knight Rises during a break or something?
  1. RJR Araiza
    May 22, 2015
    Hahaha no, he just was taken in that pose while filming, and then someone added the microphone, if you look closely at te base, it's clear that it was not in the original photo... it looks fun anyway
WhiteBoner
May 20, 2015
Pretty exciting! (I thought it was going to be totally lame when they were releasing those teaser stills.)
OGDickGrayson
May 20, 2015
Yeh, but I don't want dead parents
OGDickGrayson
May 20, 2015
I can understand the Injustice outfit. The only thing that bothers me about this is the same problem I had with the Netflix DD outfit; the cowl looks awkward.
1. Day vs Night
  May 20, 2015
  My only complaint are the ears, they're horrible
Clown Two-Face
May 20, 2015
YUUUUSSSSS!!!!
Chris Terrio
May 20, 2015
This game will be epic!
Chris Terrio
May 20, 2015
Which one? Regular or Regime?
Kuchisake
May 20, 2015
B-E-A-utifull!!
1. Chris Terrio
  May 20, 2015
  Jim Carrey as Deathstroke
  1. Chris Terrio
    May 20, 2015
    For some reason memes for no longer show. How can this be so? 😢
Joker
May 20, 2015
This seemed almost like a motivational trailer until "Be feared" haha. Awesome :D
v
May 20, 2015
Be Suicidal.
Not my comment, but thought it was funny.
Chris Terrio
May 20, 2015
"All jokes aside, it’s a pretty cool trailer and it ends with a CGI Batman and some awesome new gameplay footage. Check it out!"
There's pretty much 2 seconds of new gameplay.
1. BatmanNewsChris
  May 20, 2015
  It's more like 10 seconds, and it's still pretty awesome! ;)
  1. Chris Terrio
    May 20, 2015
    Can't deny that. But let's be honest here even if it was one second, it would still be awesome.
  2. Kyle Barton
    May 21, 2015
    None of that gameplay footage is new, So it's actually 0 seconds
Chris Terrio
May 20, 2015
I flattened her tire
#BetheBatman
BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
May 20, 2015
Holy shitballs...
1. Spurple
  May 21, 2015
  He has a gigantic mouth, I'll give him that.
v
May 20, 2015
Pretty good trailer. We probably have one trailer left before the game comes out; what are you all wanting to see from the final trailer?
1. Chris Terrio
  May 20, 2015
  I'm waiting to see Batman. Not sure if he'll be in the trailer or not. 😝
  1. v
    May 20, 2015
    Anything particular you'd like to see him do?
    1. Chris Terrio
      May 20, 2015
      More fighting definitely. Every time they do those takedowns in the trailers it gives me shivers. I want more awesome fighting and more gadgets in the trailer. More villains. More Batmobile. More Nightwing. More Robin. More Red Hood. More GCPD. More! More! More! MORE!
      1. v
        May 20, 2015
        I'd agree with seeing more fighting and gadgets, particularly the new ones Batman has. Or better yet, a combination of both.
      2. Chris Terrio
        May 20, 2015
        This Batman sees so high tec it makes so excited to use the gadgets.
      3. Chris Terrio
        May 20, 2015
        Mine too.
2. srivaaaaa
  May 20, 2015
  Arkham Knight... as in the character.
3. Jax Teller
  May 21, 2015
  It'll definitely have a gameplay trailer at E3 in 3 weeks.
Memorian
May 20, 2015
I've never played any of the Arkham games (Don't kill me!), but this is my favorite trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
those scenes in the beginning with him as young bruce, that look on his face as he watches his parents get killed.
1. Chris Terrio
  May 20, 2015
  Bruce was bald?
  1. Memorian
    May 20, 2015
    Yes....yes he was. (Lol I thought the same thing, it was a bit jarring)
    1. Memorian
      May 20, 2015
      It's not bad, I'm just so use to seeing him with more hair in most adaptations.
    2. Chris Terrio
      May 20, 2015
      He does look cool but it's weird to see him bald because he wasn't bald in the game or any version
2. BatmanNewsChris
  May 20, 2015
  Mine too. By far!
  Unfortunately it was the buggiest Arkham game. It wasn't made by Rocksteady. They did the big 3, including their trilogy ending Arkham knight.
  1. Benja Ortuño
    May 20, 2015
    In my case, I only encountered like 1 or 2 glitches in all the game. I really enjoyed Origins very much.
    1. Chris Terrio
      May 20, 2015
      It was a nice game but for most people the glitches annoyed them a lot. I only had 4 glitches and they bugged me so much
      1. Chris Terrio
        May 20, 2015
        The story was good. It was just as much as a beginning for Batman as it was for Arkham Asylum. My main glitch was it would crash whenever I would track to a hack a system to open a door or something
    2. v
      May 20, 2015
      Mine would crash every time I tried to go to the arms deal to interrogate the Penguin thug. Other than that, I had a few minor bugs like informants not showing up.
  2. Memorian
    May 20, 2015
    Are they behind this newest game that's coming out?
    1. Chris Terrio
      May 20, 2015
      Yes
    2. BatmanNewsChris
      May 20, 2015
      Rocksteady is, yes. They made Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, and now Batman: Arkham Knight.
      WB Games made Batman: Arkham Origins in 2013, it was a prequel to the Rocksteady games.
      1. Memorian
        May 21, 2015
        Ohhh, I see. Thanks!
3. Chris Terrio
  May 20, 2015
  "I've never played any of the Arkham games (Don't kill me!)"
  We won't kill you but we don't have to save you 😜
  Seriously though buy or rent those games. Trust me, they're all brilliant.
  1. Memorian
    May 20, 2015
    I know....they look really good, I've just never been a good gamer. As in I alwasy drop games and never complete them.
    1. Chris Terrio
      May 20, 2015
      Oh that's cool too. You can still watch the awesome Batman movies
      1. Memorian
        May 20, 2015
        and the animated shows and some comics. Makes me not feel like a bad Batman fan lol.
      2. Chris Terrio
        May 20, 2015
        So for you Batman movies and tv shows are guilty pleasure movies and shows? 😛
      3. Memorian
        May 21, 2015
        What?? No, thats not what I meant at all lol. I meant that I feel like a bad Batman fan for not playing the Arkham games. But since I'm into everything else I don't feel too bad.
  2. BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
    May 20, 2015
    That was one of the most out of character lines of Batman Begins. Actually, you do have to save him Bruce you're supposed to be a hero. That's what makes you Batman
    1. Chris Terrio
      May 20, 2015
      Killing and not killing isn't what makes him Batman though
    2. BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
      May 20, 2015
      But isn't the point to save as many lives as possible? Including the villain.
      1. Chris Terrio
        May 20, 2015
        YOU HAVE TO BECOME AN IDEA!
      2. Chris Terrio
        May 20, 2015
        One letter?
      3. Chris Terrio
        May 20, 2015
        Yay my memes show again
      4. BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
        May 20, 2015
        did you change your profile pic?
    3. Shadowknight1
      May 20, 2015
      How many times has Batman kept Joker from dying?
4. BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
  May 20, 2015
  You are so lucky Batman fanboys don't kill....
  1. Chris Terrio
    May 20, 2015
    Joker fanbase is mostly pissed off because of this
    1. BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
      May 20, 2015
      I sooo wish they would've gone with the traditional look. He's not even that white and his hair could be a bit longer
      1. Chris Terrio
        May 20, 2015
        This picture only shows him shirtless. We saw set photos where he looks like the traditional fun but psychotic Joker. As the white skin, it makes him look crazier and it's like TDKR Joker who was terrifying. By traditional Joker you mean purple suit right? I agree I would like that too but what we got is pretty good
    2. Batman
      May 21, 2015
      https://s-media-cache-ak0.p...
      1. Spurple
        May 21, 2015
        That's incredible.
  2. Memorian
    May 21, 2015
    Phew! Thank goodness~
5. Chris Terrio
  May 20, 2015
  "The night is young"
  "Help me"
  (Hits head with a piece of wood)
6. Chris Terrio
  May 20, 2015
  The Arkham trailer with the line "You will bring death to all who follow you" was epic as well
  1. BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
    May 20, 2015
    I didn't like that one. The graphics seemed worse than everything else. The part where robin turned to look at the camera was hideous
    1. BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
      May 20, 2015
      nope. i watched it several times too, am I the only one that thought it looked bad?
      1. Chris Terrio
        May 20, 2015
        ... Yes?
      2. BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
        May 20, 2015
        damn maybe I'm getting too picky?
      3. Chris Terrio
        May 20, 2015
        No it's ok not to like what everybody else likes
      4. BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
        May 20, 2015
        nope this definitely looks weird to me
      5. OssamNin
        May 20, 2015
        he looks old and ugly, I don't like that they give him such a short hairstyle, and that they removed the hood... the hood looked awesome
      6. Eobard Thawne
        May 20, 2015
        He don't think he looks old in many of the photos, he looks like in his twenties and sure that's old for Robin but kid Robin just doesn't work anywhere but comics. I don't know how attractive he is and don't think it'll impact his ability to fight crime but I've seen several girls swooning over him haha.
        The hood looked cool but it's more Damien's thing, and I think the shaved head is practical. I like it.
      7. Spurple
        May 21, 2015
        His hair looks like pubes, I agree.
      8. pw1x
        May 22, 2015
        No, the graphics in this game look shit.
7. RPMan
  May 20, 2015
  Get City or else you'll bleed and I'm not even gonna ask you if you did ;)
  1. Memorian
    May 21, 2015
    I had the concept soundtrack to one of these games, does that count lol? I think it was the one where the Joker died.
8. srivaaaaa
  May 20, 2015
  One of the best trailers ever! The Arkham Knight tv spot was insanely intense too
  1. Memorian
    May 21, 2015
    Yea, the live action is what reminded me of this trailer. I like how they made it relatable.
    1. srivaaaaa
      May 22, 2015
      Oh I actually wasn't talking about the live action. I was talking about this: https://www.youtube.com/wat... <-- but im starting to think I might have been fooled by a fain trailer coz I havent seen this up in many places. Regardless, still incredible though
9. Frank
  May 21, 2015
  That's just an amazing Batman video of itself. It doesn't matter that it's a trailer for a video game. That sums up Batman in such a short amount of time so beautifully.
  1. Memorian
    May 21, 2015
    It really does it made me go through all the emotions of why I love Batman so much and you get why he does what he does.
10. Spurple
  May 21, 2015
  I saw this on the big screen at a movie theater, and I got incredible chills.
11. Memorian
  May 21, 2015
  Link??
BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
May 20, 2015
Let's make this a trend.
I missed throwing trash in the trashcan. But I picked it back up anyways. #BeTheBatman
1. Clown Two-Face
  May 21, 2015
  He's my Father!!!! #BeTheBatman!
BatmanIsLoveBatmanIsLife
May 20, 2015
How? This is IMO the best Batsuit. Love the metallic armored look. He's got all the tech this time and he's ready for war!
OptimistPrime99
May 20, 2015
https://uproxx.files.wordpr...
A.C. Wilson
May 20, 2015
Does any of you still play Arkham City from time to time? I always go on the the Joker's carnival and try to beat my previous record. Or if I want a challenge, I'll play on The Iceberg Longue. I've been playing it a lot lately in preparation for Arkham Knight, it is still a lot of fun!
1. Chris Terrio
  May 20, 2015
  I play when I'm bored. I'm a bit busy breaking my records for Origins though
2. OssamNin
  May 20, 2015
  This month I played Asylum, City and Origins in preparation haha, mostly to fill the void of not having Arkham Knight :(
  1. A.C. Wilson
    May 20, 2015
    Really? Me too xD I skipped Origins though, I like it as a standalone game and it has a good story but it doesn't make sense to me if I look at it as a whole. How did Batman train the three robins, Batgirl all in seven years? O.o
    1. OssamNin
      May 20, 2015
      It's supposed to be a 5 year gap which is BS hahaha I can't really connect it to the other arkham games either, but I just played all the Arkham games I have... happens to me everytime I am hyped... for example if it's a zelda game, I play ocarina, majora's mask, twlight, etc... this time it's batman so... Arkham games it is
      1. A.C. Wilson
        May 20, 2015
        You are a Zelda fan too? Batman and Zelda are my favorite things xD Batman is my favorite character and Zelda is my favorite video game series. But yeah, 5 years? That's even worse lol
      2. OssamNin
        May 20, 2015
        same here, grew up playing zelda games, and watching BTAS,
      3. A.C. Wilson
        May 20, 2015
        That is awesome, I bought a wii u to play the new Zelda but then it was then delayed..
        Ahh well, I still have Batman Arkham Knight to keep me waiting
      4. Mysterious Gamer Dude
        May 20, 2015
        I remember playing Zelda 2 on the PS2. I't was freaking hard!! One time there was a room with a bunch of giant ball things you had to jump across, sometimes these ball things had hidden bombs inside them. And I had no way to figure out where the bombs were located. I just kept dying and dying till I just gave up.
3. A.C. Wilson
  May 20, 2015
  Same here xD, can't wait to see what Hush is up too
OssamNin
May 20, 2015
Anybody knows if we will be able to use the original Arkham Asylum/City suit as a skin or something?
1. Chris Terrio
  May 20, 2015
  Ask Chris Begley
  1. OssamNin
    May 20, 2015
    what? O.ó
2. BatmanNewsChris
  May 20, 2015
  That hasn't been announced, but it would be very cool!
  1. OssamNin
    May 20, 2015
    I hope it is available cause I don't like that this new batsuit has a lot of armor and metal xD
Chris Terrio
May 20, 2015
Not saying it's a bad thing but the amount of comments the previous articles have are huge.
1. Chris Terrio
  May 20, 2015
  Pretty much. I remember when this site was new, articles would have about 30 comments. I've been reading on Batman-News for about 4 years and I would imagine all the things that are happening know. Mainly because I'm not psychic
  1. A.C. Wilson
    May 20, 2015
    I've been reading Batman news since the first reveal pic of Bane was released for The Dark Knight Rises, and yeah, I remember there was less comments back then lol
diogo02000
May 20, 2015
That trailer is HOT! And sells very well the theme of the game.
Chris Terrio
May 20, 2015
Hoping for a Batfleck alternative skin
1. Shadowknight1
  May 20, 2015
  I wouldn't count on it, not with the movie so far away. I'd love it to happen myself, as well as a Batfleck Batmobile, but with 2016 so far off, I can't see it happening. Now a Dark Knight Returns Batsuit isn't out of the question.
Rorschach
May 20, 2015
Marveltard logic: Why put Batman in the MOS sequel (which we will conveniently forget is actually just the Justice League prequel)? Rebooting him 4 years later? That's desperate! There's no time to characterize him! DC sucks.
Put Spider-Man in Cap 3, and make it Avengers 2.5 while you're at it! Rebooting him 2 years later is a-okay! He doesn't need to be characterized; Andrew Garfield's angst-fueled, memorable performance in "Amazing Spider-Man 2," complete with Phillip Phillips, told us all we needed to know about him! Marvel's the best.
nigth cloud
May 20, 2015
I thought it was a live-action batman....
Mysterious Gamer Dude
May 20, 2015
I'm not liking Jared Leto's Joker. AT ALL!!!!!
1. Mysterious Gamer Dude
  May 20, 2015
  I don't like a dang thing.
  1. Mysterious Gamer Dude
    May 20, 2015
    Shure his Joker acting is good, but his appearance SUCKS.
    1. Eobard Thawne
      May 20, 2015
      But his acting is fantastic- just from behind he looks more like the original and then animated Joker than any other before him. Isn't that truly what counts, and if his acting is good, surely that's a 'dang thing' worth considering.
      1. Mysterious Gamer Dude
        May 20, 2015
        I guess
    2. Chris Terrio
      May 21, 2015
      Then if his acting is good to you the appearance (which is like the old school Joker mixed with New 52) shouldn't matter
2. slade wilson
  May 20, 2015
  random
3. Clown Two-Face
  May 21, 2015
  But dat face though!!!!!
A.C. Wilson
May 20, 2015
What do you guys want Rocksteady to make after this trilogy? Honestly, I would LOVE a Wonder Woman game made by Rocksteady. That or a Justice League game of course :)
1. Mysterious Gamer Dude
  May 20, 2015
  Maybe a Deathstroke or an Asrael game.
  1. A.C. Wilson
    May 20, 2015
    Maybe Warner Bros Montreal actually makes a game with DeathStroke as the lead just as it was teased in the end of Arkham Origins? It's the closest thing
    1. Mysterious Gamer Dude
      May 20, 2015
      WE CAN ONLY HOPE :)
2. Mysterious Gamer Dude
  May 20, 2015
  Ooo! Or a game that is kinda like GTA but you play as the Joker and you have to manage you crew and stuff. Who wouldn't love to run around Gotham doing a drive-by in front of the GCPD police dpt. driving a purple Lamborghini!!
Mysterious Gamer Dude
May 20, 2015
I hope you can ram other cars through walls with the Batmobile. That would be cool.
Sergio
May 20, 2015
loved this promo; incredibly enough, this minute and a half thing was a lot better than the whole first season of gotham...
1. Clown Two-Face
  May 21, 2015
  Eh?
2. Chris Terrio
  May 21, 2015
  NEVER
Sense
May 20, 2015
Very nice.

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