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Gameplay for Canceled ‘Nolanverse’ Batman Game That Became Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Unearthed
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 62841" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Gameplay and images for the canceled ‘Nolanverse’ Batman game that was once in development at Monolith Productions have emerged online.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Before it released the much-loved <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor" target="_blank">Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor</a> in 2014, Warner Bros.-owned studio Monolith worked on a game codenamed Project Apollo that was intended as a Nolanverse Batman game based on the version of the Caped Crusader played by Christian Bale. Liam Robertson of <a href="https://youtu.be/e0lRkQd9skU?feature=shared" target="_blank">DidYouKnowGaming?</a> has reported that director Christopher Nolan himself may have killed the game because he wanted to focus on The Dark Knight Rises, the third and final movie in his Batman movie trilogy. Project Apollo was said to feature the genesis of the Nemesis System Monolith later used with great effect in Shadow of Mordor.</p><p></p><p>Now, years later, X/Twitter user SpideyRanger has unearthed images and gameplay footage that gives us an idea of what might have been. They show Monolith's intent to create an open-world Batman game set in Gotham, with stealth and combat mechanics that will look familiar to anyone who’s played Rocksteady’s Arkham games.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Warner Bros. studios are no strangers to canceled Batman video games. Gotham Knights maker WB Games Montréal had its <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/damien-wayne-batman-game-canceled-following-leaks-voice-actor-says" target="_blank">Damian Wayne Batman game</a> canceled before it was even announced. Work on that game followed the cancellation of a Suicide Squad game in 2016. Batman Arkham developer Rocksteady released a Suicide Squad game of its own, called <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league" target="_blank">Kill the Justice League</a>, earlier this year.</p><p></p><p>As for Monolith, after scrapping the Nolanverse Batman game it went on to release the aforementioned Shadow of Mordor, then its follow up, 2017’s <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/middle-earth-shadow-of-war" target="_blank">Middle-earth: Shadow of War</a>. It’s now working on an untitled <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/wonder-woman-the-game" target="_blank">Wonder Woman game</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/gameplay-for-canceled-nolanverse-batman-game-that-became-middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-unearthed" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 62841, member: 1"] Gameplay and images for the canceled ‘Nolanverse’ Batman game that was once in development at Monolith Productions have emerged online. Before it released the much-loved [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor']Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor[/URL] in 2014, Warner Bros.-owned studio Monolith worked on a game codenamed Project Apollo that was intended as a Nolanverse Batman game based on the version of the Caped Crusader played by Christian Bale. Liam Robertson of [URL='https://youtu.be/e0lRkQd9skU?feature=shared']DidYouKnowGaming?[/URL] has reported that director Christopher Nolan himself may have killed the game because he wanted to focus on The Dark Knight Rises, the third and final movie in his Batman movie trilogy. Project Apollo was said to feature the genesis of the Nemesis System Monolith later used with great effect in Shadow of Mordor. Now, years later, X/Twitter user SpideyRanger has unearthed images and gameplay footage that gives us an idea of what might have been. They show Monolith's intent to create an open-world Batman game set in Gotham, with stealth and combat mechanics that will look familiar to anyone who’s played Rocksteady’s Arkham games. Warner Bros. studios are no strangers to canceled Batman video games. Gotham Knights maker WB Games Montréal had its [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/damien-wayne-batman-game-canceled-following-leaks-voice-actor-says']Damian Wayne Batman game[/URL] canceled before it was even announced. Work on that game followed the cancellation of a Suicide Squad game in 2016. Batman Arkham developer Rocksteady released a Suicide Squad game of its own, called [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league']Kill the Justice League[/URL], earlier this year. As for Monolith, after scrapping the Nolanverse Batman game it went on to release the aforementioned Shadow of Mordor, then its follow up, 2017’s [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/middle-earth-shadow-of-war']Middle-earth: Shadow of War[/URL]. It’s now working on an untitled [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/wonder-woman-the-game']Wonder Woman game[/URL]. [I]Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/gameplay-for-canceled-nolanverse-batman-game-that-became-middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-unearthed"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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