Batman: Arkham Knight's Batgirl trailer looks better than the full game
Who would have thought that the best way to improve Rocksteady's series of blockbuster Batman games would be to get rid of the caped crusader himself? Anybody who's watched the trailer for Batman: Arkham Knight's first DLC pack, that's who. The teaser for Batgirl: A Matter of Family pits Barbara Gordon (Batgirl herself) against Gotham's greatest villain in a high-stakes, action packed thriller. The Joker is holding her father captive, and if Batman shows up, he dies.
The prequel storyline mission (set before 2009's Arkham Asylum) looks fun in its own right, but the trailer absolutely shines as a showcase for some of Gotham's best written characters. In addition to Batgirl, we get glimpses of giddy, delightful Joker, a classically dress Harley Quinn and enough action to make me wish this was a trailer for a stand-alone Batgirl game. It look like everything I could possibly want from a Batman game, minus Batman. I'm surprisingly okay with that.
Batgirl: A Matter of Family will be available to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players on July 14th for $7. Prefer to play on PC? You'll have to wait: Rocksteady is still patching the PC version of the game up after major glitches forced it to pull the game from Steam last month. Batman: Arkham Knight (and hopefully, the new Batgirl DLC) should return to digital platforms again sometime this Fall.
