But saying that the Nemesis System is the only thing great about them would be doing both titles a disservice. There’s also that heady blend of the established lore in Lord of the Rings versus intelligent additions that make the experience feel rooted in its inspirations, but bold enough to tell its own story. It’s a franchise that conquers Mordor both literally and figuratively, and you’re at the center of it all.

"Talion’s fate becomes the perfect entry point for Celebrimbor, the legendary elven blacksmith who forged the One Ring for Sauron and paid a heavy price for it."

If that doesn’t keep you rooted in its world when it makes its Switch 2 debut this week, there’s more to it than its best features. But does that new version manage to hold up well enough to make this one as good on the go as it’s been at keeping us glued to our seats in the past?

Let’s begin with Talion, and how he’s often the best vehicle for the Shadow franchise to blend the old and the new. He’s more than just a gruff-voiced protagonist capable of incredible feats with the blade, being a Gondorian ranger and all. He’s also a good man, devoted to his family and in possession of a code of honor that grants him a strong moral compass.

That’s all well and good when life is going well, but things don’t stay that way for very long in the game, and we’re not going to spoil it if this is your first time with it. Talion’s fate becomes the perfect entry point for Celebrimbor, the legendary elven blacksmith who forged the One Ring for Sauron and paid a heavy price for it. It’s a name that immediately strikes awe in the heart of a fan, and it’s an excellent choice to present his alliance with Talion as an uneasy one.

That’s because Talion himself becomes the focal point for the overarching struggle between light and darkness that roots the franchise’s narrative, while allowing that conflict to spill into the gameplay in interesting ways. Player agency is at the center of it all, letting you choose your course of action in an open-world design that’s very liberating once you get some momentum in it.

There’s the matter of the New Ring, and the ability to mind-control Orcs, which is where the dichotomy between the noble Ranger and the Elf whose ruthless quest for revenge sees him justify any means to reach the ends he desires. It’s in how you decide which side to act on in any given moment that lends the game its flavor, and the Nemesis System its potency.

"Talion’s tale is one in which he has no choice but to be an anti-hero, and it’s a narrative that deserves a closer examination"

But no matter what you decide to do with your powers, you know that Talion’s tale is one in which he has no choice but to be an anti-hero, and it’s a narrative that deserves a closer examination.

It’s a good idea to look at how Monolith placed the narrative within the larger framework of Tolkein’s well-established universe, as it’s a choice that immediately lends potency to the story it was trying to tell.

Placing the narrative roughly around the time the One Ring remained with Bilbo, safely tucked away in his pocket while he enjoyed the domestic bliss of The Shire, was a great choice. It was a great way to root Sauron as a threat, while managing to make the first game make good use of his agents in Mordor.

It also helped present a story that fit credibly within the larger mythos of the franchise, and we’re personally fans of how it manages to give us a unique perspective on the Eye of Sauron that’s ever alert for the presence of the One Ring at the end of it. It pulls at your heartstrings long after you’re done with it, but its effectiveness is rivalled only by its execution.

It could have been too easy to throw in a bunch of familiar faces from the books and films, find ways for Talion to meet them, and call it a day. But the Shadow franchise wisely brings in fresh new characters who embody the ideals and personalities of the ones we know and love, while leaving them free to tell their own stories through Talion’s eyes.

It’s also great that the supporting cast is quite limited in both titles, with new and old faces woven into the narrative and gameplay quite well to be a cohesive experience in which engaging with those characters brings tangible gameplay rewards while further deepening the narrative ethos that the game establishes.

"Having Orcs respond to betrayals or a failure to protect them makes every recruit a potential source of questlines that end in a confrontation."

Of course, that supporting cast of characters is supplemented quite well by what’s going to be the feature that stands out the most to you: the Orcs you get to, er, “befriend” along your journey.

Building an army whose effectiveness is hinged on the obedience of a bunch as rowdy as the Orcs might sound like a folly to any member of the Fellowship, but Talion doesn’t really have the cream of the crop to work with in Mordor. Ratbag’s good for some comic relief, but man, is that Orc incompetent.

Of course, other Orcs soon become available to you, each coming with their own strengths, weaknesses, and, of course, unique personalities and a whole lot of ambition as they try to climb the ranks and lead their comrades. The fact that each one of them is a potential recruit to Talion’s cause then creates the scope for interesting games of cat and mouse, all of which are woven into the very fabric of the worlds Talion explores.

It’s an ambitious idea that spreads its effects across sprawling maps and two whole games, building up to what we can only describe as large-scale battles that are the result of Talion working systematically to dismantle enemy formations and to cause chaos at the right moments to ensure that he plays as dirty as the ones he’s fighting.

His Gondorian honor may disapprove of such methods, but the cunning that his training as a Ranger has imparted in him knows that there is no other way. But it’s when his control over an Orc breaks that lends the entire franchise its unpredictability. Having Orcs respond to betrayals or a failure to protect them makes every recruit a potential source of questlines that end in a confrontation.

That you have different ways to respond to such efforts only increases the number of variables you’re left to play with, and you could even pit Orcs against each other to empower a potential recruit while getting rid of a pesky opponent in one fell swoop. The possibilities are endless, and it’s all in your hands. It’s probably the closest you can get to feeling what the power of a Ring can be, and it’s something you can’t put down once you begin with it.

"Talion’s quite the warrior with his sword, while Celebrimbor brings the unerring precision of an Elf to his mystical bow."

Of course, a Ring doesn’t just let you command armies. It can also give you the power you need to obliterate them.

Talion’s quite the warrior with his sword, while Celebrimbor brings the unerring precision of an Elf to his mystical bow. That’s a potent combination in any fight, but pair them together and put a Ring on their finger, and you soon have a being that even the mightiest Ologs can find hard to slay.

The combat system evolves across two games into one that weaves in the best RPG elements of such titles into a combat system that brings an insane amount of depth to a take on Rocksteady’s fluid combat system in the Arkhamverse that feels familiar but entirely new.

Talion’s animations work well to convey his newfound speed and agility while also showcasing his prowess with the blade. The powers he unlocks over the course of two games only serve to supplement his already strong foundations as a Ranger, and a rather good one at that.

However, what makes the Shadow franchise addictive is how each fight can soon go from being a random encounter with a group of Orcs into a full-fledged fight for survival with multiple Orcs with a grudge showing up to get a piece of you. Getting from one place to another comes with a tangible risk, making Talion feel like a hunter who’s also hunted.

It immediately makes Mordor a place where you don’t entirely sheathe your sword, and must be ready to parry a sudden attack at a moment’s notice. Well, that’s exactly what you’d expect from a land that’s so rooted in Sauron’s villainy, and we’d have it no other way.

"It’s an experience that comes together so well across two games, building on its scope and size in a way that makes you feel so darn powerful it really feels like you’re trying to take off a Ring of Power."

It’s a testament to the franchise’s quality that there really is nothing like it on offer today, and with the Nemesis System out of circulation for a while, there could be nothing like it for a while.

It’s an experience that comes together so well across two games, building on its scope and size in a way that makes you feel so darn powerful it really feels like you’re trying to take off a Ring of Power. And that’s not something any game can reliably duplicate without an innovation that’s as visionary as the Nemesis System.

That there’s a solid experience that doesn’t rely on that innovation as its pillar, with every other part of it working well to feed the kind of experience it’s aiming for, is icing on a very tasty cake. It’s also as satisfying as elven bread for those of you who’ve dived deep into Lord of the Rings and its associated lore.

Of course, how that experience translates to the Switch 2 is a factor, and we can say that both Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War run well on the Switch 2, delivering smooth performance whether you’re playing docked or in handheld mode. Frame rate drops are minimal across both games, keeping the action fluid and making the transition from the TV to the portable screen a comfortable one.

The Bright Lord stands tall as a modern protagonist who can rival even the finest warriors we’ve met over the years, and is probably going to occupy a corner of our minds forever thanks to how memorable he makes his time in Mordor.

This game was reviewed on the Nintendo Switch 2.

Yeah, that’s a thing, alongside a very familiar face following you around from time to time. If it isn’t clear why we adore these two titles already, the trailer below should give you a clearer picture ahead of its September 30th release. Talion’s banishment from death, and the wild romp through Mordor with Celebrimbor in his brain that ensues, is certainly one heck of a ride.

That it spans two games is a matter of convenience, allowing the adventure to draw you in with an immersive experience to start with before it ups the ante. We’ve called Shadow of War the perfect sequel, and even said that there was nothing like it ten years after its release. That sentiment still stands and it should be interesting to see how it translates to Nintendo Switch 2.

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is now out for Nintendo’s current-gen handheld, and there’s a new trailer to celebrate its launch. It’s as campy as you’d expect from a LEGO game, but it does well to show off what TT Games gets right, and does so in a fashion that we can only call spectacular. Our review sang its praises already as we scored it a nine out of ten, and the accolades trailer showcased similar sentiments from other critics.

Well, you now have the chance to see what the fuss is all about for yourself, and we’re happy to cheer you on as you dive into an adventure that not only does Batman justice, but manages to be as good as the games that have come before it. And given Rocksteady’s excellent work on The Bat, that’s saying something. The launch trailer’s below if you want to get a sense of what we mean before you dive into the fray, and begin leaping off rooftops.

The Joker has cast his spell over Harleen Quinzel, and she’s now the infamous Harley Quinn. The duo’s breaking out of Arkham Asylum, and they’re planning quite the party to celebrate. You get to play as Joker, using his uncanny agility, Paintball Pelter, and Boxing Glove to cause chaos while Harley brings her own gear and Bud and Lou, her beloved hyenas, to the fray. There’s a new story mission to take on, of course, but it’s what you get to do in Gotham City proper that has us very eager for this one’s September 18, 2026 release date.

Mayhem Mode lets you loose in limited-time runs that are going to require that you cause as much destruction as you can before hoofing it back to safety, with Batman, Robin, and Amanda Waller’s Task Force X in hot pursuit. Yeah, you read that right. A lot of familiar faces are entering the fray, and Gotham’s crime circuit is about to get very lively. A new difficulty and additional unlockables for base game owners are also on the cards.

We’re quite eager to make the Bat earn his keep when this one’s out, and the trailer below should show you why.

The duo has also confirmed that many of the game design decisions that went into Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League essentially came down to executives telling the developers how much money could be made from the title. Rydby, who would go on to become the director of the project, mentioned frequent meetings with executives where questions like “How many players can we reach with this feature?” or “How can we twist this design into something that can be more replayable?” were asked. This, he noted, was when he stopped feeling like he was making a game.

“That’s when I started feeling like I wasn’t making games anymore,” he said. “I was following a spreadsheet, some elusive marketing-analysis spreadsheet that no one could present clearly. I kind of felt like this isn’t the gaming industry I wanted to work in.”

Armstrong described a feeling of relief at Rocksteady that the studio wasn’t going to work on yet another Batman game. However, this relief wouldn’t last long.

“There was definitely a sense when we first moved on to it — arrogance is the wrong word, but a confidence,” he said. “We’re coming back off hit after hit. Of course we’ll be able to do this.”

Rocksteady’s lack of experience with multiplayer games also played a major role. Armstrong described a feeling of the team needing “to run to stand still” due to a lack of noticeable improvement in the game despite plenty of hours being spent on it. The number of delays didn’t help either, since they were relatively short-term delays that combined into a longer one. This meant that the developers couldn’t make any plans for introducing major overhauls to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League that could actually improve it.

“Six months isn’t enough to do any fundamental changes,” Rydby said. “That’s just enough to just fix as many bugs as you can and see if you can squeeze in a bit of feature tweaks here and there.”

With the release of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and its subsequent negative reception, Warner Bros. ultimately decided to abandon the title. Armstrong noted that this was the moment when he felt “everything drained” from him. “I said, ‘I can’t do this again. I don’t know if I’m done with the industry, but I’m done.’ I could feel myself coming apart at the seams.”

Rydby and Armstrong would ultimately leave Rocksteady, and while catching up with each other, would ultimately decide to make a new game together. This led to the development of a prototype that would then go on to become the Kickstarter project Secret of Circadia. The experience with Suicide Squad as a whole has left a sour taste in Rydby’s mouth, however.

“I think as an industry we are severely losing our way,” Rydby said. “It used to be passion projects that you loved and hoped other people loved too. When they did, it was such an amazing feeling. It became less and less of that. It became: ‘Let’s hope it sells. Let’s hope we get money from it.’”

While half of the top 10 list in the US were new releases for the month, the other half was made up of older games, like Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, MLB: The Show 26, Crimson Desert, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and Mario Kart World.

When taking the whole year into account, Resident Evil Requiem continues to take the top spot for game sales in the US. It is followed by Crimson Desert in second place and MLB: The Show 26 in third place. Despite being a relatively new release, 007 First Light has managed to do incredibly well by taking the fourth spot for the entire year so far, followed by Forza Horizon 6 in fifth. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is the only new release to have broken through the top 10 sales for the year, coming in at 7th place.

007 First Light ended up getting quite a few accolades for its performance in May 2026, being the best-selling PlayStation game for the month, as well as the highest “full game dollar sales” of any James Bond game in history.

All in all, Piscatella has reported that total video game spending in the US for May 2026 hit $4.2 billion, which marks a 3 percent increase over May 2025. By the time the month was over, the year-to-date spending was 4 percent higher than last year, coming in at $23 billion.

Interestingly, Piscatella has noted that consoles served as the primary platform for game spending in May 2026 in the US, with total spending having gone up by 25 percent compared to last year. When taking year-to-date figures, console content spending is 13 percent higher. PC and subscriptions haven’t fallen behind either, coming in at 15 percent and 11 percent year-on-year increases, respectively.

Piscatella has also revealed details about console hardware sales in the US for May 2026, noting that both PlayStation and Xbox haven’t been doing too well. While it was the first May faced by PlayStation since 2000, Piscatella has confirmed that May 2026 was the worst May for Xbox since Microsoft launched the division. While there are likely many reasons for console sales falling in this regard, Piscatella also brought up the fact that price hikes have led to consoles simply getting too expensive. Xbox, for example, saw a 22 percent increase in average hardware price since 2025. PlayStation, on the other hand, saw an increase of 33 percent year-on-year.

“Xbox is currently tracking a distant third in hardware sales among the major manufacturers. But they are getting more revenue from each unit sold, enough to make dollar sales grow in May despite the unit drop,” said Piscatella. “If that fits the definition of ‘working’ or not, I don’t know.”

May 2026 U.S. Projected Top 10 Best-Selling Games Ranked on Physical & Full Game Digital Dollar Sales (Excludes Mobile and Digital Add-On Content)

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T13:00:03.576Z

YTD 2026 U.S. Projected Top 10 Best-Selling Games Ranked on Physical & Full Game Digital Dollar Sales (Excludes Mobile and Digital Add-On Content)

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T13:00:03.577Z

Content – Console drove content spending growth in May. Total spending on console content increased by 25% compared to a year ago and is now 13% higher year-to-date. PC content (+15% versus a year ago) and subscription spending (+11%) also grew in May.

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T13:00:03.585Z

Content – 007 First Light was May’s leader in full game dollar sales, debuting as the 4th best-seller of 2026 year-to-date. It also led all titles in full game dollar sales on PlayStation platforms in the month.

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T13:00:03.586Z

So, whilst Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight harbours an open-world checklist of sorts – the kind to keep you ticking over between meaningful story beats – it’s also bringing something deceptively simple that many modern blockbusters overlook: joyful, chaotic, family friendly play.

TT Games’ Lego franchise has always harnessed the child-like imagination a mass of unsorted Lego bricks imposes; the skittering cascade of plastic clicks as your hand wades through a loose pile, eruditely distilled into gleeful gameplay. If there’s one area the series risks over-playing, it’s nostalgia, which might have given TT a headache during development as Legacy of the Dark Knight spans influence from every Batman era – from Adam West’s campy 1960s turn, through Tim Burton’s high-fantasy to Matt Reeves’ contemporary gothic-noir.

Yet, Lego Batman avoids overly-romanticising the past, instead spinning The Dark Knight’s many archetypes into a singular, self-contained experience that is then fleshed out by the series’ trademark irreverence and fondness for unexpected cross-cultural references. So, whilst you might have expected the menacing cartoonishness of Jack Nicholson’s Joker, there won’t be many who foresaw an American Psycho gag in a Lego game.

The game treats nostalgia like a pile of bricks. It’s not recreating the past, but recombining it.

But, that’s not to say Lego Batman allows nostalgia’s pitfalls to dilute its ambition. Whilst it appears structurally simple – like the loose bricks analogy we keep returning to – this isn’t a narrow, level-based romp but a fully realised take on Gotham City, complete with open-ended exploration, multi-layered mission design, and a surprising degree of mechanical variety. Combat, for starters, borrows liberally from the rhythmic flow and reactive weight of Batman’s Arkham series, while stealth, gadget use, and character switching introduce a measure of flexibility that goes beyond simple button-mashing.

On paper, it’s easy to write this off as “just another Lego game”. Indeed, many already did before its flood of positive critical reception. What we know now is this isn’t a familiar formula applied to a globally-recognised license, but a curated distillation of what makes Batman work in the first place, dismantled and reassembled into something broad, well-considered, yet still playfully messy. The crucial thing to understand here is Lego Batman’s playfulness doesn’t oppose its ambition, but expresses it in a way that’s universally appealing.

Contrast this to the many big-budget games that are, for better or worse, structured around retention. Is there anyone else, for instance, who agrees that Marathon would draw more players if the extraction shooter also included a one-and-done single player campaign? Whilst an entirely different experience, of course, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight still offers something radical: it’s a game that simply asks to be played before moving on. You can stray through Gotham at your own pace, unlock extra characters, or collect optional WayneTech. There’s no obligation to keep up with anything beyond your own curiosity.

You’re loading the game up because you’re interested, then you’re doubling back for collectibles, and replaying missions with new abilities because it feels satisfying to do so. It’s a loop reminiscent of how most big-budget games used to be; complete experiences rather than eternal attention hoarders. You pick it up, shape your experience, then move on without the sense that something is occurring in your absence.

And then we have Lego Batman’s ability to portray The World’s Greatest Detective in a language shared by all ages. See, movie-going Batman is often exclusively dark, traumatic, and intense, whereas Legacy of the Dark Knight reintroduces theatrical absurdity. Even the most elegiac scenarios, like Bruce’s brutal Himalayan training at the hands of Ra’s al Ghul’s League of Shadows in Batman Begins is treated lightheartedly by TT Games. Adults will recognise the source material, while kids see colours, explosions, and chaotic stimuli. Both are valid experiences. The juvenile mindset enjoys smashing that pile of loose bricks, scattering them across the floor, while grown-ups envision building houses, bridges, and maybe even grander structures like citadels and cathedrals.

This is where the Lego series is uniquely placed to reach a wide audience without dumbing down the experience. Yes, younger players might be discovering Batman for the first time, the older generation might have grown up with Lego, casuals might want easy-to-learn systems, while completionists will be exploring every hidden collectible. Add to this Lego Batman’s suite of accessibility presets – from vision, motion, and motor function modifiers, to difficulty sliders, event skipping, and, perhaps the most crucial for any parents playing with their kids, the option to retain studs after defeat – then the possibilities become the sheer opposite of shallow. Accessibility, here, is how the game truly functions as a communal experience.

There is, however, mechanical nostalgia that younger players might not pick up on. Lego Batman’s combat echoes Rocksteady’s Arkham series precisely, not just to invoke its fluidity, punch, and potential, but as another finely-tuned, rose-tinted drip feed. Furthermore, it connects the game to a lineage of strong, single-player games while reassuring experienced players that there’s still plenty of meat to chew on. The idea Lego Batman suggests is that publishers shouldn’t underestimate the gravitas of single-player, as broadly speaking, superhero licenses, shared experiences, and big IP adaptations – IO Interactive’s upcoming 007 origin story notwithstanding – generally focus toward online ecosystems. Legacy of the Dark Knight’s reception shows that, instead, there’s appetite for generous, content-rich, self-contained single-player narratives.

There’s also something specifically important about how the game approaches shared play, where the borders created by separate screens, spaces, or even entire countries are eroded, turning Gotham into a city that can be navigated, disrupted, and laughed through side by side.

As anyone who’s completed one of a growing number of same-screen co-operative games will tell you, playing Split Fiction or Overcooked together on the couch changes a game’s rhythm. Progress becomes conversational, improvised, sometimes casually argumentative. It’s human interaction through digital collaboration, and it’s something which the Lego series has been a torchbearer for generations.

In a way, it mirrors the physical act of building freeform with Lego itself. Pieces are passed back and forth, ideas overlap, and structures take shape through collaborative input. Lego Batman’s digital experience captures the same tactile possibility, where on-screen movement, exploration, and combat becomes the allegorical product of two players working in sync.

Now, it’s tempting to label this as mere iteration. Another pass, it seems, at a roadworn formula. But Legacy of the Dark Knight shows that the Lego formula isn’t an issue. Like a box of bricks, its value lies in how it’s used. With a stronger identity, better systemic cohesion, and a clear understanding of what makes Batman compelling – areas that, admittedly, the Lego series has struggled with over the years – then the loose bricks feel newly purposeful.

And maybe this is the wider lesson licensed games can take away, that they don’t need to chase scale to find an audience. If they understand the fantasy running through its core – the gadgets, the villains, the vast showroom of Batmobiles, in Batman’s case – then the rest can be built around it. Lego Batman, then, succeeds precisely because it doesn’t reinvent his enigma, but reassembles the composite parts intently, brick-by-brick.

Note: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, GamingBolt as an organization.

Pre-orders are live now on the Nintendo eShop, with the Standard Edition costing $69.99 and the Deluxe Edition retailing for $89.99. As with other platforms, purchasing the latter entitles you to three days of early access and various DLC packs, including the Mayhem Collection.

Speaking of which, it launches on the same day, offering a new story mission starring The Joker and Harley Quinn where they escape from Arkham Asylum. You also get to rampage through Gotham City in Mayhem Mode. There’s also the Sinister Pack, and based on datamining, it may see players controlling several Task Force X characters.

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is currently available for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. You can check out our review here – we gave it a nine out of ten, praising the combat, visuals, and open world. Whether it fills the gap left by Rocksteady’s Batman Arkham series will vary from person to person, but it’s an incredible tribute to the Caped Crusader.

This LEGO Batman 4: Legacy of The Dark Knight is all about the best weapon upgrades you should unlock first for each character.

Batman

Brute Claw

6 WayneTech Chips

Get this upgrade in order to grab and destabilize bigger opponents with the Batclaw.

Focus Bat Swarm

12 WayneTech Chips

Summons a bat swarm to both distract and damage enemies, best used on crowds.

Robin

Bungee Cable

4 WayneTech Chips

Allows for rapid strikes in succession using cables with bungee-like properties.

Focus Slammer

12 WayneTech Chips

Uses a cable to generate a devastating area-of-effect strike, good for crowd control.

Nightwing

Focus Circuit

12 WayneTech Chips

A chain lightning-like attack that emanates from a thrown electrified Birdarang.

Overcharge

6 WayneTech Chips

An area-of-effect electric attack on the target, when thrown at maximum charge.

Batgirl

Focus Hack

12 WayneTech Chips

This upgrade lets Batgirl completely bypass security.

Weapon Hack

7 WayneTech Chips

Hackarangs can now sabotage the weapons of targets.

Catwoman

Distract

5 WayneTech Chips

Divert the attention of enemies with this upgrade that summons kittens.

Focus Cat Attack

12 WayneTech Chips

A crowd control upgrade similar to the Bat Swarm, this upgrade summons a horde of cats to sic upon enemies.

Jim Gordon

Focus Shot

12 WayneTech Chips

A ricochet round that targets enemy after enemy in quick succession with bonus damage.

Splitter

6 WayneTech Chips

Splits Rebound Bolts into two on impact for double targeting.

Talia

Focus Frenzy

12 WayneTech Chips

A teleportation attack that chains across multiple enemies.

Stun Smoke

4 WayneTech Chips

Improves stealth attacks by deploying a smoke bomb when appearing behind a target.

Those are some of the best weapon upgrades to focus on with each of the seven characters in LEGO Batman 4: Legacy of The Dark Knight.

That’s all because it’s a title that feels very close to Rocksteady’s Arkham franchise, which continues to remain a benchmark for Batman games, all while injecting some humor into Gotham’s usually dreary streets. The stealth, Free Flow combat, and sheer amount of references are all there and are very welcome. The open world, with its activities and secrets, has also proven fun to sink dozens of hours into.

If you’ve been on the fence about this one, the trailer below is probably going to nudge you towards a decision one way or another. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is available for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, with the Nintendo Switch 2 version coming at some point. Of course, TT Games also has additional content, including The Joker and Harley Quinn as playable characters in the new Mayhem Mode.