{"id":31191,"date":"2012-01-23T09:51:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T07:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=31191"},"modified":"2012-01-23T09:54:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T07:54:45","slug":"what-will-rocksteady-studios-develop-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/31191-what-will-rocksteady-studios-develop-next","title":{"rendered":"What will Rocksteady Studios develop next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2009&#8217;s Batman: Arkham Asylum came as a huge surprise to many people. It wasn&#8217;t the fact that a Batman game got made &#8211; the surprise came in when that game ended up being pretty awesome.<\/p>\n<p>It was a natural shoe-in for a sequel &#8211; and no one was really surprised when Batman: Arkham City was announced and released to massive critical and consumer success.<\/p>\n<p>Having treated the Batman name and universe with such respect and style, Rocksteady has rocketed to AAA-studio status &#8211; and they&#8217;ve only made 3 games.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, all eyes are on the developers, looking and clawing for any bit of information as to where they&#8217;re going next &#8211; with an expectation that whatever it is, it&#8217;ll be just as amazing as their previous games.<\/p>\n<p>We could sit around and express our wishes for what could come next &#8211; but let&#8217;s rather look at the 3 routes which have gathered the most murmurings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29610\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/batman-arkham-city.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29610\" class=\" wp-image-29610\" title=\"Batman Arkham City\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/batman-arkham-city.jpg\" alt=\"Batman Arkham City\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/batman-arkham-city.jpg 698w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/batman-arkham-city-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/batman-arkham-city-250x147.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Batman Arkham City<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Batman: Arkham Sequel<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>First, the most obvious &#8211; for everyone who&#8217;s finished Arkham City, you know that the game leaves a lot open for a possible sequel.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t spoil the game (it&#8217;s still too soon after release) &#8211; but it&#8217;s obvious why Rocksteady left so many questions and eyebrow-raising conclusions; they&#8217;re onto a good thing here.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve already established themselves pretty comfortably as the Batman guys, so to bank on another game featuring the Dark Knight is a pretty safe option. Chances of it being called &#8220;Arkham World&#8221;, however, is highly, highly unlikely.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31192\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Arkham-World.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31192\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31192\" title=\"Arkham World\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Arkham-World.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Arkham-World.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Arkham-World-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Arkham-World-250x125.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Batman: Arkham World joke<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Superman<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This little seed was first planted on the internet in October 2011, when Paul Dini &#8211; DC Comics creative, and writer of Rocksteady&#8217;s Batman stories &#8211; expressed a pretty in-depth view of how the developers should move on to Superman next.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously not speaking on behalf of Rocksteady in any way, it was a far-stretch from anything solid &#8211; however his reasoning was.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, Dini knows his stuff &#8211; he&#8217;s not some pleb off the streets; and having worked with Rocksteady on such an integral part of the game, he probably knows how their minds work and how they&#8217;d approach it.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, timing &#8211; Batman underwent a massive media &#8220;re-branding&#8221; with Christopher Nolan&#8217;s grittier take on the franchise; similarly, Superman is going through the same in a new movie.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s probably never been a better time to bank on the wave of change.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31193\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Superman-Game.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31193\" class=\" wp-image-31193\" title=\"Superman Game\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Superman-Game-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Superman-Game-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Superman-Game-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Superman-Game-250x156.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Superman-Game.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superman<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The latest possibility to get the &#8220;Batman&#8221; treatment from Rocksteady, comes courtesy of a rumour posted rather reluctantly by the Paul Gale Network.<\/p>\n<p>The story isn&#8217;t linked to anyone directly tied to the project, but rather from &#8220;rumblings and small talk&#8221; within the industry, according to Gale, who admits this is strictly under the &#8220;rumour&#8221; category.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently the next Rocksteady game will be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Manhattan Crisis &#8211; featuring the four turtles we all know and love &#8211; as well as a roster of enemies from the series.<\/p>\n<p>Building on the Arkham City engine, and following similar progression; the Rocksteady treatment of TMNT is a less obvious option &#8211; but certainly the most intriguing.<\/p>\n<p>Gale also does a good job reasoning out the publishing rights &#8211; TMNT isn&#8217;t a DC brand (and Rocksteady do seem to be laying their stock there), however, IDW Publishing, who own TMNT, have partnered with DC before.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31194\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31194\" class=\" wp-image-31194\" title=\"Turtle\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle-297x167.jpg 297w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle-625x351.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Turtle-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So there you have it &#8211; three possible routes, each as unconfirmed as the next; considering the 2 year development cycle for games (that aren&#8217;t made by Valve), we&#8217;re probably still a long way off from any announcements.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a title=\"NeoGAF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showthread.php?p=34485274&amp;posted=1#post34485274\" target=\"_blank\">NeoGAF<\/a>, <a title=\"PGN\" href=\"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/2012\/01\/22\/rumor-is-rocksteady-studios-next-game-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-manhattan-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Gale Network<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related Article<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"MyGaming Article\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/14592-arkham-city-writer-thinks-superman-should-be-next.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Arkham City writer thinks Superman should be next<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trifecta of possibilities awaits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":31195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[247,21,1580,2091,415,2092,2093],"class_list":["post-31191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-batman","tag-headline","tag-rocksteady","tag-rumours","tag-sequel","tag-superman","tag-tmnt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31196,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31191\/revisions\/31196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}