Batman Delayed: 'Arkham Knight' Release Date Pushed Back to June

Apparently Batman needs a lot more time to tune up the old Batmobile before he's ready to fight more crime

Rocksteady Games announced Batman: Arkham Knight will be out June 2, 2015, a full nine months after its originally-planned October release. The studio made the announcement via Twitter on Monday.

Batman: Arkham Knight is officially released on June 2nd 2015 - head to http://t.co/Q9rzs8cXd0 to reserve your copy http://ift.tt/Yqrdjl

— Batman Arkham (@BatmanArkham) September 8, 2014

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While this move is probably disappointing to many who are waiting to play the final chapter in Rocksteady's Arkham series, it puts Arkham Knight in an uncrowded spot in the release calendar — where it can dominate the spotlight. Typically, games are bunched around a holiday release and those that are delayed make it out the door in February of the following year. Read more...

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