Rockstar’s most up-to-date GTA 6 delay would possibly imply an extended look forward to the 12 months’s largest launch, but it surely additionally introduced reduction to different builders beforehand set to launch video games in the similar timeframe.
That features TT Video games, the storied British studio behind quite a few LEGO titles similar to LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Harry Potter, and the promising-looking LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight.
Due to launch for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S on Could 29 (with a Nintendo Change 2 version to observe on later), the open-world Gotham motion journey is now set to launch inside days of Rockstar’s earlier GTA 6 date — Could 26.
TT Video games made its Legacy of the Dark Knight launch date announcement final December at The Recreation Awards, a month after Rockstar’s newest GTA 6 delay was made public. (GTA 6 now appears to be like to have a seemingly-final launch date, with advertising set to ramp up this summer time forward of its long-awaited arrival on November 19.)
“We knew we needed to come out in spring of this 12 months,” TT Video games Head of Manufacturing and Strategic Director Jonathan Smith instructed IGN in a latest interview, discussing the “area” now opened up by GTA 6’s delay to this vacation.
“Look, I would like to play that sport [GTA 6], however we’re additionally actually glad to have some area for individuals to play Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. We’re providing you with an open metropolis and a implausible expertise for all gamers. Which I totally advocate.”
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Going hands-on with the sport final 12 months, IGN got here away impressed, saying that “LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight was the Arkham Recreation you have been ready for.”
For far more, be certain to take a look at IGN’s full Fan Fest preview describing how Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is balancing outdated and new to have fun the finest of the caped crusader’s many exploits — plus new footage of the sport — and take a look at extra element on why the sport has a smaller roster of simply seven playable characters.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s Information Editor. You may attain Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or discover him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social