Gameplay footage of cancelled The Dark Knight game and its sad history

Some games just make their whole studio burn.

That was the case for the licensed game based on the 2008 blockbuster The Dark Knight, which was supposed to come out the same time as the movie (and later the home video release, and then … well, never). Star Wars: Battlefront (the originals, not the one that came out in 2015) developer Pandemic worked on the title, but it became such a disaster that it sent the studio on a path to ruin.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.