Supermanis one of the only major superheroes nowadays that doesn’t have a hit video game. TheBatman Arkhamseries of video games has garnered a huge fan base after the initial title,Batman Arkham Asylum,redefined what aBatmangame could be. 2018’sSpider-Manhas quickly become one of the most successful single game releases of all time and will more than likely get sequels. Additionally,Marvel’s Avengersis finally coming out on consoles later this year and is shaping up to be a great-looking game.
Indeed,Supermanseems to be left out of the superhero video game resurgence as of late and, worse yet, still only has a collection of mediocre games attached to him from over 10 years ago. This isn’t to say that he hasn’t been in any good games recently at all, as theInjusticeseries of fighting games is still highly acclaimed. It’s just thatSupermannever seems to have gotten his due in the gaming world.
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It’s only because of Rocksteady Studio’s several year absence from the public eye (not countingBatman Arkham VR) that a hope for a newSupermantitle even exists. Rocksteady’s last game,Batman Arkham Knight,was released in 2015 meaning the studio is taking its time in announcing its next game which many fans have theorized could be aSupermanor DC Universe game.
Although the studio has denied this, it still hasn’t hinted at what its next project is, unlikeWB Games Montreal which has been teasing aBatmangamefor months. WB hasn’t revealed that game yet either meaning fans will have to stick to rumors, shady or not. In any case, here is every major rumor of a newSupermangame to date.
Video Game DC Universe 2020
Little more than a month has passed since 2020 started, yet new rumors of aSupermangame have already started to pop up online. More information on WB Games Montreal’snextBatmangamewas supposedly leaked by Geeks WorldWide. Among some new gameplay and story elements, the leak suggests that WB Games Montreal is actually using this newBatmanproject to kick off a new interconnected DC Universe for video games, similar to how the movies are. The leak also implied that the Montreal studio is also developing a newSupermangame to be a part of this newly established universe.
Another supposed leak from this year suggested that not only is Rocksteady developing a newSupermangame of some sort, but that the game would be an Xbox Series X exclusive. There might be some credibility to this rumor, but it seems unlikely that WB would do something like that.
No Superman - 2019
In 2019, rumors surrounding a newSupermangame were fairly light. Some job listings for Rocksteady’s next generation title (and a random employee Twitter post) were found online and led to the rumors swirling back up again. More notably though, Twitter user James Sigfield posted some renders of the man of steel and also suggested that WB had been trying to put anewSupermangame out since 2013but to no success. Sigfield claimed that WB cancelled these projects due to them not meeting set standard, and he claims the same thing happened to a potentialSuicide Squadgame.
Superman World’s Finest 2018
2018 was a key year inSupermanrumors, as director Sefton Hill publicly and definitively confirmed via Twitter that Rocksteady isn’t working on aSupermangame. This came after a bunch of other rumors that year that suggested that not only is Rocksteady working onSupermantitle but that it would be calledSuperman World’s Finest.Several different rumors backed this up the rumor and ended up being wrong, with some going so far as to claim that the new game would be three times as big asBatman Arkham Knightand would feature Brainiac as a main villain.
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A Year of Fakes for Superman - 2017
The two major events that happened in 2017 involvingSupermanrumors were a Game Informer cover story and a job listing from WB Games Montreal. The job listing was for a technical director and, just like most job listings from notable developers, it caused new rumors to rise up when it was found. Immediately, people started to try and link the listings to aSupermangame, aBatmangame, and even the still rumored DC Universe game.
A rumor that year also suggested Game Informer would be featuring the rumored RocksteadySupermangame during one issue. When fans flocked to verify this with executive editor Andrew Reiner, he dismissed theSupermannews as fake.
A cancelled Superman Open World Game - 2016
In 2016, a video from Did You Know Gaming? showed footage of acancelled open-worldSupermangamethat was initially intended to be a sequel to 2006’sSuperman Returns,the lastSupermangame to be released on console. It was going to be developed by Factor 5 and would have potentially featured multiplayer. The video was notable for causing another wave of people to ask Rocksteady, which just put outBatman Arkham Knightthe year before, for a newSupermangame.
The Year It All Began - 2015
2015 was the year Rocksteady releasedBatman Arkham Knightand was the last year it had put out a new console game. Additionally, Rocksteady had inadvertently set itself up forSupermanhype in two ways during that time. First, it had confirmed thatBatman ArkhamKnight would be the final game in the trilogyand that it would move on from the character. Second, it threw in many references toSupermanand his world in its new game (which is expected). This led fans to believe that Rocksteady implied it was moving on toSuperman.
Additionally, a leaked screenshot suggested some sort ofSupermanproject was in the works but it ended up being fake. Before 2015, Rocksteady and WB Game Montreal were clearly busy withBatmanso rumors of a newSupermangame haven’t been as fervent as they were in later years. During the years before 2015, there was simply a general sentiment that Rocksteady should giveSupermanthe same treatment that it gaveBatman.
