Watch Batman infiltrate Ace Chemicals in this Arkham Knight gameplay

By Will Fulton November 24, 2014

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Check out Rocksteady’s return to Gotham with this edited gameplay trailer of the upcoming Batman: Arkham Knight. In it Batman is infiltrating the heavily defended Ace Chemicals plant in order to rescue hostages and learn about Scarecrow’s nefarious plot. The video also features a brief encounter with the eponymous Arkham Knight, a mysterious evil counterpart to Batman.

The action features everything you’ve come to know and love in the Arkham games: cool tools, bone-crunching brawling, tactical infiltration, gliding around the night sky (is it ever daytime in Gotham?). It also shows off the newly amped-up Batmobile, which plays a much more prominent role than in previous games. Watch Batman get behind the wheel to jump across a blown bridge then squeal around drift turns while gunning down defense turrets.

Batman: Arkham Knight comes to PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on June 2, 2015.

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