The Batman Batsuit Has Seemingly Been Added To Batman Arkham Knight

26.10.2023 - 16:03 / thegamer.com / Robert Pattinson / Arkham Knight

Screenshots have surfaced on Twitter of a new suit added to Arkham Knight after eight years, themed around The Batman which is now nearly two years old. It's strange, completely unexpected, and the update doesn't seem to be live for everyone. Regardless, you can see it below thanks to @Venturian628, who shared some photo mode snapshots of the costume in action.

Bizarrely, the Arkham and Batman socials haven't announced the suit yet, leaving fans scrambling to figure out how legitimate these screenshots are. It's worth noting that it looks nothing like any of the mods out there while posts of the exact same costume have been cropping up on the subreddit too.

It appears to be exclusive to the Epic Games Store right now, according to those who claim to have it downloaded. And thanks to @themedineer, there are also screenshots of the suit selection screen with Robert Pattinson's getup, listed as "The Batman Skin - 2022" with the caption, "I am the shadows", next to The Dark Knight's costume.

As you can see in the tweet embedded below, it appears stretched and out of place, looking far less polished than the other icons, which only adds to the mystery of its validity.

Of course, fans wanted to see the suit in motion, so one player asked @Venturian628 if they could record and share some footage, to which they happily obliged.

They shared a 51-second clip of them fighting criminals in Gotham City while donning The Batman costume, so it's clearly not a photo edit.

Whether it's official or a mod, however, is still up in the air until Arkham or The Batman's socials announce anything.

Several players who own the game on EGS have tried to find the suit in the wake of this news, but they've been unable to. It's possible that the update accidentally went live early for some, hence the radio silence on socials. It's also possible that the Robert Pattinson suit is being added due to the trilogy getting a Nintendo Switch port in December - that certainly makes more sense than patching in a new costume randomly after eight years.

Batman: Arkham Knight is currently 80 percent off on both Steam and Epic Games Store. You can pick it up for £3.19, or you can grab the collection for £7.49 which includes the season pass, Arkham City, and Arkham Asylum.

If it has been released early by mistake for a limited few, we might be able to try it for ourselves soon enough. Whether it comes to Steam and console, however... We'll just have to wait and see.

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