Originally published August 3, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
Next week Telltale will release Batman: The Enemy Within, the sequel to last year’s highly acclaimed Batman: The Telltale Series. Ahead of the first episode’s release, Telltale has unveiled the launch trailer for the game that shows off Batman’s battle with the deadly Riddler and the re-emergence of The Joker. Watch it here…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POH1JkHt2TM&feature=youtu.be
Batman: The Enemy Within will be accessible to both returning fans and newcomers, though returning players can import their choices from the first season of Batman: The Telltale Series into The Enemy Within. It will also include Telltale’s unique multiplayer ‘Crowd Play’ feature, which allows friends and family to engage with the adventure together by helping to decide the direction of the story from any mobile device with an online connection.
James Windeler, the lead writer for Batman: The Enemy Within, also spoke about how the response from the fans helped shape this new season on the Playstation blog. “Fan feedback has always been a crucial part of our development process” Windeler said, “and we’ve heard our fans loud and clear: they want longer episodes with more variety. This premiere episode alone clocks in at over two hours in length, and includes more puzzles, more dynamic choices in the middle of the action, and more consequence to each choice as you carefully navigate the character relationships. Throughout all Telltale Games, it can often be difficult to understand how relationships change or are affected until later episodes (or even a second play-through), so we’ve also begun to implement all-new stats screens at the end of each episode that will allow players to see where they stand with their favorite characters like Jim Gordon, Amanda Waller, and so forth.”
In this latest chapter from the award-winning studio behind Batman – The Telltale Series, both halves of the Dark Knight’s dual identity will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis. With the arrival of a ruthless federal agent and the return of a still nascent Joker, Batman must navigate uneasy alliances while Bruce Wayne undertakes a perilous series of deceptions.
Batman: The Enemy Within will launch on August 8th with the first of five episodes, and will also receive a physical release on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in October.
